Karen Roscher has joined Conexant Systems as senior vice president and chief financial officer. She replaces J. Scott Blouin, who will be leaving Conexant to pursue other opportunities. Roscher spent 26 years in a variety of financial management positions with Motorola Inc. and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Roscher earned a BA in accounting and an MBA from Arizona State University. She is also a certified public accountant.
Walt Magnussen, PhD, an industry expert in the deployment of college and university voice services, has joined Cedar Point Communications� advisory board. Magnussen currently holds multiple high-profile roles within the university telecommunications community: He serves as director for telecommunications of Texas A&M University; as president of ACUTA, the Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education; and as director of the Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center. In his new advisory role, he will bring expertise in campus telecommunications to the continued development of Cedar Point�s SAFARI C³ multimedia switching system.
IntexyS Photonics SA, a provider of integrated optical modules for telecom, datacom, defense, and avionics, has announced Kevin Taylor as chief financial officer and Jiashu Chen as vice president of engineering with both appointments effective in 3Q07. In Q2, IntexyS had named Terry Thomas as vice president of sales and marketing to drive commercial growth of high-bandwidth optical interconnects. �We are excited to have industry experts such as Kevin, Jiashu and Terry to develop the financial, technical and commercial strategies to bring our innovative, �system-in-a-package� products to market,� says chief executive Jean-Charles Garcia.
Christian Unterberger has been appointed to the position of chief sales officer (CSO) at ADVA Optical Networking. As CSO, he will enhance the company�s global sales strategy, including direct, reseller, and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) distribution channels. In addition, he will expand the regional sales organizations to focus on selling to key accounts and developing market share via new customer and vertical segment targets.
JDSU has appointed Keith Lambert to the role of senior vice president of Optical Communications Operations at JDSU. Reporting to David Gudmundson, president of Optical Communications, Lambert will focus on driving efforts in the areas of lean manufacturing, cost leadership, and operational excellence for the group. He brings to JDSU extensive direct management experience in operations.