Charles J. Abbe served as president, chief operating officer and a director of JDS Uniphase Corporation from February 2000 until his retirement in June 2001. He served as president and chief executive officer of Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. (OCLI) from April 1998 until the company merged with JDS Uniphase in February of 2000. In 1996, Mr. Abbe joined OCLI as vice president and general manager of its principal operating unit. From 1990 to 1996, he served in several positions of increasing responsibility, including senior vice president, electronics sector, at Raychem Corporation. Mr. Abbe practiced business consulting with McKinsey & Company in San Francisco from 1971 to 1989, serving the last seven years as a senior partner. Mr. Abbe holds a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University, as well as a master's and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University.
Harry Bosco brings to the Opnext board a background rich in fiber optic technology and corporate leadership. He served as the company's first President and CEO and led the company to its public debut in February 2007. Previously, he was group president of optical networking at Lucent Technology and also served there as chief technical officer for consumer products, vice president of the wired technology and initial production center, president of the network systems broadband networking unit, chief operating officer for the optical networking group, and chief technical officer for the service provider networks. During his distinguished thirty-five year tenure, Mr. Bosco led the development of Lucent's core data networking architecture, helped to put together the company's broadband networking strategy, and deployed Lucent's optical networking product portfolio.
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.
Mr. Kendall Cowan currently serves as chairman and CEO of The Cowan Group, LLC, Cowan Holdings, Inc. and is a shareholder and Board member of several privately owned businesses. In addition, he serves as a Board member and chairman of the Audit Committee of ICO North America and as a Board member of Lea County Bancshares, Inc. Mr. Cowan was the chief financial officer of Alamosa Holdings, Inc. from December 1999 until February 2006. He became a partner in an international public accounting firm in 1983, and from January 1986 to September 1993, he was a partner at Coopers & Lybrand. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1977 and is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Shinjiro Iwata is currently Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Service and Global Business, Information and Telecommunication Systems Group of Hitachi, Ltd. Mr. Iwata began his career at Hitachi, Ltd., in 1972 in the Overseas Business Department and has experienced numerous key positions within the company. In 1996, Mr. Iwata was named Business Planning Department Manager for Hitachi's Information Systems Group, which is one of the largest business segments of Hitachi, Ltd. After that, Mr. Iwata joined Hitachi Data Systems in 1997 as an Executive Vice President in the storage line of business and served in this capacity until August, 2000. He then returned to Hitachi, Ltd. and served as the General Manager of Hitachi's Global Business Development Division. From there he returned to Hitachi Data Systems a second time as CEO and turned the company around, initiating a period of growth and profitability. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc., with responsibility for various fields, such as sales, operations, logistics, marketing, and business planning.
Mr. Iwata is a native of Hyogo, Japan, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Waseda University.
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.
Dr. David Lee has served on the Opnext Board as co-chairman since 2000 and is co-founder and Managing General Partner of Clarity Partners. Prior to the formation of Clarity Partners in March 1997, Dr. Lee co-founded Global Crossing, serving as President and Chief Operating Officer, as well as a member of the Board of Directors. From 1989 to 1997, Dr. Lee was a Managing Director at Pacific Capital Group, a private equity firm. Prior to joining Pacific Capital Group, Dr. Lee was group vice president of Finance and Acquisitions at TRW Information Systems Group He has also held various executive positions at Comsat, the satellite communications company, and practiced public accountancy at Arthur Andersen LLP.
Dr. Lee is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Lee is also a trustee of the California Institute of Technology and a director of Trust Company of the West.
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.
Prior to his current position at Waterfront Partners, LLC., Mr. Otto has held various investment banking positions including as a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co., Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. and most recently as a Managing Director at Salomon Brothers/Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup from which he retired in 2002. Mr. Otto is a graduate of Boston College and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Philip F. Otto is the chief executive officer and a director at Schilling Robotics, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of subsea control systems, remotely operated vehicles and other high-technology equipment for offshore oil and gas exploration and production. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Otto held several executive positions at a variety of technology and high-growth companies. Mr. Otto served as chief financial officer of California Microwave from 1975 to 1981 and later as chairman and chief executive officer from 1992 to 1997. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Otto served as the chief financial officer of General Cellular Corporation, until its acquisition by Western Wireless Corp., and from 1986 to 1988, he was the founder and chief executive officer of Technology Investment Associates and Netline Communications Corp. Prior to that, from 1981 to 1986, Mr. Otto served as chairman and chief executive officer of Telco Systems, Inc. Mr. Otto holds a bachelor's degree from the Yale School of Engineering and a master's degree with concentration in marketing and financial management from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Bill Smith is currently responsible for all local network-related operations across AT&T's domestic footprint, including construction and engineering, installation and maintenance, U-verse field operations, mobility construction and maintenance, and operations planning. Prior to his current position, Mr. Smith was vice president shared services, in charge of mass market and enterprise operations, corporate real estate, procurement, regional wireline planning, and business planning and integration.
Before joining AT&T, Mr. Smith served as chief technology officer for BellSouth, responsible for setting the overall technology direction for BellSouth's core infrastructure. In that position, he was responsible for network and operations technology, Internet Protocol applications, next generation strategy, and BellSouth Entertainment, LLC.
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