APRIL 10, 2007 -- JDSU (search for JDSU) has appointed David Gudmundson to the role of president of optical communications. Gudmundson will be responsible for optical communications sales, operations, and product development.
"I am very excited by this new opportunity within our Optical Communications group, where JDSU already demonstrates market leadership," said Gudmundson. "Building on that foundation, our focus will be on driving innovation, customer satisfaction, quality, and improved profitability."
Gudmundson joined JDSU in December 2003. The company says that as senior vice president of corporate development and marketing, Gudmundson played an integral role in a number of strategic transactions -- including the acquisitions of Lightwave Electronics, Acterna, and Agility Communications -- that diversified the company's portfolio and expanded its opportunities in test and measurement equipment (Acterna), tunable transponders (Agility), and solid-state lasers (Lightwave Electronics).
Prior to joining JDSU, Gudmundson held a series of senior leadership roles at Cisco. He also has held various hardware and software development and systems engineering positions at Argo Systems, Inc. (now part of The Boeing Company) and ESL Inc. (now part of TRW).
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