CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- OmniGuide Communications, Inc., a company developing hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers and components, today announced that Anil Khatod has joined the company’s Board of Directors.“We couldn’t be more pleased to have Anil join our board,” said Ray Stata, Acting CEO of OmniGuide. ”He is a widely respected leader in the telecommunications industry with an impressive list of accomplishments spanning two decades. Anil brings his strategic and operating experience to help us devise a market entry strategy and develop relationships with lead customers and alliance partners that will fully exploit this new breakthrough technology.”As the former Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer of Nortel Networks, Anil Khatod has extensive experience in all aspects of optical communications. In this role, Khatod had global responsibility for Nortel’s marketing & communications, business and technology strategies, network architecture, platforms and solutions, investments, acquisitions, alliances, strategic planning and government relations. Mr. Khatod joined Nortel Networks in 1982 and served in numerous capacities, including Sr. Vice President Marketing & Sales, President Optical Internet, President Wireless Internet, and Group President Global Internet Solutions. Under his leadership, Nortel’s Optical business grew to over $10 billion in revenue. As Group President of Global Internet Solutions, he shared P&L responsibility for businesses with over $25 billion in revenue including Optical Internet, Wireless Internet, Carrier data, and VOIP. OmniGuide Communications Inc.