Rebecca K. Schaevitz received her doctorate in 2011 at Stanford University focusing on SiGe modulators as part of the UNIC DARPA program. Starting as a principal engineer at Corning, she brought to market active optical cables for Thunderbolt. She then transitioned to product management, focusing on the strategic technology development for hyperscale data centers ranging from the large scale cabling and hardware deployments down to the small scale connectivity for co-packaged optics. At Broadcom, she leads the product vision for the silicon photonics technology development as well as contributes as a principal engineer in the connectivity solution.