Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. Appoints Gregory Barnes as Vice President of USA Operations.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2000 Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. ("AFOP AFOP Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. AFOP Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs AFOP Association Française des industries de l'Optique et de la Photonique AFOP and for other purposes AFOP acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia "), a leading supplier of fiber optic network components and subsystems, today announced the appointment of Gregory Barnes as Vice President of USA Operations. Barnes will lead AFOP's production and distribution and will report directly to AFOP Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter Chang. "Barnes brings years of experience successfully managing complex operations and technical product manufacturing," said Peter Chang, Chairman 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. . "He has handled every aspect of the manufacturing cycle, from the start up process and facilities to improving factory production, space, spending and headcount. We are pleased to have Barnes join our experienced executive staff." Barnes brings over 25 years of operations experience with him to AFOP, and has been involved with several start-up companies. Most recently, he was General Manager at Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation - http://xerox.com/. See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services. , where he directed a technology development group as part of Corporate Research and Technology. Previously, Barnes was Vice President of Operations at Rolm Corporation, and Director of Manufacturing at Advanced Computer Communications. He holds Engineering and MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration degrees from California State University Enrollment  , Pomona, Calif. About Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. ("AFOP") designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of fiber optic components that provide increased bandwidth and flexibility to optical networks. These products include MICS MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey MICS Minimum Internal Control Standards MICS Mobile Information and Communication Systems (National Center of Competence in Research) MICS Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (tm) 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 filter multiplexers, integrating depolarizers, variable attenuators and fiber optic interconnect and branching devices. Founded in 1995, AFOP is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. with global manufacturing and R&D in the U.S. and offshore. For further information, please call 408/736-6900, or visit AFOP's Web site at http://www.afop.com. |
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