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Robert Nunn

Robert Nunn

Chief operating officer and board member at Quintessent.

ExecutiveDirectorRoles at 2 startups
Updated Nov 11, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 10, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Robert Nunn

Robert Nunn is Quintessent's chief operating officer and a board member. Quintessent builds optical links that help AI data centers connect more graphics processors while using less energy.

He previously led Everactive, which built battery-free systems for connected equipment. Earlier, he was a managing director at Intel Capital focused on data center technology; he joined Intel when it bought Fulcrum Microsystems, which he had helped build. He also helped build Vitesse Semiconductor, E2O Communications, and Nurlogic Design. Vitesse went public; JDSU bought E2O, and Artisan Components bought Nurlogic. He earned a computer engineering bachelor's degree from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Robert Nunn in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Quintessent Inc. Current
COO & Board Member
2026 – Present · Goleta, CA
Quintessent builds laser-based optical links that help AI data centers connect more computing chips with less energy.
Everactive, Inc.
President and Chief Executive Officer, director
CEO
2017 – 2022 · San Jose, CA
Intel Capital
Managing Director

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Robert Nunn works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Quintessent Inc. · Form D, Nov 10, 2026
Alan Liu
Alan Liu
CEO, Co-Founder & Board Member
John Bowers
John Bowers
Chairman of the Board & Co-founder
Manny Stockman
Manny Stockman
Board Member
Gerd Goette
Gerd Goette
Board Member
Everactive, Inc. · Form D, Nov 10, 2022
BC
Benton Calhoun
Executive officer and director
MW
Marianne Wu
Director

Sources

  1. SECQuintessent Inc. Form D, filed Nov 10, 2026
  2. SECEveractive, Inc. Form D, filed Nov 10, 2022
  3. P3About Quintessent | AI Optical Interconnect Technology