RON KANESHIRO JOINS KAIAM AS VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING
NEWARK, CA — February 4, 2015 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, today announced that Dr. Ron Kaneshiro has joined the company as Vice President of Engineering, responsible for high-end modules that use the proprietary MEMS-based integrated optical engines.
“We are extremely pleased to have Ron joining our team,” said Dr. Bardia Pezeshki, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiam. “His proven abilities in leading multidisciplinary engineering teams will be invaluable as we continue to innovate and deliver industry-leading data center communications products. Customers are expecting complete solutions to solve their interconnect problems, and Ron’s the best person to bring it all together to get the maximum value from our optical waveguide and MEMS integration technology.”
Most recently Dr. Kaneshiro was COO and VP of Systems and Integration at Glo, a venture-backed company focused on the development and commercialization of advanced LED products using nanotechnology. Before that, Ron was Senior Director, Product R&D at Avago Technologies, managing the development and commercialization of optical modules ranging from the low cost VCSEL-based active optical cables to complex single mode transceivers. Ron holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley.
“The fast-moving data center market needs real innovation to break the interconnect bottlenecks, and Kaiam has the differentiated technology to dramatically change the landscape. I’ve watched the company deliver on its initial promise and prove its optical engine,” said Dr. Kaneshiro. “Now I am very excited to be driving the engineering from inside! I’m looking forward to taking that core technology to a higher level.”
About Kaiam Corporation
Headquartered in Newark, California, with large scale manufacturing in Livingston, Scotland, Kaiam Corporation is a private company commercializing photonic integrated circuits. Founded by leading technologists from the optical networking industry, the team has a record of delivering breakthrough products that change the rules of the marketplace. For more information, visit www.kaiam.com and follow on Twitter at: @KaiamCorp.
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