Optical Access Appoints Telecom Lucent-ex Sales Executive to Lead Worldwide Sales & Marketing Efforts; Establishes Worldwide Sales & Marketing Headquarters in Denver Area
DENVER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2001--Optical Access Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of optical wireless access products, today announced that it has named James (Jim) P. Goodman, formerly a Lucent executive, as senior vice-president of worldwide sales and marketing.
The company also has established its headquarters for worldwide sales and marketing operations in the Denver area.
"The Denver area has emerged as the hub of telecommunications activity on a worldwide basis, so it was an obvious choice for us to establish our headquarters," said Optical Access CEO, Guy Avidan. "We believe that Jim's extensive experience in the service provider and telecommunication industries will be invaluable as we continue to grow our global customer base and further deploy our product offerings in the emerging fixed wireless space."
Goodman brings 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry having led sales and marketing efforts for Lucent Technologies, AT&T and, most recently, Aerie Networks. During his tenure with Lucent, Goodman created sales and marketing teams with responsibility for assisting new emerging telecommunications service providers to finance and build networks using Lucent's communications infrastructure equipment, software and services.
Prior to joining Optical Access, Goodman was vice president and general manager of asset sales at Aerie Networks, responsible for creating and building the sales organization.
About Optical Access Inc.
Optical Access is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of next-generation optical wireless solutions that facilitate a fundamental shift in access network design.
The Optical Access solution to the last-mile bottleneck can bypass the incumbent carrier's copper access network with a comprehensive, integrated access solution, using both optical wireless and optical fiber technology. The building blocks of the company's solution include the TereScope(TM), for optical wireless links, and the OptiSwitch(TM) , for switching, provisioning and Mesh enabling.
For more information, visit www.optical-access.com.
Optical Access is a technology investment partner of MRV Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:MRVC). For more information, visit www.mrv.com.
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