BroadLight Opens U.S. Headquarters; Hires General Manager to Head Israeli Operation.Business Editors MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & RAMAT GAN Ramat Gan (rä`mät gän), city (1994 pop. 122,200), W central Israel, adjacent to Tel Aviv. Founded in 1921, Ramat Gan is an important industrial center. Food processing is the chief industry; construction materials are also made there. , Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004 New Management, Headquarters and U.S. Hiring Plans Will Increase the Company's Momentum as It Extends Its Leadership in the Fiber Broadband Market BroadLight Inc., the leading supplier of semiconductors, software and transceivers for fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) The installation of optical fiber from the carrier directly into the home or office. Also called "fiber to the home" (FTTH). See PON and FTTC. See also FTP. ) deployments, today announced it has established new worldwide headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. and has hired industry veteran Raanan Gewirtzman to lead its Israeli operations as general manager. While the company's research and development efforts will remain in Israel under the capable expertise of Gewirtzman, BroadLight also plans to expand its staff in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in order to accelerate its sales and marketing efforts. "BroadLight's new Mountain View office will help us to further accelerate our momentum as the leading provider of components to the FTTP market--a market that is growing at a rapid pace 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. and around the globe," said Andrew 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. "The addition of Raanan Gewirtzman solidifies our R&D leadership and will help to ensure that we continue to innovate at the pace our customers have come to expect. BroadLight is the only company today that can provide complete end-to-end solutions for access system companies serving the FTTP market, and we are now even better poised to maintain and grow that leadership position." About Raanan Gewirtzman Raanan Gewirtzman has been appointed general manager of BroadLight's research development facility located in Ramat Gan, Israel, which houses the company's engineering, testing and production staff. The company plans to increase the capabilities of the Israeli engineering team to broaden its product line of software, semiconductor and transceiver solutions for broadband passive optical networks (BPONs). Gewirtzman brings over 20 years of experience in hardware and software design along with strong managerial skills in IC development operations. Prior to joining BroadLight, Gewirtzman was instrumental in building the R&D operation for Virata Corporation in Israel, where he was responsible for developing a new range of communication processors and also introduced a full customer-owned tooling (COT) process flow for semiconductor development. Prior to that he managed a number of development programs for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation in Haifa and Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest . "The addition of Ranaan to the management team is a major win for BroadLight," said Tony Maher Tony Maher (born January 12, 1945) is a former Irish sportsperson who played hurling for St. Finbarr's and Cork in the 1960s and 1970s. Playing career Tony Maher was born in Cork in 1945. He was educated at Greenmount School where he developed a great talent for hurling. , chairman of BroadLight. "He is not only an acknowledged leader in communications IC development, but he has hands-on experience growing Israeli-based engineering teams that deliver technical excellence on every level." About BroadLight Inc. BroadLight is a privately funded company that delivers cost-effective solutions to the broadband fiber industry. Enabling high-performance end-to-end 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. ) solutions, BroadLight develops standards-based digital, analog and optical communication semiconductors, software stacks and algorithms for system vendors who are looking to integrate fully functional, high-performance PON solutions for carriers and service providers. For more information about BroadLight, please visit http://www.broadlight.com. |
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