Alex Leibovich

PART OF EMCORE CORP., Ortel Corp. is a company based in Alhambra, CA, founded by Amnon Yariv. Ortel Corp. manufactures advanced solutions for original equipment manufacturers.

Tut Systems, Inc. manufactures mobile hardware and software solutions. They design, develop and sell digital video processing systems that enable service providers to deliver digital video signals over their networks. They also offer broadband transport and service management products that encompass Internet access and broadband data-related services. The company was founded in 1983 and is located in Pleasant Hill, CA.

Picolight, Inc. manufactures optical transceivers and components for high-bandwidth optical systems in the growing data center, enterprise, storage area and metro networking markets. The company was founded by Stanley Swirhun in 1995 and is headquartered in Louisville, CO.

Part of Cisco Systems, Inc., AuroraNetics, Inc. develops silicon technology for fiber networks. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Vaseghi Nader. AuroraNetics was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on August 23, 2001 for $150 million.

Cortina Systems, Inc. provided communications semiconductor solutions. The company was founded by Amir Nayyerhabibi, Zeineddine Chair, and Hojjat Salemi in 2001 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Xponent Photonics, a subsidiary of HOYA Corp. USA, designs and manufactures optical devices. Their products include a range of triplexers and diplexers for single-fiber applications including passive optical network, point-to-point and bidirectional radio frequency systems. Their target customers include optical systems vendors, transceiver suppliers and optical subsystem suppliers. The company was founded by Kerry Vahala and Pete Spercel in 2001 and is headquartered in Monrovia, CA.