Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
37 years
What is your primary product or service?
Stabilock II Fringe Stabilizer, fiber optic sensor systems, photonics crystal fabrication, hologram design and fabrication, DARPA SBIR contracts, and electro-optics consulting.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
I saw hologram by Emitt Leith at the Smithsonian. That was it. My back ground is a BS in electrical engineering from Ohio State University and an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Central Florida.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Fringe stabilization allows for making brighter holograms or in some cases, enables to holograms to be produced at all. I make the only product that stabilizes fringes.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
Currently Odhner Holographics is in Amherst, NH. There are plans to expand as the business grows.
Provide detailed directions to your location
The lab is not really open to the public.
What type of payments do you accept?
VISA, Mastercard, wire, ACH, check, cash
Which areas do you service?
I have clients all over the world.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Jefferson E. Odhner
What are your hours of operation?
8:00-5:00 M-F
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
"Your proposal won the contract".
What is your favorite quote or Bible verse?
Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.