David Yoffie to Lead Kestrel Solutions' Systems Line of Business Division; Technology Veteran Will Oversee TalonMX Product Line.Business Editors/Technology Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2001 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. innovator Kestrel kestrel Any of several birds of prey (genus Falco) known for hovering while hunting. Kestrels prey on large insects, birds, and small mammals. The male is more colourful than the female. Kestrels are mainly Old World birds, but one species, the American kestrel (F. Solutions, Inc. announces the appointment of David M. Yoffie as the company's Senior Vice President, General Manager, Systems Line of Business. Mr. Yoffie, who previously served as Senior Vice President, Operations, brings 20 years of high-technology management experience to Kestrel Solutions. Mr. Yoffie's appointment places him in charge of the development and deployment of the TalonMX(TM), the company's flagship metro networking technology. He has headed the Systems Line of Business since July 2001. Parallel to Mr. Yoffie's division, Kestrel Solutions' Advanced Technologies group is responsible for the development of next-generation networking solutions. Currently the division is focused on development of a 40Gb/s product. "I am very excited about the potential for Kestrel Solutions' TalonMX(TM) product line," states Yoffie. "We believe that the technology is well positioned to deliver cost savings, reliability, flexibility and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. that are unmatched in the metro optical networking arena. The system provides a technological gateway, accommodating both embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. and future technologies. These assets will become even more important to our customers in today's tight spending environment." Mr. Yoffie previously served as Vice President, Operations at GoDigital Networks, and prior to that as Vice President, Customer Support and Manufacturing at Aspect Communications. His responsibilities at Aspect included increasing revenue and profitability for the Support business in the rapidly changing product environment of a telecommunications equipment supplier. Mr. Yoffie holds an M.S. and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. , and a B.A. in Management Engineering from Claremont McKenna College A member of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont McKenna College is a small, highly selective, private coeducational, liberal arts college enrolling about 1100 students with a curricular emphasis on government, economics, and public policy. . About the Company Kestrel Solutions, Inc. is an innovator in optical networking, creating the foundation for a new breed of optical network products that deliver more capacity and services. Founded in 1997, the company has created a breakthrough multiplexing multiplexing, in communication, technique whereby two or more independent messages, or information-bearing signals, are carried by a single common medium, or channel. technique designed to solve the bandwidth crunch through a unique combination of proven technologies. Kestrel Solutions' TalonMX(TM) product family provides flexible transport network elements that cost effectively increase the capacity of existing fiber networks. The TalonMX(TM) enables metropolitan telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. to send up to 10Gb/s of bandwidth over a single fiber. The company's Advanced Technologies division is presently developing a 40Gb/s solution. Headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , Kestrel employs more than 170 people from the fields of telecommunications, optics, and satellite communications. Senior management derives its extensive experience from leading companies in the telecommunications industry. For more information about the TalonMX(TM) product family, contact Kristin Foss at (650) 318-7646 or visit the web site at http://www.kestrelsolutions.com. TalonMX(TM) is a registered trademark of Kestrel Solutions, Inc. |
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