Product category: Lasers
News Release from: Southampton Photonics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 April 2002
Parker moves in at Southampton
Southampton Photonics (SPI) has named Dr David Parker as President and Chief Executive Officer
Southampton Photonics (SPI) has named Dr David Parker asPresident and Chief Executive Officer. Until recently Dr Parkerwas President and Chief Executive of Marconi Optical Components(MOC), and it was under his stewardship that MOC was successfullysold and transitioned to Bookham Technology in February thisyear.
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Prior to this Dr Parker served as Vice President andGeneral Manager of Agilent Technologies' Ipswich ComponentsOperation, with responsibility for its single-mode fibre-opticcomponents.
Cofounder, Don Spalinger, former acting President,said, 'In David Parker, SPI has found a perfect wish-listmatch for our Chief Executive Officer.
We are fortunate inbringing him on board and I am greatly looking forward to workingon his team'.
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Professor David Payne, SPI's Chairman,commented, 'I have known and admired David Parker for manyyears.
He is very highly regarded in the optical componentsindustry and has a tremendous reputation both as a technologistand as a very successful business leader and manager.
He willbring great strategic and tactical direction to SouthamptonPhotonics where he will apply his proven expertise in developingnew opportunities to our world-leading in-fibre technology'.David Parker commented, 'At MOC I enjoyed taking world classscience and technology and, with the help of a great team, movingit towards commercial reality.
I am extremely fortunate to havethe opportunity to repeat that.
There is little doubt in my mindthat there will be a recovery in the optical components sectorand the companies that deliver innovative and cost-competitivesolutions to customers will be well positioned.
SPI has thepotential to be in this category.
Combining the SPI team with thesubstantial and proven invention funnel in SouthamptonUniversity's optoelectronics Research Centre under DavidPayne's leadership is, in my view, a winning strategy'.Dave Shrigley, General Partner at Sevin Rosen Funds, a majorinvestor in the company said, 'Southampton Photonics'in-fibre optical components and subsystems have many of theneeded capabilities to play a key role in the next generation ofoptical networks.
I am extremely pleased to have someone with DrParker's impressive credentials and track record to leadthat charge'.
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