Remco Stoffer obtained his PhD in numerical modeling of photonics at the University of Twente in 2001. He then joined Kymata, which became Alcatel Optronics and then C2V, as a numerical engineer. In 2003, he was involved in the founding of PhoeniX Software, which was acquired by Synopsys in 2018. He has worked on simulation and layout algorithms as well as CAD flows for photonics and electro-optical co-design. He is now the product manager for OptoCompiler.