Zaffire Names New CEO

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Zaffire, Inc., a leading developer of optical networking products and technologies, today announced the appointment of James Fultz as its chief executive officer (CEO). Fultz brings to Zaffire more than 15 years of senior management experience in the high-tech sector, most recently serving as executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer for Antec Corporation, a leading supplier of fiber-optic broadband transport technologies to RBOCs and Cable MSOs. Fultz will also join Zaffire's board of directors, the company said.

"Throughout his career, Jim Fultz has demonstrated an ability to create market opportunities by leveraging great technology into significant sales," said Zaffire board member William R. Hearst III, who is also a partner in leading venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. "Zaffire's technology has received tremendous support from the optical networking marketplace, and under Jim's leadership, we believe this support will be translated into a broad range of new customer deployments, and ultimately, long-term market success."

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