Larry R. Marshall

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Larry Marshall
FTSE FAICD
Chief Executive of the CSIRO
In office
15 January 2015 – 30 June 2023
Preceded byMegan Clark
Succeeded byDoug Hilton
Personal details
Born
Larry R. Marshall

Sydney, Australia
EducationMacquarie University (Ph.D)

Larry R. Marshall FAICD FTSE is an Australian CEO and innovator who invented and commercialized the "eyesafe laser" enabling lasers to be used safely around humans,[1] and the semiconductor green laser which cures blindness in diabetics.[2] He founded 6 tech companies in the USA, delivered two IPOs[3] and is the longest serving CEO of the CSIRO, departing June 2023.[4][5]

Education[edit]

Born in Sydney Australia, he graduated from Macquarie University in 1988 with a PhD in physics,[6] doing research with J. A. Piper on Nonlinear Optics & Lasers.[7][8]

Research[edit]

In the United States he researched parametric oscillators,[9] diode laser-pumped solid-state lasers,[10] fiber lasers,[11] and laser stabilization.[12] Marshall published 100 papers mostly over a 6-year period.[13] He invented the "eyesafe laser" for LIDAR,[1] the single-frequency solid-state blue laser for submarine imaging,[14] the highest efficiency frequency-doubled laser,[15] solid state UV289nm laser for detection of biological weapons,[16] the intra-intra-cavity OPO for wide IR tunable medical lasers,[17] and the semiconductor green laser for Ophthalmology.[2]

Following his PhD work, Marshall lived in the United States where he spent time at Stanford University, founded 6 startups over 26 years,[18] and registered 20 US patents[19] which were the basis for his startups.[20]

Career[edit]

He was an Australian Top 10 Digital Entrepreneur [21], one of Australia's 10 most influential people in Tech[22] & co-founded the following startups & VC Funds:

Light Solutions (CEO) invented semiconductor green laser curing blindness in diabetics, merger with Iris Medical created Iridex which IPO’d on Nasdaq[23].

Iriderm invented laser to treat Telangiectasia, was acquired by Cutera[24].

AOC (Chair) created Optoelectronics for Cable TV[25].

Translucent (Chair) developing silicon laser, formerly thought impossible, acquired by Silex whose share price rose tenfold post acquisition[26]

Lightbit (CEO) invented optical chip enabling Telecom across USA in a single hop[27]

Arasor (MD, co-Chair) enabled wireless HD streaming video while Netflix was still mailing DVDs, IPO’d by Marshall[28]

Venture Capital firms Main Sequence,[29] Blackbird,[30] The Renewable Energy Fund,[4] Southern Cross Venture Partners.[31]

He published a book on Australian innovation titled "Invention to Innovation".[32]

He is a Federation Fellow, and a Fellow of AICD, AIP, and FTSE.

He currently sits on the boards of Fortescue Metals Group,[33] Nanosonics,[34] ANU,[35] Great Barrier Reef Foundation.[36]

CSIRO[edit]

Marshall’s vision was for CSIRO to become an innovation catalyst to solve "Australia's Innovation Dilemma" he cites as a life mission[32].

He reversed CSIRO’s 30y decline, created $10B more value that any prior CEO, & took CSIRO 80% of the way to Net Zero. He doubled the female leadership of CSIRO, & credits Diversity for doubling the value created by CSIRO annually, doubling the morale of its staff & their safety, and doubling its public Trust making it the most trusted iconic brand in Australia[37][38][39].

He narrowed CSIRO’s focus to solving Australia’s 6 National Challenges: Health, Environment, Food, Energy, Future Industry, & National Security. He created a National Missions program to solve these challenges, but opposite to EU Missions which are funded by government, his are funded primarily by Industry[40][41].

He led CSIRO’s first acquisition, NICTA & created Australia’s largest AI group Data61[42].

He created the ON Program, a National science accelerator that outperformed the famous US iCorps accelerator[43].

He raised the first VC Fund in Government, Main Sequence, now a $1B fund supporting scientists CEOs[43].

Criticism[edit]

Marshall was subject to intense political criticism throughout his leadership of CSIRO:

When he was announced as CEO, he was asked about his inspiration for innovation, and cited the lengths farmers go to for water, including dowsing : "When I see that as a scientist, it makes me question, 'is there instrumentality that we could create that would enable a machine to find that water?"

Australian Skeptics awarded him Bent Spoon award for "the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle".[44][45]

In 2016, CSIRO deployed a water detection device as described by Marshall, and mapped underground aquifers, but the Australian Skeptics refused to withdraw their award[46].

His narrowing of CSIRO’s focus required a 350 person reduction, including 60 climate scientists which drew intense criticism from scientists & the Australian Labor Party, & Greens[47][48][49], including[50][51][52][53]:

              3,000 signature petition from scientists across 60 countries

              7 senate hearings

              Editorial in New York Times titled “Australia turns its back on climate science”[54][55]

              50+ articles by Peter Hannam criticising the changes

              2016 election promise by Labor to reverse Marshall’s changes

              Intense Public criticism of Marshall by famous scientists John Church, Tony Haymet, Andy Pitman & Senators Kim Karr, Janet Rice, Whish-Wilson[56][57][58][59][60][61].

