ADVISORY/ Tropic Networks' Dan Poranski to Speak At New England-Canada Business Council Conference.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (May 17) ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 Who: Dan Poranski, Vice President of Marketing at Tropic Networks, an optical packet networking company What: To participate in "Innovative Up-Starts: Photonics Rising Stars" panel discussion at New England-Canada Business Council Technology and Investment Conference Where: Fairmont Copley Plaza The Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel (or Copley Plaza as it is colloquially known) is a four-star hotel in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1912 on St. James Avenue and defines the south side of Copley Square. The Copley Plaza Hotel opened in 1912. Hotel, Boston, MA When: Thursday, May 17, 2001 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT Tropic Networks, an optical packet networking company whose solutions eliminate carrier constraints to delivering high-bandwidth IP and Ethernet-based services in metropolitan area networks, today announced that Dan Poranski will present at the New England-Canada Business Council Technology and Investment Conference. The panel discussion, "Innovative Up-Starts: Photonics Rising Stars," will take place on Thursday, May 17, 2001 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA. Mr. Poranski, Tropic Networks' vice president of marketing, will be joined on the panel by representatives from the National Optics Institute, MetroPhotonics, DiCos Technologies and Color, and will speak to the explosive growth of data traffic within metropolitan area networks (MAN). Mr. Poranski will also address how next-generation optical technologies including optical packet networks (OPNs) bring new levels of scalability and flexibility to MANs that not only benefit fast-growing demands of data, but also provide new benefits to traditional types of circuit traffic such as voice. Emphasis will be placed on a model for MANs in which IP is the dominant services protocol, Ethernet is the dominant transport means, and fiber optic wavelengths are the ubiquitous transmission medium. A veteran of the high-technology industry, Dan Poranski has more than 18 years of experience in marketing, sales and engineering. Prior to joining Tropic Networks, Mr. Poranski served as vice president of marketing and business development for IPeria, and as Voicetek Corporation's vice president of marketing. Mr. Poranski led Voicetek's worldwide marketing team, playing a large role in the company's outstanding growth and ultimate acquisition by Aspect Telecommunications. He has also held senior positions with Artel Artel (Russian: арте́ль) is a general term for various cooperative associations in Russia, historical and modern. Video Systems and 3Com Corporation. Mr. Poranski managed 3Com's ONline and ONcore product lines and the Enterprise Integration (EI) line of business, which included integrated networking, remote access, multimedia, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and WAN technologies. He began his career in engineering at Litton Industries Named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. and holds a B.S. in engineering from Marquette University Marquette University at Milwaukee, Wis.; Jesuit; coeducational; chartered 1864, opened 1881. The school achieved university status in 1907. Among its graduate programs are those in business, engineering, and law. . The New England-Canada Business Council Conference is scheduled for May 16-17, 2001. The focus of the second annual event is "Photonics: Innovation at the Speed of Light," and will feature presentations by Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , Sycamore Networks and Photonics Research Ontario. For more information, visit http://www.necbc.org. About Tropic Networks Tropic Networks is an optical packet networking company focused on providing carriers with a product that eliminates constraints to delivering high-bandwidth IP and Ethernet-based services in metropolitan area networks (MANs). To accomplish this goal, Tropic is developing next-generation optical packet networking systems that seamlessly integrate data services and optical transport. Through the innovative integration of packet and photonic capabilities, Tropic enables carriers to rapidly migrate from legacy systems to optical IP networks and deploy new, high-bandwidth services at a fraction of today's cost, with unparalleled scalability. Founded in 2000, Tropic Networks is based in Kanata, Ontario Kanata is a large suburban area in the western part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,it has a population of 90,000 and is growing rapidly. It is located just to the west of the Greenbelt and is one of the largest of several communities that surround central Ottawa. and Andover, Massachusetts. Tropic is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that raised $70 million (U.S.) through two rounds of financing. Investors in the company include Crescendo cres·cen·do n. pl. cres·cen·dos or cres·cen·di 1. Abbr. cr. Music a. A gradual increase, especially in the volume or intensity of sound in a passage. b. Ventures, Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Altamira, Celtic House, Kodiak Venture Partners and Raza Venture Funds. For additional information, contact Tropic Networks at 613-270-9669 or view its Website at http://www.tropicnetworks.com. |
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