washington key people scott keeney ceo products laser systems number of employees 400 website www.nlight.net nlight is an american laser company founded in 2000 by scott keeney . the company is privately held and funded by venture capital firms . 1 it has headquarters in vancouver washington and operations in shanghai hillsboro oregon and lohja finland . nlight specializes in diode laser components and systems fiber laser components and systems and optical fibers . their key markets include materials processing consumer electronics and medical and military applications . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 community involvement 2 references 3 external links history edit nlight was founded in 2000 during the telecom boom . since its inception nlight has grown to more than four hundred employees worldwide and has won numerous awards . citation needed community involvement edit in 2005 nlight created nconnect an independent 501 c 3 entity with a mission to increase student interest and achievement in stem fields science technology engineering and math by connecting schools to business . references edit murphy richard . 13 startup stars on the verge of an ipo . cnn money . retrieved 5 april 2012 . huang gregory . a laser focus three questions with nlight ceo scott keeney . xconomy . retrieved 5 april 2012 . external links edit official website inc. 5000 profile laser like focus mohr davidow companies nlight oak investment partners nlight inc. 5000 profile . http www.inc.com . external link in work help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nlight & oldid 603616006 categories companies based in vancouver washington2000 establishments in washington state companies established in 2000hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2012cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages suomi edit links this page was last modified on 10 april 2014 at 16 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view