With more than 50 years of experience, Dr. Schultz is the co-inventor of the fiber optics used worldwide for telecommunications. He is an internationally recognized scientist and has received numerous awards for his technical achievements. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and received the National Medal of Technology, the highest technology award of the U.S. government, from President Clinton for his accomplishments. He was also elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Prior to joining A&M, Dr. Schultz provided technical and business consulting services through Peter Schultz Consulting, LLC to numerous international companies, including Intel Corp, IMRA, Spread Networks, Seagate Technology and Yazaki. He also served as an expert witness representing five companies in various patent infringement and litigation cases; senior advisor and sole outside board member of OFS Fitel, the AT&T fiber optics business unit acquired by Furukawa; and Director, Secretary and advisor and Interim CEO of viNGN, Virgin Islands Next Generation Network, a government-owned semi-autonomous company building and operating an open access all-fiber optic telecom system in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was also a Director of SPI Lasers plc until its sale to Trumpf.

Previously, Dr. Schultz was President and Chief Technology Officer of Heraeus Inc., the 900-employee U.S. subsidiary of a multibillion-dollar private German company serving the fiber telecom, semiconductor and optics markets. He was also VP Technology for SpecTran Corp, a large Massachusetts-based fiber optics manufacturer, and Senior Scientist for Corning, Inc.

Dr. Schultz earned a bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering and a Ph.D. in ceramics science from Rutgers University. He also completed the Senior Executive Program at MIT Sloan Business School. Dr. Schultz is President of a research company, BioSensor Inc., developing several novel medical sensors.