OTTAWA -- MetroPhotonics Inc., an emerging player in the high-capacity optical component market for metropolitan networks, today announced the departure of founding director John Hollander. A practising attorney, Mr. Hollander has accepted a position with Ottawa law firm Doucet McBride and will continue to serve MetroPhotonics as a consultant.

"John Hollander was a key player in the early startup phase of this fast growing company, said John-Peter Bradford, Chairman and CEO, MetroPhotonics. "He played a significant role on the team that formulated the initial business plan, and made a substantive contribution in our successful effort to raise over $70M CDN in financing."

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