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Marla Sanchez joined Avanex in 2006 and is responsible for all areas of finance, corporate planning and administration. Ms. Sanchez brings over 20 years of experience in international finance, cost accounting, controllership and strategic planning. Prior to joining Avanex, she was the Interim Chief Financial Officer at a portfolio company for SDL Ventures, a Silicon Valley investment firm specializing in early stage funding for optical technologies. Prior to that, Ms. Sanchez served as Corporate Controller for SDL, Inc., where she was responsible for all financial reporting, improving the quarterly close process, managing and building the finance team and financially integrating acquisitions. Ms. Sanchez was also the Director of Manufacturing Finance and Cost Systems for VLSI Technology and held controllership positions for Diasonics Corporation and Ridge Computers. She also held positions at Advanced Micro Devices and Four Phase Systems.
Ms. Sanchez earned a M.B.A in finance from the University of Santa Clara and a M.S. and B.S. in biological science from Stanford University. | 