Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Gilles Bouchard |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Larry Dooling |
CIO |
| Robert Nobile |
CFO & Senior Vice President, Finance |
| Kei Oki |
Executive Vice President |
| Michael Chan |
Executive Vice President, Business Dev, Prod Port Mgmt |
| Takayuki Kanno |
Executive Vice President of Opnext Modules Business Unit |
| Atsushi Horiuchi |
Senior Vice President, Global Sales |
| Chris Lin |
Senior Vice President, Global Sales |
| Christopher Chi Ho |
Senior Vice President, Global Sales |
| Hsing Kung |
Senior Vice President |
| Justin J O Neill |
Senior Vice President & General Counsel |
| Justin J Oneill |
General Counsel and Senior Vice President |
| Tadayuki Kanno |
Senior Vice President, Modules & Device Business Unit |
| Atsushi Takai |
Vice President of Marketing |
| Ed Cornejo |
Product Marketing Vice President |
| James Horiuchi |
Vice President of North America Sales |
| Richard Zoccolillo |
Vice President, Pluggables & Subsystems Business Units |
| Tammy L Wedemeyer |
Vice President, Business Mgmt |
| Opnext Eric Guether |
It Director |
| Rebecca Anderson |
Director, Public Relations |
| Susan Lucchesi |
Manager, Operations |
| Mark Zapicchi |
Corp. Controller |
| Doug Dean |
|
| Masaharu Umezawa |
|
| Xmd Rosa |
Chip Level Products, Transmitter & Receiver Modules |
Board of Directors
"Mr. Bouchard brings to Opnext more than 17 years of experience with HP where he held various senior management roles. In his most recent role as EVP of Global Operations, Mr. Bouchard was responsible for HP's $50 billion supply chain and all customer-facing operations. He reported directly to the CEO and was a member of HP's executive council.
In previous positions at HP, Mr. Bouchard also served as Chief Information Officer, SVP of Operations for the Printing and Imaging Group, and held P&L responsibility for several multi-billion dollar businesses in the Personal Computing Group. He was also in charge of integrating the supply chains of HP and Compaq following their merger, delivering over $1.3B in annual cost synergies.
Prior to joining HP, he held various roles at IBM's research and storage divisions."
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Hewlett-Packard Company |
Executive Vice President, Global Operations |
Former |
Robert Nobile has responsibility for all finance functions throughout Opnext. Previously, Mr. Nobile was a key executive in the 1998 establishment of Kodak Polychrome Graphics, a global market-leading graphic-arts joint venture between Eastman Kodak and Sun Chemical, a subsidiary of Dainippon Ink & Chemicals. Most recently, Mr. Nobile held the position of senior vice president of business integration, and before that was senior vice president and chief financial officer. In 1995, he joined Sun Chemical as its global director of internal audit. The following year he became chief financial officer of its Polychrome division. From 1982 to 1995, Mr. Nobile was employed by Arthur Andersen, where he provided financial advisory, operational consulting, and audit-related services to numerous international organizations.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
CFO & Senior Vice President, Finance |
Current |
| Sun Chemical Corporation |
Global Director of Internal Audit |
Former |
| Opnext Inc. |
Finance Executive |
Former |
| Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc. |
|
Former |
| St. John's University |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Accounting |
Former |
Kei Oki has worked to develop a global business with Hitachi's Information and Telecommunications sector since joining Hitachi in 1971.His career experience includes Hitachi America, Ltd., Hitachi Data Systems, Inc., Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. In previous positions, he contributed to developing Hitachi's North American business by leading the sales and marketing efforts of information and telecommunication systems, such as; fiber optic transmission equipment, Main Frames and RAID systems. Recently, he devoted his efforts to support Hitachi's international subsidiaries to expand Hitachi's IT equipment business. As the president of Opnext Japan, Mr. Oki continues to create value added solutions for the company's customers.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Information.Com |
Executive Project Manager |
Former |
| Hitachi Data Systems Corporation |
|
Former |
| Keio University |
Bachelor of Arts In Economics |
Former |
Mr. Chan is responsible for business development, marketing, strategy and product portfolio for Opnext, Inc. Prior to joining Opnext, Mr. Chan spent more than 18 years with Lucent Technologies, AT&T and Bell Laboratories, where he rose to be an officer at Lucent. Mr. Chan's last position at Lucent was as chief strategy officer for the Optical Networking Group in 2000. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Chan was chairman and president, Lucent China. Other executive positions held by Mr. Chan include: VP in global marketing for the optical business; president and COO, Lucent China; VP for global SDH product management. During his career, Mr. Chan worked and lived outside the U.S. at various times in Japan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and China.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Business Dev, Prod Port Mgmt |
Current |
| Bell Laboratories |
|
Former |
| Columbia University |
Master of Science In Operations Research |
Former |
| Brandeis University |
Bachelor of Arts In Physics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Executive Vice President of Opnext Modules Business Unit |
Current |
"Formerly vice president of North America sales, Mr. Horiuchi has been with Opnext since 2001 where he has been instrumental in building the successful North America sales division. Mr. Horiuchi has more than 23 years of a broad business background of sales, R&D, manufacturing, and senior management in both the Japan and U.S., including more than ten years of experience in the fiber optics industry. Prior to joining Opnext, Mr. Horiuchi was at Infineon Technologies and Hitachi Semiconductor America. Mr. Horiuchi was also General Manager of Construction Material division at a pre-fab housing company in Japan.
