CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Luminous Networks Inc., the industry's first provider of carrier-class Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber metro access systems, announced today the addition of three new marketing directors. Luminous has added to their already deep management team the following key directors: Raj Sharma, director of product line management; John Hamburger, director of marketing communications; and Link Verstegen, director of market development. With the addition of these seasoned telecommun ications directors, Luminous now has in place the core marketing team that will enhance the company's position in the growing metro access optical market as it ships its optical networking platform to major carriers.

"Luminous is forging a leadership position in the metropolitan optical network market by delivering a platform that combines superior flexibility in service creation, tremendous capacity and scalability, with significantly lower equipment and operating costs," said Jay Shuler, vice president of marketing. "The addition of these three experienced marketing directors from major industry players will allow Luminous to position the company effectively as a leading supplier to world-class carriers."

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