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Xi'An, Shaanxi, Cn

I am responsible for all commercial activities for Focuslight outside of mainland China, as well as international business development and M&A.

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Orlando, Fl, Us

Providing commercial and strategic leadership for Everix, a leading manufacturer of ultra-thin optical filters

Danvers, Massachusetts, Us

Seminex provides high power laser solutions into a range of applications, including Telecommunications, Medical, Industrial, Defense and Lidar. Their unique laser design capabities allow them to customize solutions to our customers' needs, then ramp quickly into volume production. My role was to establish new global sales channels and drive the growth of Seminex across all markets and geographies, while ensuring best in class customer service and support.

Major Achievements:• Delivered a compelling strategy for profitable growth within the industrial robotics, intelligent transportation, automotive and defense market segments• Defined and drove execution of differentiated technology and product roadmaps• Promoted the adoption of Lidar at key US Government decision makers, thus improving safety for all public road users• Identified, prioritized, and drove implementation of inorganic opportunities• Represented Velodyne at selected financial, media and industry forums

Responsibilities: Leadership for WW sales, customer service and field applications engineering functions Major Achievements:● Restructured WW sales team and established new field applications & customer service capabilities for all major geographies● Successfully negotiated large multi-year commercial contracts with major OEM customers in industrial, automotive & intelligent transportation markets ● Implemented robust SIOP and CRM processes to drive long term revenue growth and improved cross-functional alignment● Successfully led Velodyne Lidar in partnership with COO & CFO, during a 4-month search for a new CEO

Xi'An, Shaanxi, Cn

Reporting directly to the CEO, I was responsible for driving the profitable growth of the Laser Optics division of Focuslight, a Xi'an China based company specializing in laser diodes, beam-shaping optics and semiconductor equipment solutions.Our core markets include advanced manufacturing, semicondutor capital equipment, automotive (LiDAR), CE & medical diagnostics. The Laser Optics division of around 200 staff, supplies a variety of optical elements and subsystems for laser beam shaping and management, and has major facilities in Dortmund Germany (Limo brand) and Dongguan China.

Chandler, Arizona, Us

• Responsibility for all worldwide sales, product management, marketing, customer service and field applications engineering activities at the ~$300M/year OSP division of Viavi solutions (formerly JDSU). • Personal ownership for account growth strategy and senior executive interface at tier 1 accounts in consumer electronics, Industrial, automotive and banknote security segments • Accountability for BU growth strategy, encompassing existing & new market development, inorganic opportunities, and restructuring/outsourcing initiatives• Creation, communication & successful execution of the BU annual operating plan• Continual improvement in customer satisfaction metrics, through a distributed team of sales, customer service & field applications professionals • WW promotion of VIAVI brand and capabilities, through market collateral, social media, investor relations events, advertising campaigns and external tradeshows

Chandler, Arizona, Us

Reporting to the President of CCOP Division of JDSU, and responsible for all marketing, business operations and marcom activities for this (>$700M/yr) business. Ownership for driving all internal and external marketing activities, delivering double digit market share growth with datacom transceivers and establishing JDSU as a leading vendor for ‘gesture recognition’ components in consumer devices

Chandler, Arizona, Us

Sales and business development ownership for the >$150M/year optical telecom and industrial laser product segments of JDS Uniphase in EMEA. Responsible for the WW account management for Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia, Siemens, Adva & Ericsson OEMs, market share growth in the emerging solid-state laser segment and the seamless integration of several company acquisitions

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Responsible for all commerical activities in EMEA for this fast moving start up focused on tunable lasers, passive optical components and industrial benchtop solutions

92707 Colombes, Fr

Responsibility for design win identification and closure with customers across EMEA for telecommunications applications. Major customers included Lucent, Alcatel, Siemens, Marconi and Adva

Houston, Texas, Us

Worldwide product management and product engineering roles for optical transceiver products used in datacom communications systems

Research and Development of tunable lasers for use in Coherent transmission systems.

Certificate Of Business Excellence (Modules), Business Administration And Management, General

Cmo Institute, Marketing

Mba, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Bsc (Hons), Physics

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