James Horiuchi received a MBA degree from Santa Clara University."
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Global Sales |
Current |
| Santa Clara University |
MBA Degree |
Former |
Chris Lin has responsibility for sales and marketing operations for Opnext in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Formerly chief operating officer for Lucent Technologies China, Mr. Lin held responsibility for the Lucent China business unit's daily operations, including sales and marketing, business management, business development, technical support, project management and implementation, and joint venture management. Mr. Lin served previously as vice president of the wireless networks group, responsible for wireless business throughout China. Mr. Lin also held the position of managing director for the China region, Lucent Optical Networks Group. Prior to Lucent, Mr. Lin held product development and product marketing positions at Siemens Telecommunication Systems, Limited (Taiwan) and System Engineering positions at Bellcore (now Telcordia Technologies).
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Global Sales |
Current |
| Telcordia Technologies, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Bellcore |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Global Sales |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Luxnet Corporation |
Chairman, CEO, and Founder |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Acorn Campus |
Partner |
Current |
| Vision New America |
Chair |
Current |
| Acorn Campus |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| United Way Silicon Valley |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bcaia |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Opnext Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Fremont Union High School District |
Board Member |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Santa Clara University |
MBA |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
Bachelor of Science In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Santa Clara University |
Bachelor of Science In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Senior Vice President & General Counsel |
Current |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Llp |
Attorney |
Former |
| Columbia University Law School |
J.D. |
Former |
| Brown University |
Bachelor of Arts Degree |
Former |
Mr. O'Neill has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel since May 2007. From January 2004 until April 2007, Mr. O'Neill was Of Counsel with the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins LLP. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins LLP, Mr. O'Neill was an assistant general counsel at Global Crossing, Ltd., a global telecommunications company, from March 1999 until September 2003, and prior to that he was an attorney in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP from 1994 until 1999. Mr. O'Neill has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and a J.D. from the Columbia Law School.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
General Counsel and Senior Vice President |
Current |
Tadayuki Kanno has been working in the fiber optic transmission systems business since joining Hitachi, Ltd. in 1979. From 2000 - 2001 Mr. Kanno served as vice president of Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. In that role, he led fiber optic product development efforts for the US market. In 2001, Mr. Kanno was appointed as the senior vice president of the fiber optic transmission operation for Hitachi's Telecommunication Systems Division. In this capacity, he was responsible for business operation and system development. Currently, Mr. Kanno is leading the product realization activities for the Opnext Module and Device Business Units, which includes all R&D and manufacturing.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Modules & Device Business Unit |
Current |
| Hitachi, Ltd. |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. |
Vice President |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Vice President of Marketing |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Senior Director, Product Marketing |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Product Marketing Vice President |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Director of Product Marketing |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Vice President of North America Sales |
Current |
Rich Zoccolillo is the general manager for the Opnext Pluggables and Subsystem business units, with responsibility for coordinating all product development, manufacturing, management and sales activities. Formerly general manager for Lucent Metro WDM Business, Mr. Zoccolillo spearheaded Lucent's drive into the Metro WDM market. While at Lucent, Mr. Zoccolillo also served as director of product management for the Lucent SONET systems in the US, spending two years in Germany to focus on SDH systems, and held a variety of significant positions in Lucent's Consumer Product Organization. Prior to his Lucent tenure, Mr. Zoccolillo held positions at AT&T, within the ATM Network Planning committee, the international ATM Standards committee, and cellular system product development.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Vice President, Pluggables & Subsystems Business Units |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
General Manager |
Former |
| AT&T Inc. |
|
Former |
Tammy Wedemeyer oversees business operations for Opnext, where she has global responsibility in the areas of Human Resources, Facilities, Legal and Corporate Communications. Prior to joining Opnext, Ms. Wedemeyer spent over 10 years at Lucent Technologies in a variety of business management roles, most recently as senior operations manager of the Optical Networking Group and finance manager of the Business Communications Systems group. Earlier in her career, Ms. Wedemeyer held several business management positions at AT&T.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Vice President, Business Mgmt |
Current |
| Business Communications Systems, Inc. |
Finance Manager |
Former |
| AT&T Inc. |
|
Former |
| Brookdale Community College |
Associate of Arts In Administration |
Former |
Eric has served as the IT Director for Opnext, Inc. at their headquarters in Eatontown, NJ since 2001. His primary responsibility is to manage the resources for Opnext's single global ERP instance, Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 11i. Eric shares direct functional support with his staff for the Inventory, Cost Management, Purchasing, Payables, Receivables, and General Ledger modules and writes SQL scripts for custom Oracle Alerts and Discoverer workbooks. Opnext is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance optical components for telecom and datacom optical networking systems and industrial devices. Opnext used its implementation of Oracle EBS 11i in 2001 to unify business processes globally. Eric may be contacted at Eric.Guether@ERPtips.com Eric.Guether@ERPtips.com
