When Vice Presidents bail the writing is on the wall;
BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec 10, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Qtera
Corporation, a leading developer of photonic networking solutions for
the backbone of the Optical Internet, today announced the newest
additions to its management team. Richard Mebane has come aboard as the
Vice President of Customer Care and James Vandevere has been promoted
to Vice President of Manufacturing. Mebane will lead Qtera's aggressive
program to establish the resources, infrastructure, and processes for
an industry-leading service and support organization. Vandevere,
formerly Qtera's director of manufacturing, will be responsible for all
manufacturing and production activities.
"Both Customer Care and Manufacturing are crucial to our continued
success as Qtera gains more and more momentum," stated Fahri Diner,
Qtera's President and CEO. "The decades of experience and expertise
that Rich and Jim bring to their respective roles place them among the
best in the industry. It is with great pleasure that we welcome them to
our management team."
Prior to joining Qtera, Mebane was vice president of global services
for Newbridge Networks Corporation, a multi-billion dollar company that
designs, manufactures, markets and services a comprehensive family of
networking products and systems. In that position, he led support
services to customers in over 90 countries. Mebane has also managed and
directed service organizations for Avant! Communications Corporation
and Codex Corporation, a subsidiary of Motorola. Some specific
responsibilities he will have in his role include managing field
operations, field logistics, technical support, customer service, and
technical documentation and training for Qtera. He received his
Electrical Engineering degree from Cornell University and a Business
Management Degree from Rutgers University/University of Rhode Island.
"Qtera is definitely at the forefront of this burgeoning market," said
Mebane, Qtera's new Vice President of Customer Care. "The people and
the technology here are some of the best I've ever had the opportunity
to work with. I'm extremely pleased to be on board."
Vandevere started at Qtera in June 1999 as director of manufacturing
and has been influential in defining Qtera's manufacturing strategy.
Previously, he was instrumental in establishing manufacturing as a core
competency at Ciena Corporation, an optical transmission equipment
manufacturer. Vandevere received his degree in Electrical Engineering
from Widener University.
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