Former Oplink Vice President Will Lead Global Sales and Services Teams to Drive Global Expansion and Operational Excellence
Photonera, one of the leading providers of integrated photonics solutions for ultra-dense, high-speed interconnection systems, today announced that Terry Basehore has joined the company as vice president of sales and will be responsible for leading the company’s sales and customer services teams.
“The key to our continued growth is to expand our presence in existing and emerging markets with our portfolio of integrated optical products,” said Raj Kapany, Photonera president and CEO.“Terry’s deep experience in the industry and successful track records in driving operational excellence will enable us to be a leader in high-speed optical communications and interconnect markets.”
Before joining Photonera, Mr. Basehore spent more than 22 years in various senior level sales and management positions.Most recently he served as president at Fiberfab, where he led a global business servicing data centers and high-performance storage facilities.Prior to that, he was responsible for a sales team of more than 20 people for OCP, Inc. (now Oplink Communications, Inc.) and more than $150 million in revenue.
“I am excited about joining the Photonera team at an important time as the company introduces new technology into the market and grows its customer base,” said Mr. Basehore.“We have the opportunity to increase market share through further penetration with our proven 10Gbit/s parallel optical solutions.”
Photonera Corporation designs, manufactures and markets highly integrated optical sub-assemblies and modules for high-speed applications based on its well-patented and industrial proven flip-chip hybridization technology.The company provides multi-standard compliant transmitter and receiver solutions for serial and parallel optical interconnects.Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Photonera has R&D centers in Sunnyvale, France and Asia.
Contacts:
Photonera Corporation
Tom Fong, 408-774-9718
Vice
President of Marketing
fong@photonera.com
