MILPITAS, Calif. -- OpVista today announced that Pirjo Tuomi, a respected sales and operations veteran in the telecommunications industry, has assumed the role of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Cable and Field Operations. Ms. Tuomi most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Sales for BigBand Networks where she played a pivotal role in moving the company into the telecommunications market.

“It is a pleasure to add Pirjo to our team and to work with her again,” said Karl May, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, OpVista. "Her extensive experience in worldwide telecom infrastructure sales and operations will be a tremendous asset as OpVista continues its expansion into new markets and geographies.”

“OpVista is earning an exceptional reputation as a vendor uniquely capable of helping network operators increase services bandwidth all the way to 100 GbE per wavelength, while reducing CAPEX and OPEX by minimizing infrastructure changes and truck rolls,” said Pirjo Tuomi. “In response to the rapidly increasing customer interest in OpVista’s optical network solutions, the company is growing its field operations to continue to provide a highly responsive world-class customer service experience in the Americas, Caribbean, and Europe. I welcome the opportunity to scale the organization to meet our rapidly growing demand.”

OpVista Inc.