management team |
Dr. Simin Cai
|
Dr. Yusuke Ota Yusuke received BS and MS in electronics engineering both from Shizuoka University, Japan, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
|
Mr. Glenn Lu Prior to joining NSG, Glenn served as Vice President of manufacturing and Vice President of Global Manufacturing Operations at Oplink Communications, Inc. He started his career in US with E-Tek Dynamics, now part of JDSU first as an R&D Engineer, later Manufacturing Engineer and Production manager. He also participated in the founding of Avanex, now part of Oclaro. Early in his career in China, he was an assistant professor in Physics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Glenn received his BS in Applied Physics and M.S. in Fiber Optics from Shanghai JiaoTong University in Shanghai, China, and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from City College of New York of CUNY in New York City.
|
Mr. Doug Hornaday Doug Hornaday joined NSG America in December, 2006 as Vice President of Sales, and NSG America became part of Go!Foton Group in 2009 through a management buyout. Doug has over 25 years experience in the optical industry spanning roles in engineering, product management, and sales. Prior to NSG, Doug was VP of Sales for optical switch start up Metconnex, Director of North American Sales for Bookham, and Director of Sales for start up WaveSplitter Technologies. Doug's industry experience also includes 20 years with AT&T and Lucent Technologies where he gained a broad range of optical technology experience as: Manufacturing and Senior Project Engineer for optical fiber, cable and apparatus; Senior Account Executive in sales of fiber, transmission, and switching gear; and Senior Product Manager for passive silicon optical bench products. Doug holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia and a Master's degree in Manufacturing Systems from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY.
|
Dr. Qin Zhang Dr. Qin Zhang joined NSG America in March 2007 as Vice President of Technology after serving as a consultant for a year on business development. NSG America became part of Go!Foton Group in 2009 through a management buyout. Qin started to serve as Vice President, Marketing in 2010. Prior to joining NSG, Qin was with Arista Networks, a startup company he co-founded in 2000, developing dispersion compensation solutions for DWDM systems. Prior to that, he was VP of Sales and Marketing at Oplink Communications. His career in fiber optics started with E-Tek Dynamics as an Applications Engineer and Product Line Manager. Qin has a BSEE degree and an MS degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration on Fiber Optics from Brown University, Providence, RI.
|
Mr. Naofumi "Nash" Nishizawa He came to join NSG America in the United States from Japan to manage all global sales and marketing efforts. Prior to his move to NSG America, Nash held several different positions in R&D, production and sales. Nash was actively involved in the research, development and production for the SELFOC Micro Lens Arrays before moving into sales. There he managed the distribution of telecom products such as PLC, fused couplers and thin film filter modules for the company's largest clients. Nash went back to NSG Japan in 2007 to serve as the sales director for NSG's telecommunications devices, responsible for all sales activities covering Japan and the rest of Asia. He became the President of Go!Foton (Japan), Inc. in 2009 through the management buyout. Nash graduated from Shinshu University and holds a "Master of Chemical" degree.
|
Mr. Kenichiro "Ken" Takeuchi Kenichiro "Ken" Takeuchi joined NSG Japan in 1995 immediately after graduation from graduate school. Currently, he serves as Manager of Design and Engineering at Go!Foton. Ken joined Go!Foton in 2000 as a Development Engineer from the Parent company. Since then, he has participated in many new product development projects and delivered many new products that are contributing to the revenue growth. His efforts also include product and technology transfer to the volume manufacturing facility in the Philippines. Prior to joining Go!Foton, he engaged in the development of optical SELFOC® Lens Array to be used in scanners and printers and he was instrumental in transferring the process to the production line from Japan to China. Ken holds a Master’s degree of Computer Science and System Engineering in Information Systems from Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan.
|
Dr. Eric E. Ma Dr. Ma joined Go!Foton in August 2010. He came from semiconductor industry with over twelve years of experience in processing technology R&D, foundry transfer management and quality control. From 1997 to 2007, Dr. Ma was working in Cypress Semiconductor Inc in Minnesota USA. He specializes in various FEOL and BEOL module process R&D for SRAM and PSoC device fabrication. In the years of 2006 and 2007 he frequently traveled between US and China, to transfer Cypress SRAM technologies to a prominent Shanghai semiconductor foundry company. In 2008 he joined Advanced Technology Group in Seagate Technology Inc (Minnesota USA), working on STRAM and ReRAM device research. Later 2009 he went back to Cypress to continue foundry operation in Shanghai, China. Dr. Ma graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, with Bachelor (1982) and Master (1985) degrees in Materials Science. In 1996 he obtained his PhD degree in the State University of New York at Buffalo, majoring in Electrical Engineering. He is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt by University of St. Thomas in St. Paul of Minnesota in 2009.
|