Atrica Continues to Build Carrier-Savvy Team with New Advisory Board Members; Adds Global Service Provider Leaders, Industry Pioneers.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2001 Atrica Inc., poised to be the leading provider of Optical Ethernet equipment for the $15 billion Metro networking market, today announced that several key industry leaders have joined the company's advisory board. Adding to the carrier-savvy team already in place, Jean-Jacques Damlamian, executive vice president, Development Division for France Telecom, John Hart
John Hart (about 1711 or 1713–May 11, 1779), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. , 3Com Fellow and former CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and senior vice president at 3Com Corp., Dr. Patrice Henault, former 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. of Harris Communication and former managing director of TRT TRT Transportation Research Thesaurus TRT Tribunal Regional do Trabalho (Brazil) TRT Türkiye Radyo Televizyon Kurumu TRT Tinnitus Retraining Therapy TRT Testosterone Replacement Therapy TRT Thai Rak Thai Party Lucent Technologies, and Dr. Nobuo Kamata, president of Soliton A laser pulse that retains its shape in a fiber over long distances. By generating the pulse at a certain frequency and at a certain power level, the pulse takes advantage of competing dispersion effects. As it travels, the pulse is lengthened and then shortened back to its original size. Systems K.K. of Japan, have all joined Atrica's advisory board. Together, the four gentlemen represent 90+ years of experience in managing carrier networks, developing networking and communications equipment, and leading successful engineering and marketing organizations. "We continue to attract the best and brightest to our management team, our board of directors and our advisory board," said Vivek Ragavan, president and CEO of Atrica. "The fact that these industry leaders are interested in participating on our advisory board attests to the fact that Atrica has a very promising future and is already viewed as a leader in the Metro market. We are fortunate to have the ongoing interest and input of such high-caliber individuals." About Atrica Atrica's mission is to deliver the most cost-effective, high-performance Optical Ethernet platforms to forward-thinking service providers who are building next-generation Metro networks today. Atrica 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. based in Santa Clara, Calif., with R&D facilities in Israel and business development and sales offices in Paris, France. The company received seed funding from 3Com Corporation, first round financing from prominent Silicon Valley venture funds Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital, and second round financing from five leading global service providers. For more information, visit Atrica on the Web at www.atrica.com. |
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