Vice President, Operations and Customer Satisfaction. As Vice President, Mr. Siegal manages the introduction and commercialization of Mintera's 40Gb/s transport system. A seasoned expert with over 25 years of experience, Mr. Siegal brings a history of professional management expertise in manufacturing, technical operations and new product introduction. Mr. Siegal joined Mintera from Optovia Corporation, where he served as Vice President of Operations responsible for overseeing the commercialization and field deployment of Optovia's NEBS compliant, optical amplification systems. Prior to Optovia, Mr. Siegal was the Vice President of Manufacturing at PhotonEx, a 40Gb/s long haul transport start-up company. During his tenure, PhotonEx deployed the first commercially available 40Gb/s long haul backbone system. Earlier in his career, Mr. Siegal has held senior management positions at Mack Technologies, Nexabit Networks, CSI Netlink, PictureTel Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., ADAGE Inc., Honeywell and Raytheon, Inc.Mr. Siegal holds an MS in Engineering Management from Northeastern University and a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Massachusetts. |