ADVISORY/ PhotonEx VP of Marketing to Speak at the Photonics Briefing Event.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Jan. 30) MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002 PhotonEx Corp.(TM), the market-leading developer of 40 Gb/s and faster smart photonic Dealing with light (photons). See photon and photonics. systems for long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. and ultra long haul networks, today announced its participation in the Photonics Briefing event held at the Burlington Marriott, in Burlington, Mass. on Jan. 30. PhotonEx VP of Marketing, Mr. Phil Francisco will discuss "The Need for Speed" on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 10:00 a.m.
Who: Phil Francisco, VP Marketing, PhotonEx
What: Photonics Briefing
"The Need for Speed"
Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Burlington Marriott, in Burlington, Mass.
Mr. Francisco holds over 18 years of valuable experience in telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , the past 10 of which have focused on the development and delivery of optical transport products to national and international service providers. Prior to joining PhotonEx, Mr. Francisco served as Vice President of Product Marketing for Lucent Technologies' Optical Networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. Group, where he worked with some of the world's largest interexchange carriers See IXC. in planning and implementing optical networks in national and international markets. Before that, Mr. Francisco was Lucent's Director of Optical Networking Strategy & Product Portfolio and was responsible for the strategy, planning and implementation of the Lucent WaveStar Optical Transport product line, as well as developing the directions to converge con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. optical and data networking products and product families. In addition, he has 13 years of experience in software, hardware and systems engineering in Lucent's Switching and Transmission Systems Divisions. About PhotonEx Corporation Founded in September 1999, PhotonEx Corp. (www.photonex.com) is a market-leader in 40 Gb/s and faster network-wide smart photonic systems that support the service providers' goal of increased revenue and fiscal efficiency. Headquartered in Maynard, MA, PhotonEx has a multidisciplinary mul·ti·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or making use of several disciplines at once: a multidisciplinary approach to teaching. team with expertise in optics and RF innovation, data networking, carrier-class product development, and service provider deployment experience, all of which are essential to build the next generation services-responsive core. Privately-held, PhotonEx received $US 178 million in equity financing Equity Financing The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation. from venture and strategic investors. Note: PhotonEx is a trademark of PhotonEx Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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