Mark Farley Email & Phone Number

Mark is a technology entrepreneur with a passion for growing ideas into successful companies. At Finisar Corporation, Mark served as their VP of Engineering from their very early days as a startup through their highly successful growth phase into a large multinational optical supplier. He led the product development teams to create world class optical transceiver products, as well as innovative test equipment and networking gear. Many of Finisar’s products defined the standards that revolutionized the data communications industry for gigabit optics. During Finisar’s growth, Mark also was heavily involved in their technical and manufacturing strategy, including an important transition from US based manufacturing to an overseas manufacturing model. Today Finisar is the second largest optical supplier in the world, and ships millions of devices a month. Mark also worked on corporate strategy for Finisar, including IT growth decisions, patent strategy, and multiple corporate acquisitions from analysis through implementation. He currently holds 7 US patents.Prior to Finisar, Mark worked for Raynet as their hardware development manager. Raynet was a Menlo Park California start up company that provided fiber optic based telephone subscriber systems. Mark has been a judging chairperson for the California Clean Tech Open business plan competition from its inception in 2006 to 2009. Mark has also been an Angel investor since 2006.Mark worked at Zep Solar from its founding in 2008 through its recent acquisition by Solar City at the end of 2013. Mark started as their VP of Engineering and Manufacturing, and then joined the Zep Board of Directors.Mark currently lives in Napa and is on the board of Napa Learns, a Non-Profit that partners with public schools in Napa Valley to add technology and 21st Century teaching methods. Mark has a BSEE from MIT in Electrical Engineering.

Listed skills include Cleantech, Entrepreneurship, Start Ups, Mergers And Acquisitions, and 14 others.

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  Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

  Electrical Engineering