Executive Team
Dr. Heinz Willebrand, Co-founder and CEO
Heinz is co-founder of Rayawave and is an internationally known and respected expert in last mile communications.  Previous to Rayawave, Heinz was founder and CTO of LightPointe communications.  As the CTO, he provided the global technology roadmap and actively directed the product development of the company's free space optical product portfolio.  During his tenure at LightPointe, he was key in raising more than US$80 million in venture capital funding from private and institutional investors.

Heinz is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on topics related to technology and business models for wireless last mile access.  He holds more than 10 national and international patents on fiber-optics and wireless technologies.  He has published more than 70 articles in technology and business journals  and is the co-author of a book on free space optical technology.
He obtained his Ph.D in applied physics at the University of Muenster/Germany and has held research and teaching positions with the University of Muenster and the University of Colorado in Boulder.

John Taylor, Co-founder and VP of Sales
John is co-founder and with over 25 years in high-tech sales has proven himself as a leader in last mile relationships for enterprise, carrier and government  customers.  John spent many years in various executive roles at LightPointe, Aironet (Cisco), Tektronix and Motorola developing channel strategy and key customer business development in the United States and abroad. These efforts have lead to over $300 million in sales across multiple product lines.