SAN JOSE, CA -- NeoPhotonics Corporation, a leading developer ofoptical components for the telecommunications industry, today announced theappointment of Benjamin Sitler as Vice President of Worldwide Sales,effective immediately. In this position, Mr. Sitler will oversee a salesforce with offices on four continents as well as the Company's channel anddistribution partnerships.

Mr. Sitler has more than twenty years of sales and executive managementexperience in the telecommunications and electronics industries. He waspromoted to this role after serving as the Company's Vice President forTunable Products. This product line came to NeoPhotonics via the November2006 acquisition of Paxera, a company Mr. Sitler co-founded and for which heserved as President and Chief Executive.

Prior to starting Paxera in 2003, Mr. Sitler held the positions of VicePresident of Worldwide Sales at Lightwave Microsystems and Vice President ofBusiness Development at JCP Photonics. In addition, he spent fifteen yearsat Raychem Corporation, where he served in roles including Sales Manager,Product Marketing Manager, Product Line Manager, Business DevelopmentManager and Staff Executive to the CEO.

Prior to joining Raychem, Mr. Sitler served in the U. S. Navy in the nuclearsubmarine force. He received a Bachelor's Degree from the U.S. NavalAcademy and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA.

"We are excited to announce Ben's promotion and look forward to hiscontribution across our multiple product lines serving long-haul to accessmarkets and with key customers in multiple geographies," said Tim Jenks,Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. "We believe Ben has the leadershipqualities and contacts to take us to the next level."

NeoPhotonics Corp. (NYSE: NPTN)