It was later shown that Marshall did not cut funding to climate science, but the prior leadership lost $20M of funding years before Marshall arrived[62]. Despite the initial redundancies, Marshall grew CSIRO by 1,000 people, its first grown in 30y, & increased its yearly income by $400M, the largest increase in its 100y history[37][38][39].

In the midst of climate criticism, media reported he was being sued by angry shareholders in Arasor, which he had left 10y earlier[63].

Marshall took Arasor public in 2006, and exceeded revenue expectations in 2006 and 2007,[64][65] making ASX:ARR one of the most successful tech IPOs of that time.[66] He left in 2007 and 5 years later in 2011 all the Directors were named in a speculative lawsuit launched by a litigation fund International Litigation Partners.[67][68] In a failed claim it had been alleged that Arasor's Directors produced misleading prospectuses.[69] The case gained notoriety when it failed to show misstatements and was rejected,[70] but then plead market based causation[71] which does not require either damages or specific misstatements.[72] The case was closed in 2018 with no actions against any director,[73] but one of the plaintiffs was subsequently sued over "inflated claims".[74][75] International Litigation Partners was itself sued by the Australian Tax Office for tax evasion,[76] and its founder Paul Lindholm charged with resisting arrest.[77]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "An Efficient Eyesafe Source at 1.59 μm", L.R. Marshall, R. Burnham, J. Kasinski, Advanced Solid State Lasers, OSA, vol. 6, pp. 271–276 (1990).
  2. ^ a b "Diode Pumped Solid-State Lasers in Ophthalmology" L.R. Marshall, LEOS'97, San Francisco, CA (1997)
  3. ^ "iTWire - CSIRO marshals venture capitalist as new CEO". itwire.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Milman, Oliver (9 October 2014). "CSIRO appoints Larry Marshall as new chief executive". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. ^ https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2023/June/WEHIS-PROFESSOR-DOUG-HILTON--APPOINTED-AS-CSIRO-CHIEF-EXECUTIVE. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Larry Marshall | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  7. ^ L. R. Marshall and J. A. Piper, Transient stimulated Raman scattering in lead vapor, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 26, 1098–1104 (1990).
  8. ^ L. R. Marshall and J. A. Piper, Accumulation of Raman gain between closely spaced pulse pairs, Opt. Lett. 1345–1347 (1990).
  9. ^ L. R. Marshall and A. Kaz, Eye-safe output from noncritically phase-matched parametric oscillators, JOSA B 10, 1730–1736 (1993)
  10. ^ L. R. Marshall, J. Kasinski, and R. L. Burnham, Diode-pumped eye-safe laser source exceeding 1% efficiency, Opt. Lett. 21, 1680–1682 (1991).
  11. ^ L. R. Marshall, Fiber stub end-pumped laser, US Patent 5,663,979 (1997).
  12. ^ L. R. Marshall et al., Pulsed laser with passive stabilization, US Patent 5,982,789 (1999).
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  14. ^ "All-Solid-State, High Power, Diode-Pumped 455 nm Laser" L. R. Marshall, Proceedings of Lasers '91, MD5 (Society for Optical & Quantum Electronics, 1991).
  15. ^ Highly Efficient TEMoo Operation of Side-Pumped Nd:YAG Lasers" L.R. Marshall, A. Kaz, R.L. Burnham, Opt. Lett., 17, pp. 186–189 (1991).
  16. ^ Highly Efficient, All Solid-State 290 nm Source", L.R. Marshall & A. Kaz, CLEO '94, post deadline paper, Anaheim, CA (1994).
  17. ^ Noncritically phase-matched Degenerate 4μm OPO", A.Kaz & L.R. Marshall; OSA Proceedings on Advanced Solid State Lasers (1994) Vol. 20 pp. 443–446, Advanced Solid State Lasers, Salt Lake City, UT, Feb 7–10 (1994).
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  50. ^ Scientists Protest Cuts and Commercialization at Australian Climate Center, By Michelle Innis, New York Times, Feb. 27, 2016
  51. ^ 'Maybe I'm naive': CSIRO's Larry Marshall tries again to explain deep staff cuts, Peter Hannam, The Sydney Morning Herald, February 11, 2016
  52. ^ Backlash against CSIRO's 'cowboy' chief Larry Marshall; As Larry Marshall signals cuts to various programs, CSIRO staff say he is either out of his depth or has questionable motives – or both. By Martin McKenzie-Murray, The Saturday Paper, Feb 20, 2016
  53. ^ CSIRO chief defends climate research cuts as staff weigh up industrial action; Larry Marshall says there will be no net loss of staff over two years as international climate scientists condemn the cuts, by Michael Slezak, Guardian, 8 February 2016
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