Menara Networks

Adam Hotchkiss brings more than a decade of experience in the definition, launch and support of telecommunications and data transmission systems to interchange and local exchange carriers. Prior to Menara Networks, Adam served as Product Line Manager for WDM Systems at Qtera Corporation, which was acquired by Nortel Networks in 2000. In his role with Qtera and Nortel Adam served in a senior position responsible for the definition, requirements and architecture of WDM transport products, which led to the successful launch of two generations of WDM platforms including the industry's first ultra-long haul 10G WDM system. Prior to Qtera and Nortel Networks, Adam served at Fujitsu Network Communications where he was responsible for the launch of Fujitsu's first WDM system and the support for SONET access and core infrastructure products and networks.

Dr. Bussmann is leading the company's custom high-speed ASIC design efforts. He contributes his expertise in high-speed fiber-optic IC and module design paired with his design experience in a broad range of advanced integrated circuit technologies. Prior to Menara, Dr. Bussmann was with Eltech Precision, Multilink Technology, and Micram Microelectronics, all companies specializing in design, development, and marketing of high bit-rate electronic products for advanced fi ber optic communication systems. In the roles of co-founder, CTO, and Senior Scientist of Multilink Technology, Dr. Bussmann helped Multilink grow into a 350+-employee NASDAQ-traded company. Dr. Bussmann holds a Dipl.-Ing. and a Dr.-Ing. degree (summa cum laude), both in Elec trical Engineering, from Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

Before joining Menara Networks Dr. Sri Nathan was an independent consultant, to small and medium size companies to create new market opportunities, evaluating efficiency of various large networks with detailed architecture analysis, and, guiding teams to build strategic planning and modeling tools. Prior to this he was the CEO and President of Jasmine Networks, a Metro Optics Sub-System Company. At the peak of operations Jasmine Networks had 300 people at four locations. He played a significant role in securing multi-million dollar contracts with leading system vendors. Prior to Jasmine Networks Sri served as the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Qtera Corporation and secured multi-year contract totaling US $1B. He also played a key role in successfully selling the company to Nortel Networks for US $3.25B (January 2000). He also held various Engineering, Business Development and Management positions in MCI and Nortel Networks. Sri earned his Ph.D. in Management and Administrative Science and an advanced degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas. He has a B.S. in Engineering from Madras University (India). He holds twelve patents in optical technology applications, has many publications and is an avid speaker in various conferences.

Sultan McDoom brings over 27 years of experience in Engineering and Operations, mostly in taking carrier grade telecommunications equipment from concept to market deployments. His experience spans product development from chip level to system and network level products and solutions at GE, Honeywell, Nortel, Siemens, and two other privately funded companies, Qtera, acquired by Nortel and Optovia, acquired by JDSU. Most recently he lead Engineering and Operations at Optovia Corporation. Mr. McDoom has managed engineering teams comprised of electronic, microwave, optics, mechanical, software and product integrity engineering, and manufacturing engineering. He also held executive leadership positions in Operations. Mr. McDoom holds a BSc. in Electrical Engineering.

Salam has over 12 years experience in system design, test, and deployment of various communications systems including wireless, wireline, and optical networks. His background combines in-depth knowledge of signal processing techniques, digital communication theory, and nonlinear optics propagation, allowing him to bridge gaps between the seemingly unrelated fields of communication theory and the physics of fiber optics. Through a hands-on management style, he leads diverse teams of highly skilled engineers and scientists with the clear objective of taking disruptive technologies from conception stages to viable commercial products. Prior to founding Menara, he held senior positions, ranging from research to field deployment, with Nortel networks? wireless division and Qtera?s WDM system design group. He co-authored several patents and holds a BS, MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and is finalizing his requirements for the Ph.D. degree from SMU.

Dr. Alan Solheim holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Waterloo. With more than 21 years of industry experience in Telecommunications. Prior to joining DragonWave, Alan was Chief Technology Officer at Innovance Networks, a reconfigurable optical networking start-up. Prior to Innovance, Alan was a Vice President at Nortel Networks responsible for market strategy in the metro transport group. Alan has extensive experience, notably working on 6 generations of fiber optic transmission systems, and the system design authority for Nortel's OC-192 program. Alan has over 50 patents that he has been principal or co-author of, numerous papers in industry journals and has acted on a variety of industry and conference committees.

Asad A. Abidi received the B.Sc.(Hon.) degree from Imperial College, London in 1976 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978 and 1981. He was at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ from 1981 to 1984 as a Member of Technical Staff in the Advanced LSI Development Laboratory. Since 1985, he has been at the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of California, Los Angeles where he is Professor. He was a Visiting Faculty Researcher at Hewlett Packard Laboratories during 1989. He is a recipient of many awards, is a Fellow of the IEEE, and he was named one of the top ten contributors to the ISSCC.

Fred J. Leonberger served as senior vice president and chief technology officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU), a leading optical components supplier, from 1999 until his retirement in June 2003. At JDSU, he was responsible for strategic technology and was closely involved in the mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property activities of the corporation. He previously held a similar position at Uniphase Corporation prior to its merger with JDS Fitel in July 1999. He joined Uniphase upon its acquisition of UTP in 1995. Fred was a co-founder of UTP and served as its general manager from 1992 to 1995. From 1984 to 1991, he was manager of photonics and applied physics at the United Technologies. Research Center . From 1975 to 1984, he was with MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, first as a staff member and later as a group leader. He has more than 15 patents, 40 archival publications and 125 meeting presentations in the areas of optoelectronic devices and their applications in communications, sensing and signal processing. He is currently the principal of EOvation Technologies LLC, a technology advisory firm that he founded in July 2003. He serves on the Board of Directors of Agility Communications, Alphion and RF MicroDevices, and is a senior advisor at the MIT Center for Integrated Photonic Systems. He works with a number of technology companies and venture firms in the fiber optics and photonics industry. Fred has served as co-chair of CLEO 2002, a member of the OFC Steering Committee, chairman of several OSA/LEOS topical meetings, associate editor of Optics Letters and the Journal of Quantum Electronics, and president of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of OSA and IEEE, and has been awarded the IEEE Quantum Electronics Award and Mellenium Medal, and the UTC George Meade Medal. He received a B.S.E. degree from the University of Michigan , and S.M., E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in electrical engineering.