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Ross Halgren has a diverse background in research, development and design of new technologies, especially fiber optic communications products and networked systems. Prior to co-founding RBN, Halgren was managing director of Haltec Enterprises Pty Ltd., his own company providing consulting services to the communications industry. In this role, he was contracted as the Business Development Manager for the Photonics Redcentre - a division of Australian Photonics Pty Ltd. focused on supporting start-up companies in this field. Previously, Halgren was manager of multimedia switching products for Plessey Asia Pacific Pty Ltd., a company comprising the communications, aerospace and traffic divisions of AWA Limited that were acquired by Plessey S.A. in 1997. For nearly twenty years, Halgren was employed by AWA, which became Australasia's largest home-grown electronics and communications company. Starting his AWA career as a junior design engineer in the AWA Communications Laboratory, Halgren quickly progressed to senior design engineer, deputy head and then head of the Laboratory in 1984. As head of the laboratory, Halgren directed AWA's research into fiber optic LANs, packet video and audio compression and fiber optic sensors for sonar arrays. From 1976 to 1978, Halgren spent 3 years with the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force). While an RAAF Cadet Officer at Sydney University in 1976, Halgren produced the University's first undergraduate electrical engineering thesis on Optical Fiber Communications. Halgren has a bachelor of science and a bachelor of engineering electrical from the University of Sydney and an M.E. from the University of NSW. He also completed a post graduate diploma in management at Macquarie Graduate School of Management. Halgren has authored and co-authored more than 40 publications and reports on various technologies. He has also received several awards of excellence from the Institution of Engineers in Sydney, Australia. | 