ADVISORY/Agility President and CEO to Present At 29TH Annual J.P. Morgan H&Q Technology Conference in San Francisco.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Thursday (May 3) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Media are invited to hear Ron Nelson Ron Nelson is a composer of both classical and popular music and a retired music academic. He was born in Joliet, Illinois, on December 14, 1929. After earning bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Agility Communications(TM), Inc., present an introduction of Agility Communications at the annual J.P. Morgan H & Q Technology Conference, Thurs., May 3, 2001 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel The Westin St. Francis is a luxury hotel in the Union Square district of San Francisco, California. The hotel opened on March 21, 1904. The interior was destroyed in the 1906 Earthquake but the structure survived and the hotel re-opened in late 1907. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. This premier conference on the technology industry highlights more than 350 public and private companies and will host topical industry discussions featuring leading experts covering some of the hottest trends. Nelson will present a 24-minute introduction about Agility Communications and the company's leading tunable laser A laser that can change its frequency over a given range. In time, tunable lasers are expected to be capable of switching frequencies on a packet by packet basis. technology. Attendees can learn about the market opportunities and specific applications that leverage the technology, in both the metro and long-haul marketplaces. When and Where Media are invited to hear Ron Nelson give a presentation about Agility Communications at the J.P. Morgan H & Q Technology Conference, May 3, 2001 from 11:30 a.m. - 11:56 a.m. at the Westin St. Francis San Francisco, Calif. For more information about the conference visit: http://jpmhq.com. Biography for Ron Nelson, President and CEO Ron Nelson has established a distinguished 25-year record and is widely regarded for his development and operations accomplishments in the photonics arena. Prior to becoming president and CEO of Agility, he was vice president and an officer at Motorola and director of the Phoenix Advanced Technology Center. In that capacity, he assembled and led world-class teams developing high-speed optical interconnects, vertical lasers, flat-panel displays, and components and software for wireless products, helping Motorola generate more than $1 billion in revenues. He set up and directed Motorola's manufacturing line, delivering the highest performing and reliable vertical lasers available in the marketplace at that time. Prior to his accomplishments at Motorola, Nelson was one of two co-founders of Lytel, Inc. Lytel, a successful startup company The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. that produced optoelectronic components and subsystems for telecommunication and data communication applications, was acquired by AMP (now Tyco). At Lytel, Nelson held various positions including: vice president of product development, vice president of device manufacturing, and vice president and general manager of the Telecom Division. A seasoned veteran, Nelson started his career in 1976 at Bell Laboratories, where he worked on short- and long-wavelength lasers. He led the team that developed the Bell Systems' first long-wavelength lasers for use in submarine cable and terrestrial fiber systems. He has a long-standing history of activity with the Optoelectronic Industry Development Association (ODIA ODIA Office of the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (US Military Academy) ODIA Orbital Debris Impact Angle ), serving on the board of directors and as the vice-chairman of the Technology and Market Opportunity Roadmap Committee. This committee produces a comprehensive set of roadmaps and opportunities, helping to establish a cohesive direction for university and industrial R&D and government-funded optoelectronics research. Nelson holds a doctorate degree from the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
About Agility Communications, Inc. Agility Communications, Inc., is pioneering breakthrough optical networking infrastructure solutions that dramatically reduce the costs and complexity of supporting agile networks. Developed for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing ) networks, Agility's first products, high-power, widely-tunable lasers, will help service providers deliver high-bandwidth services, maximize existing network resources, simplify the planning process for network growth, and dynamically provision bandwidth. By integrating optical components at the chip level, Agility creates a simpler architecture for networking equipment that increases density and allows fast automation, lowering capital and operating costs for service providers. Agility has already received numerous recognitions, including Light Reading's selection of Agility as one of the Top 10 Privately Held Companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. and the Technologic Partners' Optix 2001 Investor's Choice award naming Agility one of 10 private optical communications companies most likely to succeed as a public company. Founded by a team of optical networking and semiconductor veterans in Oct. 1998, Agility is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. and has manufacturing facilities in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Agility investors include Amerindo Investment Advisors, Berkeley International Capital Ltd., Comdisco Ventures, Dell Ventures, Hammer Capital Management, Inc., Milton Chang, Meritech Capital Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Mustang Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, and Worldview world·view n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung. 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. Technology Partners. For more information about Agility solutions visit www.agility.com, send email to info@agility.com or call 805/690-1700. Note to Editors: Agility Communications and the Agility logo are trademarks of Agility Communications, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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