ADVISORY/Agility Communications' Executives Present At Optical Fiber Communications Conference 2002.

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Optical Fiber Communications 2002

ADVISORY...for Monday-Thursday (March 18-21)

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Media are invited to hear Agility Communications(TM), Inc., executives speak at the Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibit (OFC) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., on March 17-22, 2002. Agility's executives will be presenting at several technical forums, addressing topics relating to widely tunable lasers. Sponsored by the Optical Society of America, OFC is the premier fiber optic communications event of the year. OFC hosts more than 1000 companies and attracts technical attendees from around the world who want to get a first look at the industry's latest innovations.

When and Where

Agility's executives will be presenting on a variety of topics relating to widely tunable lasers during the following sessions:

Topic: Workshop on Widely Tunable Lasers

Day and Time: Monday, March 18, 2002, 4:30-8:00 p.m.

Session Number/Code: W207

Room: Hilton - Pacific D

Presenter: Greg Fish, chief development engineer and co-founder of Agility Communications

Topic: Tutorial - Active Photonic Components for Optical Networks

Day and Time: Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Session Number/Code: WY

Room: Ballroom D

Presenter: Larry Coldren, chairman of the board, chief technical officer, and co-founder of Agility Communications

Topic: Widely Tunable Electroabsorption-Modulated Sampled-Grating DBR Laser Integrated with Semiconductor Optical Amplifier 

Day and Time: Thursday, March 21, 2002, 2:00-2:30 p.m.

Session: Number/Code: ThV1

Room: 303A-D 

Presenter: Agility's executive team and staff

For more information about the conference, visit www.ofcconference.com. For more information about Agility Communications, visit www.agility.com.

Agility Communications Executive Biographies

Dr. Larry Coldren, Chairman of the Board, CTO, and Co-founder

Larry Coldren co-founded Agility Communications, Inc., in Oct. 1998. He is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities in the fields of vertical-cavity and in-plane laser research. In his 30-year career, Coldren has made substantial contributions to the academic and private industry sectors, and is well known as the author of the defining textbook in this field. In 1990, he co-founded a successful startup company, OCI (now Gore Photonics), which focuses on VCSEL development. Previously at AT&T Bell Laboratories, he worked on guided surface-acoustic-wave devices, microfabrication techniques, and tunable diode lasers.

For more than 15 years, Coldren has been a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara and director of the Heterogeneous Optical Technology Center. He has worked with and been a mentor to hundreds of students studying the latest developments in optoelectronic materials and devices. He now focuses his efforts on components and fabrication techniques for III-V optoelectronic integrated circuits, and his research group has made significant contributions to vertical-cavity lasers and widely tunable high-power lasers. Coldren is a well-known speaker and author of numerous research papers and publications, including his most recent book, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits. Coldren has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and physics from Bucknell University, and a master's degree and doctorate degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Greg Fish, Chief Development Engineer and Co-founder

As chief development engineer at Agility Communications, Inc., and an expert in InP photonic circuit design, Greg Fish provides technical leadership in developing and marketing new InP products based on Agility's photonic circuit platform. The author of numerous technical journal articles and technical conference papers, Fish's past research at the University of California at Santa Barbara has focused on optical switches in InP for photonic packet switching. His experience spans from design to packaging and applications, allowing him to contribute broadly to Agility's success. Fish has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and holds a master's degree and doctorate degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

About Agility Communications, Inc.

Agility Communications, Inc., the leader in pioneering widely tunable lasers for metro, switching, and long-haul markets, provides the lowest total cost of ownership and dramatically reduces the costs and complexity of supporting agile networks. The company has been named one of Light Reading's Top 10 Privately Held Companies, has won the Technologic Partners' Optix 2001 Investors' Choice award, and was listed in UPSIDE Magazine's "Hot 100" private companies for 2001. Agility has also been highlighted in several "Hot Companies to Watch" lists, including ones in Business Week and Lightwave Magazine.

Founded by a team of optical networking and semiconductor veterans in Oct. 1998, Agility is headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif., and has manufacturing facilities in Allentown, Pa. Agility investors include Alliance, Amerindo Investment Advisors, CIENA Corp., Comdisco Ventures, Dell Ventures, General Bank, GM Investment Management Corp., Global Strategic, Granite Global Ventures, London Pacific Assurance Limited, Meritech Capital Partners, Mitsubishi International Corp., Morgenthaler Ventures, Mustang Ventures, Nissho Electronics Corp. (Nissho Iwai American Corp.), Siemens Venture Capital, Tellabs, U.S. Venture Partners, and Worldview Technology Partners. For more information about Agility solutions, visit www.agility.com, send email to [e-mail], or call 805/690-1700.

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