Nicolas Bertsch

MEMSCAP, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets ultra-high precision and stability pressure sensors for the avionics and medical market segments. The private company is based in Durham, NC. The company also supplies variable optical attenuator chips for the fiber optics markets and receive royalties on one of their registered trade marks (ioma). The company's pressure sensors and modules are designed to perform in the most demanding applications, sustaining high environmental stresses of harsh environments while providing state-of-the-art precision, long-term stability, and reliability. The company's products and technologies are also implanted into the human body and integrated into the most advanced medical equipment. MEMSCAP is a leading supplier of MEMS-based variable optical attenuator chips used in optical power management within fiber telecommunications and data communications networks. The company was founded in 1997 by Jean-Michael Karam, who has been the CEO since 1997.