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
It Director |
Current |
| Oratips |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Director, Public Relations |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Manager, Operations |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Corp. Controller |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
|
Current |
| Waseda University |
degree in Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Chip Level Products, Transmitter & Receiver Modules |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Siguler Guff |
Vice President |
Current |
| Investor AB |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Clarity Partners, L.P. |
Co-Founder |
Current |
| Clarity Partners, L.P. |
Managing General Partner |
Current |
| Idealflow Angel Fund, LLC |
Charter Member |
Current |
| California Institute of Technology |
trustee |
Current |
| Southern California University |
Chairman |
Former |
| Impremedia, LLC |
Director |
Current |
| Trust Company of the West |
Director |
Current |
| Idealflow Angel Fund, LLC |
Charter Member, California |
Current |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
President |
Former |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
co-founder |
Former |
| Opnext Inc. |
General Partner |
Former |
| Clarity Partners, L.P. |
Manager |
Former |
| Flag Capital Management, LLC |
Investment Associate |
Former |
| COMSAT Corporation |
executive position |
Former |
| Arthur Andersen LLP |
NA |
Former |
| California Institute of Technology |
Doctorate in physics with a minor in economics |
Former |
| New York University |
B.S. In Finance |
Former |
| California Institute of Technology |
Ph. D. in physics |
Former |
| McGill University |
graduate |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| ARRIS Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Auspice, Incorporated |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Widox |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Opnext Inc. |
President |
Former |
Dr. Isamu Kuru has held a number of positions in both the U.S. and Japan. Most recently, he was the president and representative director of NEXNET, Inc., Japan. From 1990-2001, Dr. Kuru served in a number of positions at Motorola, Inc. specifically; senior vice president, Motorola, Inc., president, Motorola Japan, corporate vice president, Motorola, Inc. and deputy president, Motorola Japan. He also had a distinguished career spanning 28 years with Toshiba Corporation in both Japan and the U.S. Dr. Kuru holds an undergraduate Electrical Engineering degree and PhD from Kyoto University. He has also been engaged in research at Stanford University, Shefield University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Opnext Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nexnet Inc |
President |
Former |
| Nexnet Inc |
Representative Director |
Former |
| Nexnet Inc |
Director |
Former |
| Kyoto University |
PhD |
Former |
| Kyoto University |
Undergraduate Degree In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Kyoto University |
Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Waterfront Partners LLC |
Principal |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Boston College |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Schilling Robotics, Inc. |
President and CEO |
Current |
| Optical Communication Products, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mobilepro Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Stratalight Communications |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mediostream Inc |
CEO |
Former |
| Telco Systems, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Gen Cellular Corporation |
CFO |
Former |
| Gen Cellular Corporation |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Optical Communication Products, Inc. |
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President |
Former |
| Telco Systems, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| Mediostream Inc |
Chairman |
Former |
| Gen Cellular Corporation |
Director |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Harvard University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Yale University |
B.S. In Engineering |
Former |
Ryuichi Otsuki joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1981 after graduating from Nagoya University School of Law. Over the past 20 years, he has held various positions within Hitachi including the Hitachi Data Systems and PC Corporation as well as many functions within the Global Business Planning and Operation Division. His responsibilities have included M&A, Investment, Business Planning and Alliance. He is currently the Executive General Manager, Strategic Planning & Development, the Global Business Planning & Operation Division, Information & Telecommunication Systems of Hitachi, Ltd.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hitachi, Ltd. |
Executive General Manager |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
General Manager, Strategic Planning |
Former |
| Opnext Inc. |
General Manager, Strategic Planning |
Former |
| Hitachi Data Systems Corporation |
|
Former |
Mr. Iwata came to Hitachi GST in August 2006. He began his career with Hitachi Ltd. in 1972 in the Overseas Business Department. He worked his way up through various positions until he became manager of the Business Planning Department for the Information Systems Group in 1996. From there, he joined Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) in 1997 as executive vice president. In 2000, Iwata returned to Hitachi Ltd. to serve as deputy general manager of the International Business Promotion Division. He was promoted to general manager of the Global Business Development Division in 2001. Later that year, he returned to HDS as chief executive officer. After almost five years leading HDS, he returned to Hitachi Ltd. to serve as CMO of Hitachi Ltd.'s Information and Telecommunication Systems Group. Mr. Iwata earned a B.S. of engineering degree from Waseda University in Japan.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hitachi, Ltd. |
Chief Executive Officer, Service & Global Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group |
Current |
| Opnext Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Hitachi Data Systems Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Hitachi Data Systems Corporation |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Waseda University |
B.S. of Engineering Degree |
Former |
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