Mario Paniccia
CEO, Chairman, and co-founder of Anello Photonics; 22-year Intel veteran and former Intel Fellow/CTO and GM of Intel's Silicon Photonics Group; PhD from Purdue, elected member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Paniccia spent 22 years at Intel, where he built the Silicon Photonics program from inception to commercialization - interconnects now used in major cloud and hyperscale data centers - rising to Intel Fellow, CTO, and General Manager of the Silicon Photonics Solutions Group, and earning R&D Magazine's Scientist of the Year in 2008. He co-founded Anello Photonics with Mike Horton to apply that same silicon-photonics approach to inertial navigation. Anello's Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG) uses standard semiconductor fabrication rather than exotic fiber-optic gyro components, delivering tactical-grade, GPS-independent navigation at a fraction of the size, weight, and cost of legacy gyros for autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, and defense platforms that must operate when GPS is denied. Anello has won U.S. Navy and Army SBIR awards and a Department of War APFIT contract. Paniccia holds over 80 patents, is a Fellow of IEEE, SPIE, and OSA, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2021.
Overview
- Role
- CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder, Anello Photonics
- Based in
- Santa Clara, CA
- Prior experience
- Intel (Fellow; CTO and GM of Silicon Photonics Solutions Group)
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Frequently asked
- Who is Mario Paniccia?
- Paniccia spent 22 years at Intel, where he built the Silicon Photonics program from inception to commercialization - interconnects now used in major cloud and hyperscale data centers - rising to Intel Fellow, CTO, and General Manager of the Silicon Photonics Solutions Group, and earning R&D Magazine's Scientist of the Year in 2008. He co-founded Anello Photonics with Mike Horton to apply that same silicon-photonics approach to inertial navigation. Anello's Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG) uses standard semiconductor fabrication rather than exotic fiber-optic gyro components, delivering tactical-grade, GPS-independent navigation at a fraction of the size, weight, and cost of legacy gyros for autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, and defense platforms that must operate when GPS is denied. Anello has won U.S. Navy and Army SBIR awards and a Department of War APFIT contract. Paniccia holds over 80 patents, is a Fellow of IEEE, SPIE, and OSA, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2021.
- What is Mario Paniccia's role?
- Mario Paniccia is CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder, Anello Photonics, based in Santa Clara, CA.
- Where did Mario Paniccia work before?
- Mario Paniccia's prior roles include Intel (Fellow; CTO and GM of Silicon Photonics Solutions Group).
Sources & citations5
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Mario Paniccia's Intel career and Anello Photonics founding
Anello Photonics: Mario PanicciaReported2026-08-09 - 2
Mario Paniccia elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2021
Purdue University: Purdue Physics News: NAE ElectionVerified2021-02-01 - 3
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Anello Photonics contracted for GPS-denied navigation technology demo with US Army
Defense Advancement: US Army contracts Anello Photonics to demo GPS-denied navigation technologyReported2026-08-09 - 5
Anello Photonics Inc. California Secretary of State incorporation record (entity #C4215368), incorporated November 30, 2018
OpenCorporates: Anello Photonics Inc.Reported2026-08-09