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Vitesse Names Martin Nuss as VP, Technology and Strateg(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Vitesse Semiconductor announced that Martin Nuss, Ph.D., has joined the company as vice president, technology and strategy. "Martin joins Vitesse as we embark upon our new strategic direction and sharpen our ability to address our most important market opportunities," said Christopher R. Gardner, chief executive officer of Vitesse. "In order to take the next steps in strengthening the company, it is imperative that we add to our leadership team an expert with extensive knowledge of the network equipment provider market. Martin has an impressive track record in creating innovative products and technology. We welcome him to the Vitesse team." In this newly created role, Nuss will be responsible for identifying markets and technologies that leverage Vitesse's technical assets and ingenuity, for creating product roadmaps, and for identifying new solutions platforms that can further the company's growth and profitability. Nuss, who reports to Gardner, has more than 20 years of technical and management experience. Most recently, as chief technology officer of Ciena's Optical Ethernet group, he led the successful integration of the products and technology acquired from Internet Photonics. Prior to Ciena's acquisition of the company, he was founder and CTO of Internet Photonics. He also served 15 years at Bell Labs in various technical and management roles including director of the Optical Data Networks Research Department, where he was responsible for research on Lucent's 10 Gigabit Multimode Fiber and innovations in the 10 GbE Metro Networking space. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and a member of IEEE. Vitesse designs, develops and markets a portfolio of high-performance, semiconductor solutions that leverage the convergence of networking technologies. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright 2007 Wireless News |