CENiX Announces Brinkman to Join Advisory Board.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LEHIGH VALLEY The Lehigh Valley or the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area is a metropolitan region in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey, in the United States. It is the third-most populated metropolitan region in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2002 CENiX Inc., a leader in the design and automated manufacture of low cost, high-speed optoelectronic interfaces for optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. infrastructures, today announced that Dr. William Brinkman, recently elected president of the American Physical Society The American Physical Society was founded in 1899 and is the world's second largest organization of physicists. The Society publishes more than a dozen science journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than twenty science , will join its advisory board. The CENiX advisory board consists of experts who bring extensive knowledge and experience to CENiX's management team. "Our advisory board is a powerhouse of knowledge which adds significant value to our company," said Dr. Melvyn Dixon, president 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 CENiX. "This team of industry leaders advises CENiX on product strategies, partnerships and direction for future technologies being developed by our engineering teams. Dr. Brinkman will provide CENiX with unparalleled insight and understanding of the changes taking place in the optical communication infrastructure." Prior to his election as president of the American Physical Society, Brinkman was vice president of research for Bell Labs. One of his key priorities was improving the technology conversion process and strengthening the connection between research and product development. During his tenure he set new records for both the number of patentable innovations generated per researcher, as well as the speed with which those innovations were brought from the laboratory to the marketplace. Brinkman joined Bell Labs in 1966, was named head of Bell Labs' Infrared Physics and Electronics Research Department in 1972, and in 1974 became director of the Chemical Physics Research Laboratory. In 1984, he was appointed vice president of research at Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New . He returned to Bell Laboratories in 1987 to become executive director of the Physics Research Division. In 1993, he was promoted to physical sciences research vice president, and in January 2000 was named vice president of research. Brinkman has served on a number of national advisory committees, including the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Brinkman received both bachelor's and doctoral degrees in physics from the University of Missouri. About CENiX Inc.: CENiX designs and manufactures high-speed optoelectronic subsystems for DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing and TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. SONET/SDH and 10 Gigabit Ethernet-based transmission systems. CENiX integrates 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s optical and electrical components into small-size modules that offer high functionality, low power dissipation and improved performance. These subsystems are designed to use CENiX's unsurpassed proprietary integration platform for automated manufacturing. A leader in fully automated manufacturing of optoelectronics, CENiX is able to deliver to its customers the highest quality, highest volume and lowest cost solutions in the marketplace today. CENiX 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. with its manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. and corporate headquarters in Lehigh Valley and product development facilities in Irvine, Calif. For more information on CENiX, visit www.cenix.com. Note to Editors: CENiX is a trademark of CENiX Inc. |
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