BrightLink Networks Appoints Vice President of International Marketing; Co-Founder of BrightLink takes on International Role.Business Editors/Technology Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000 BrightLink Networks, Inc., a start-up venture that designs, develops and markets scalable optical transport switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. , today announced the appointment of company founder Phil Hughes “Philip Hughes” redirects here. For other people named Philip Hughes, see Philip Hughes (disambiguation). Philip J. "Phil" Hughes (born June 24, 1986 in Mission Viejo, California) is a professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher, who was the first-round pick to vice president of international marketing. Hughes, formerly the vice president of program management, will focus on the vast untapped international market for optical switching systems, taking BrightLink into multinational and foreign enterprises in Europe and parts of Asia. "There is an explosion of optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. in many countries, and there is great need and interest for optical switching systems that can manage that bandwidth," said Hughes. "I am looking forward to meeting both the challenge and opportunities posed by fledgling optical networks with incredible growth potential." A native of the United Kingdom, Hughes is a natural fit to take BrightLink to the European Market. Prior to BrightLink, Hughes held senior level positions in marketing in the semiconductor industry both in Europe and in the U.S. Most recently Hughes was senior marketing manager with National Semiconductor. Hughes will also have responsibilities for Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. in Japan, in addition to his duties in Europe. About BrightLink Networks, Inc. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., BrightLink is a pioneer in providing optical switching technology to the Interexchange Carrier (ICX ICX Inter-Cartridge Exchange ICX Incoming Exchange ICX Intelligence Express ICX Internet College Exchange ICX Internet Content Accelerator ) market. The company began operation in 1998 and now has more than 120 employees with offices in California and Richardson, Texas. The company is privately funded and secured more than $78 million in three rounds of funding including investment from Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $4.5 billion in capital commitments. , Menlo Ventures, and Goldman Sachs. For more information visit the BrightLink website, www.brightlink.com. |
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