Dr. David Z. Chen, Chief Technology Officer of Go!Foton, is a veteran of Verizon. During his 23 years of service, David worked as a Datacenter IT-manager, Verizon Corporate Fellow supporting the technology of ULH, Metro and Access, and Distinguished-Member-Technical-Staff managing Verizon’s Passive Optical Component/System quality control. After joining GoFoton, David has led the R&D and Engineering group for the ISP/OSP products, supporting 5G and datacenter infrastructure. Recently with his effort, a new technology and product line has emerged in the application of optical network monitoring, fully utilizes the hardware of ISP/OSP constructions. David has a BS degree in precision optical instrument from Shanghai Science and Technology University, Master and Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Physics from University of Texas at Dallas