Chiaro Networks Names Blue-Ribbon Technical Advisory Board; Six Leading Experts To Guide Chiaro Team On Development of Innovative New Optical Router.Business & Technology Editors RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2000 Chiaro Networks today named a blue-ribbon technical advisory board composed of six leading experts from the academic and business worlds to assist the company in achieving its mission of "providing the first optical router with 100-times improvement in capacity and reliability while significantly reducing costs." "I am delighted that we have been able to get such a world-class group of minds to share their knowledge, insight, wisdom and experience with us," said Chiaro President and Chief Executive Officer Ken Lewis. "The technical advisory board will be an exciting and valuable asset for us to draw upon." Based on its unique optical technology, Chiaro is designing and manufacturing revolutionary, system-level solutions to remove bottlenecks from carriers' optical backbones. The experts named to the Chiaro Technical Advisory Board all have extensive experience in telecommunications or information technology. The six are: -- Tom Aschenbrenner, a 20-year veteran of the telecommunications industry who founded InteCom, Inc., and is now an advisor for a number of top-tier venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] -- Dr. David Clark David Clark or Dave Clark can refer to different people:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, Laboratory for Computer Science, and considered one of the visionaries of the Internet -- Dr. George H. Heilmeier Dr. George Harry Heilmeier (May 22, 1936 - ) is a notable American engineer and businessman, perhaps best known for his pioneering contributions to liquid crystal displays. , chairman emeritus of Telcordia Technologies -- Martin R. Lyons, president of Sprocket Labs, Inc., previously the founder of OneMain.com, one of the 10 largest ISPs, and the architect of the AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. network -- Mike Perusse, senior vice president of Network Engineering for Qwest Communications
-- Dr. Larry L. Peterson, professor of computer science at Princeton University Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Schools and Research Facilities . (EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Detailed information about the individual board members is available at http://www.chiaro.com/news_press_6.html.) About Chiaro Networks Chiaro Networks Ltd. is headquartered in the Telecom Corridor(R) of Richardson, Texas, with design centers in Richardson and Jerusalem, Israel. The company designs and manufactures breakthrough solutions to remove the most challenging bottlenecks from carriers' optical backbones. This completely new class of product will allow carriers to deploy reliable solutions with unprecedented scalability. With strong funding from high-profile venture capitalists and Intel Capital, Chiaro plans to expand its staff in Richardson and Israel to nearly 150 people by the end of the year. For more information, visit www.chiaro.com. |
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