Dr Xin Cheng, president and COO, Dowslake Microsystems IncSanta Clara-based Programmable Optical Processor-based module supplier Dowslake Microsystems has appointed Dr Xin Cheng as president and chief operating officer. Cheng joined Amoco Technology Company subsidiary Meret Optical Communications Inc in the late 1980s where he developed broadband fibre business and technology including WDM-based computer imaging, HDTV and digital video. As president of Osicom Technologies Inc he founded its optical networking division, which became Sorrento Networks: in May 1997 his team launched the first commercial metro DWDM system; in 2000 he was appointed chairman/CEO. www.dowslakemicro.com
Chris Gladding, VP of sales, Blue Sky ResearchChris Gladding has joined Blue Sky Research as VP of sales, reporting to president and CEO Dan Hu. "Chris will help us to clearly define and penetrate the markets," says Hu. Gladding was JDS Uniphase's senior director of global accounts, responsible for all aspects of business with Cisco Systems sites and acquisitions worldwide. Previously he was senior director of North American sales for E-TEK Dynamics and global sales and marketing manager for Laser Diode Inc (now part of Tyco). Gladding has also held strategic sales positions with the UK's Optilas Ltd, R.R. Electronics (now Arrow) and Optronics Ltd. www.blueskyresearch.com