Between 1995 and 1999 Peter was responsible for product development and reliability of polymer based thermo-optic waveguide switches at Akzo-Nobel, The Netherlands. In 1999 he joined OMM where he was responsible for product development and reliability of MEMS-based optical switches. His latest position there was CTO and director of product engineering and reliability.

Peter received his Ph.D. in integrated optics from the University of Gent, Belgium.