BroadLight Announces Promotion of Raphael Sankar to Vice President of Worldwide Sales.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- BroadLight, a leading supplier of ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. Passive Optical Network (PON (Passive Optical Network) An optical point-to-multipoint access network. There are no optical repeaters or other active devices in a PON, hence the name "passive. ) semiconductors and software, today announced that it has promoted Raphael Sankar to Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Raphael joined BroadLight in 2003 as VP of Sales, heading BroadLight's sales activities worldwide. With the BPON See PON. market gaining momentum in the US, Raphael then focused on building the sales and customer support team in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , while ramping up revenues and establishing BroadLight as the leader of BPON components. In his new role, Raphael will be responsible for leading sales and customer support efforts across the globe to secure a leadership role with BroadLight's industry-first, end-to-end GPON See PON. solution. "Raphael has done a tremendous job leading our sales efforts in North America and Europe and has helped grow our customer list to include top-tier equipment customers such as Tellabs, Siemens and Huawei," said Andy Vought, 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 BroadLight. "As we deliver the industry's first-available GPON solution, we are confident that he will lead our worldwide sales team towards another leadership position." Mr. Sankar brings over 18 years experience in senior management, marketing, sales and business development positions. Before he joined BroadLight, Mr. Sankar held executive marketing and sales positions at leading high-tech companies such as Memlink, ECI Telecom and Vsoft. Mr. Sankar was awarded an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration with honors from The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. About BroadLight, Inc. BroadLight delivers the industry's only end-to-end solution (from the customer premises to the central office) for equipment vendors designing passive optical network (PON) systems. The company's completely integrated product line consists of standards-based digital and analog optical transceivers, communication semiconductors and software solutions that enable its customers to deliver ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union PON equipment to carriers and services providers worldwide. This end-to-end solution provides customers with a lower risk development cycle and enables them to significantly speed time-to-market. As a result, BroadLight technology has been adopted by leading manufacturers who are currently providing equipment for the some of the world's largest fiber PON roll-outs. BroadLight and the BroadLight logo are trademarks of BroadLight, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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