Christopher Stark

June 17, 2026 Francois Martin

Christopher Stark manages Laser Thermal’s financial operations, overseeing all accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting for the organization.
He began his career in public accounting at Ernst and Young, where he served as a Senior Auditor specializing in the Aerospace and Defense industry. He went on to serve as Controller of Kensington Senior Living, overseeing all aspects of financial accounting and reporting across a complex multi-entity portfolio. He holds a Master of Science and Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from James Madison University and is a former licensed CPA in Virginia.
At Laser Thermal, Christopher brings the financial discipline and reporting rigor that a growing instrumentation company requires as it scales programs, contracts, and customer relationships across government and commercial markets.

Francois Martin

Francois Martin

Francois Martin is Marketing Manager at Laser Thermal. The company makes precision instruments for non-contact, non-destructive thermal conductivity measurement, serving the semiconductor, power electronics and thermal management industries. He oversees how Laser Thermal tells its story, from technical content and sales collateral to video production, webinars and trade show presence. The goal is to make the company's science clear and useful to the engineers and researchers who rely on accurate thermal data. Francois brings more than 25 years of marketing and executive leadership experience. He was VP of Marketing at Nelson Miller Group, an outsourced manufacturing provider for OEMs. Before that, he spent more than two decades at WorldStrides, rising from Marketing Director to Senior Vice President in the Office of the CEO. He is adjunct faculty in the MBA program at James Madison University's College of Business, where he teaches Project Management. Francois holds an MBA in Marketing from George Washington University and a Graduate Certificate in Project Management from the University of Virginia.