Background
He was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York to a Czechoslovakian-American mother and German-American father.
He was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York to a Czechoslovakian-American mother and German-American father.
He attended Rutgers University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
He is retired President (1988 to 2001) of Heraeus Tenevo Incorporated., a $200 million technical glass manufacturer specializing in fiber optics and semiconductor markets, and retired Chief Technical Officer North America for Heraeus Holding GmbH (the $6 billion German parent company). He has taught at Cornell University (Visiting Professor Materials Science 1978-1984), George Washington University (Continuing Engineering Program Professor 1976-1994) and University of Virginia (Visiting Professor of Darden School 1988-1998). He has extensive legal experience as an expert witness in patent defense.
He is also President of a start-up company (BioSensor Incorporated, founded in 1997) developing a non-invasive fiber optic sensor to measure blood glucose for diabetics, based on Russian technology.
Peter Schultz holds 26 patents, has written over 20 research papers and is an expert in fused silica glasses.
In 1993 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and in 2000 he received the National Medal of Technology from United States. President Bill Clinton for this accomplishment (the highest technology award of the United States government). He was elected to member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001. He is the recipient of numerous other awards including the International Glass Science Award (1977), International Society for Optical Engineering Technology Achievement Award (1981), American Society for Microbiology Engineering Materials Achievement Award (1983), First American Innovators Award (United States Department of Commerce 1995), Rutgers University Distinguished Alumni (2000), the Czechoslovakian Gold Medal for Achievement (President Havel 2002), Fellow of the American Ceramic Society.
Since 2001 he has provided consulting services to several companies (including Intel, SEMATECH International, Yazaki, Furukawa, IMRA and SPI Lasers plc) and expert witness for several law firms, through Peter Schultz Consulting, Limited Liability Company. He serves as senior advisor and Board member of Office of Financial Services (the Lucent fiber optics business unit acquired by Furukawa in 2001). He also serves as a Board member of Christian Broadcasting Network Connect Incorporated., a non-profit company providing an open access broadband fiber-to-the-home system to the Adirondack region of New New York He is a member of the Selection Committee for the National Medal of Technology and a Board member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He was elected to member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001.
