Press Releases :: 2007
Paul Meissner Joins Rapidly Growing Santur as CEO — Santur Continues to Build out Management Team
FREMONT, CA – January 10, 2007 – Santur
Corporation, the leading manufacturer of reliable
tunable semiconductor laser products for the global
telecommunications industry, today announced the
appointment of Paul Meissner as CEO. Paul is an industry
veteran with over 18 years of leadership experience
in optics and semiconductors. He joins Santur from
Coherent, where he most recently served as the EVP
of Global Business Operations. Prior to that, Paul
held several executive management and technology
leadership positions at KLA-Tencor and Applied
Materials.
In addition, he advises entrepreneurs through the
Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University,
and through the Digital Visions Program at Stanford
University. Paul holds an undergraduate degree from
the University of California, Berkeley in materials
science and engineering, and he obtained both his
masters and doctorate degrees in materials science
and engineering from Stanford University.
“We are very pleased that Paul has joined the outstanding Santur management
team,” said Pierre Lamond, partner at Sequoia Capital and director of Santur. “Paul’s
proven track record and his vision to extend our leadership as the world’s
leading tunable laser company will be critical to delivering tunability to the
telecom market.”
“I see enormous growth opportunities for Santur,” said Paul. “It
is exhilarating to join Santur at a time when the market is rapidly accelerating,
and Santur is poised to deliver the next level of growth and performance.”
About Santur Corporation
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Santur Corporation is the world’s
leading vertically integrated manufacturer of high-performance tunable semiconductor
lasers for metro and long-haul WDM systems. The company’s patented DFB-array
technology enables the fabrication of broadly tunable sources at the same high
performance as fixed wavelength sources. Santur’s products have set a new
standard in the industry with their unique combination of high-power achieved
without the use of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), wide tunability with
no possibility of mode hops, stability in harsh environments, Telcordia GR-468
reliability and value. For more information, visit www.santurcorp.com,
call 1-(866)-TUNABLE, or e-mail marketing@santurcorp.com.
Contact:
Byron Trop
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Santur Corporation
Mobile : +1 214 727 9008
E-mail: btrop@santurcorp.com