Pilot Photonics Announces Dr. Stan Lumish as New CEO and Chairman

Date Announced: 15 Aug 2012

Twenty-Five Year Optics Veteran and Former CTO of JDSU Joins Optical Comb Source Start-up.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pilot Photonics Ltd, a privately held company producing optical comb subsystems for next generation optical transmission applications, today announces the addition of Dr. Stan Lumish as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of its Board of Directors. Dr. Lumish replaces Dr. Philip Perry, founding CEO, who will remain on the board of directors and return to Dublin City University to pursue optical transmission research.

“We are extremely excited to have Dr. Lumish join the company,” says Dr. Frank Smyth, Pilot Photonics CTO. “He brings an invaluable wealth of experience, industry connections and business acumen at an important time in the company’s development. Stan will help us take the business to the next level.”

“I’ve been working with Pilot Photonics for several months now; they have a solid technology, a committed team, and are poised for growth,” remarked Dr. Lumish. "As highlighted by recent Flex-grid deployments, even 100G per channel is not enough to satisfy the insatiable demand for bandwidth. Pilot Photonics has optical comb source technology to deliver the capacity expansion offered by flex-grid and multicarrier systems. We’re looking forward to this year’s ECOC in Amsterdam where we plan to demonstrate our comb product line.”

Dr. Stan Lumish has over 25 years of experience in the field of optical networking. He has held leadership positions at AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies and JDSU, including as the corporate CTO of JDSU. Most recently, he spent 18 months working for the United States Department of Defense on economic stabilization efforts for Iraq and Afghanistan. Stan is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi; he’s an IEEE Fellow, a Bell Labs Fellow and has received the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Department of Defense for his work in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Source: Pilot Photonics

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