CALGARY, Alberta -- Phothena Optics, a developer and manufacturer of low-cost bi-directional optical transceivers with an SFFpackage, announced the appointment of Naresh Nigam to its Board of Directors.

Nigam currently serves as Vice President of Engineering for Sanmina-SCI,managing engineering design centers around the world. Prior toSanmina-SCI, Nigam was a co-founder and former Vice President of Force10 Networks,CEO of Duet Technologies and Vice President of Client Servers Engineering atUnisys Corporation.

“Naresh Nigam will undoubtedly strengthen our focus on expanding U.S. domestic and international markets for multi-gigabit rate short reach transmission to deliver high speed digital data at a lower cost using a single fiber,” said Dr. Yung Sung Son, Founder and CEO of PhothenaOptics. “A seasoned executive like Naresh brings key experience that will guideus to step into the next phase of Phothena’s growth and we are very excitedto have him appointed to our Board of Directors.”

Phothena Optics Corp.