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Bob Breault

President and Founder, Breault Research Organization; and
CEO, Tucson, Arizona Photonics Cluster

Dr. Robert P. Breault is Chairman and founder of the Breault Research Organization, Inc. (BRO), an optical engineering software developer and consulting company. He has participated in the analysis of renowned space based sensors such as the Hubble Telescope, IRAS, DIRBE, IBSS, ISO, GALILIEO (orbited Jupiter), CASSINI (in orbit around Saturn), as well as many military optical sensors.

He is Co-Chairman of the Arizona Optics Industry Association, a statewide organization dedicated to the development of the optics industry as an important economic resource to the state of Arizona. He has helped export this concept into the international arena, and has played a role in the formation of the optics clusters throughout the U.S. and around the world (Arizona, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, and Ottawa, Singapore, Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec, and Jena), and has given talks on Clusters in 28 countries. He has participated in regional, national, and global economic development meetings. He is a member of National Academies Physics Panel and the Governor's Council of Workforce Development.