Coriolis Networks Appoints Industry Veterans to Chief Technology Officer and Chief Scientist.Business/Technology Editors BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002 Coriolis Founders Ramji Raghavan and Dr. Surya Kumar Kovvali Take on Increased Roles on Executive Management Team; Prepare Company for Growth Coriolis Networks, Inc., an innovative provider of metro optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. solutions, today announced the appointment of Ramji Raghavan to chief technology officer and Surya Kumar Kovvali to chief scientist. Mr. Raghavan, a ten-year veteran of the networking industry, will drive strategic product development and oversee technology advancements for the company. Dr. Kovvali brings 19 years of systems architecture experience to the position of chief scientist and will assume responsibility for Coriolis' advanced technology research and development. "Ramji has been an integral part of the Coriolis founding team since 1999, driving the development and refinement of the OptiFlow product family," said Robert Castle, 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. , Coriolis Networks. "Given his experience and knowledge, Ramji will be a great addition to our executive management team." Castle added, "Kumar's contributions to the OptiFlow systems architecture has been key to the overall success of the company. His 19 years in the market provide him with a seasoned view of the industry and a honed ability to lead our advanced research and development endeavors." Mr. Raghavan has been with Coriolis since its inception in 1999, helping the company develop and launch its multi-service provisioning platform for metropolitan area networks. Prior to working with Coriolis, he worked for Digital where he contributed to the development of the GigaSwitch product family and for Motorola as a member of the Information Systems Group. He holds a Bachelor's in Technology from the Indian Institute The Indian Institute in central Oxford, England is located at the north end of Catte Street on the corner with Holywell Street and faching down Broad Street from the east.[1] of Technology in Madras, India and a Master's Degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. at Amherst. Dr. Kovvali helped found Coriolis in 1999 and previously served as the chief systems architect for the company. Prior to his work with Coriolis, Dr. Kovvali worked with Cabletron's Backbone Networking Group and High Performance Network Product Group. He also worked with Digital where he was the recipient of several of the company's Performance and Excellence Awards for his various contributions to the GigaSwitch product family. Dr. Kovvali holds a Master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Kansas State University Kansas State University, main campus at Manhattan; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered and opened 1863. There is an additional campus at Salina. Among the university's research facilities are the J. R. . About Coriolis Networks Coriolis Networks, founded in 1999, is delivering a family of next-generation metro optical networking products that redefines the economics for delivery and management of traditional 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. and rapidly growing data services. Based on the Optical Spatial Division Multiplexing (OSDM OSDM Optical Spatial Division Multiplexing (Coriolis Networks) OSDM Old-School Death Metal (music genre) OSDM OneSpace Designer Modelling (CAD product) ) architecture, the OptiFlow Network solution allows carriers to retain the reliability of SONET in a highly scalable data-centric operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . Coriolis does for optical networks what packet switching did for private line networks. For more information, visit www.coriolisnetworks.com or call 978-264-1904. OSDM and OptiFlow Network are trademarks of Coriolis Networks Incorporated. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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