SAN JOSE, Calif. -- PhotoniXnet
Corporation, a Tokyo based innovative startup that designs, develops,
and manufactures
a complete and cost-effective metropolitan-area optical network
solution, has opened it's first U.S. office in San Jose. Tetsuya Kawano,
who will serve as Executive
Vice President and will manage the company's U.S. day-to-day operations,
is leading the company's expansion into the Silicon Valley. Mr Kawano
joins the
company from Sony, where he served as Group President for the Recording
Media & Energy Group and was responsible for $1B in yearly revenue. Mr.
Kawano
made many contributions during his 27 years at Sony, including leading
the aggressive expansion into the North American and Latin American
markets. Mr.
Kawano's experience in all facets of managing a high tech company will
be utilized in his role with PhotoniXnet.
PhotoniXnet offers a revolutionary and complete solution for the
metro area that incorporates very high bandwidth, remote configuration,
protocol-independence,
easy scalability and low cost. PhotoniXnet boasts a strong international
patent portfolio that gives the company's LightWaveAggregator(TM)
product unique
advantages. The company plans to make further announcements about it's
products at the upcoming Networld + Interop tradeshow in Las Vegas (May
8-10, 2001).
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