Kannan Krishnaswami

Director

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Dr. Kannan Krishnaswami is a Senior Commercialization Manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).  In this role, Kannan stewards a portfolio of technologies that includes sensors, instruments, cybersecurity, and data analytical innovations.  He is responsible for identifying and capturing intellectual property and its development and demonstration, ultimately leading to its transfer to industry for productization and implementation to enhance the security of our nation and its critical assets.  Kannan joined PNNL in 2004 as research scientist working on infrared remote sensing technologies for nuclear nonproliferation applications and subsequently transitioned to managing the internal research investments portfolio for the National Security Directorate.  Prior to joining PNNL, Kannan was a Lead Engineer at Tellabs, for its optical communications products, and before that an Optical Scientist at Aspen Systems performing R&D on projects funded by the Departments of Energy, Transportation and Defense. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, MA, and his MBA from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.