BroadLight Promotes Raanan Gewirtzman to COO After Stellar Period of Company and Product Execution.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- BroadLight, Inc., 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 the promotion of Raanan Gewirtzman to Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. (COO). Raanan joined the company as General Manager in October 2003 and has successfully led the team that delivered the industry's first GPON See PON. silicon in December 2005, which enabled the company to capture more than 25 new design wins less than 5 months after first samples. "It is with great pleasure that I recognize Raanan's contributions to BroadLight after a stellar period of flawless product execution and worldwide customer expansion," 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. "Under Raanan's leadership, BroadLight's first GPON silicon achieved production-quality, adhered to all the interoperability standards and gave BroadLight the time-to-market advantage it needed to establish a clear market leadership position." Raanan has more than 20 years of experience in hardware and software design along with strong managerial skills in IC development operations. Before BroadLight, Raanan was instrumental in building the development arm of Virata, where he developed a new range of communication processors and introduced a full COT process flow. Prior to Virata, Raanan spent 14 years with IBM Research and Development. Raanan holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering and a BSc in Computer Engineering from Technion 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 ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union compliant passive optical network (PON) systems. The company's completely integrated product line consists of standards-based communication semiconductors and software solutions that enable its customers to deliver BPON See PON. and GPON 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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