ECOC Exhibition 2019 Show Guide

Frank Chang Source Photonics Frank Chang is an expert of photonic IC technologies, optics transceivers and optical networking, and currently is employed as Chief Engineer for

Dott. Ing. Pierpaolo Ghiggino,

Daryl Inniss OFS Daryl Inniss is Director, New Business Development at OFS. He was formerly Components Practice Leader at market research firm Ovum and RHK and recently co-authored Silicon Photonics (Morgan Kaufmann, 2016). Daryl has been in the telecom industry for over 30 years. He was Technical Manager at JDSU and Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories. Daryl started his career as a Member of the Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Labs and holds a PhD in Chemistry from UCLA and an AB from Princeton University.

CEng, FIET Dat@comms He received his doctorate degree in Electronic Engineering (Cum Laude) from

transceiver design at Source Photonics in West Hills of Los Angeles area. Previously he was senior Principle Engineer for Optics Interconnect at CTO Optics Office of Inphi Corp for over 5 years after 12 years’ service at Vitesse Semiconductors. He also held various project and management positions with Cisco/Pirelli, JDS Uniphase etc for working on the design, development, and commercialization of fiber optics components.

the University of Pavia, Italy in 1984. He served as Lieutenant in the Surface to Air Missile NATO Forces in North East Italy. He then joined GEC-Marconi SpA working on advanced optical devices and optical networks, often together with the GEC-Hirst Research Centre of the UK, where he later co-ordinated two research groups seconded to Marconi SpA. He brought the Company optical amplifier technology from its initial research to production. He then directed the R&D Photonics Laboratories of Marconi SpA in Genova, which developed the first generation DWDM technology of the GEC group. As GPT and Marconi SpA merged within GEC-Marconi he moved back to the U.K., later becoming an Executive of the newly formed Marconi Communication plc. He ran the Photonics Networks Strategy and SDA groups and helped the Optical Network Business Unit to become a market leader in DWDM networks. As VP of Central Research of Marconi Corporation plc., he then helped to form the optical research complex in Pisa, together with the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. He also worked with the Centre of Advanced Photonics and Electronics of the University of Cambridge in the UK. At Ericsson he formed the group Research Branch in Italy. From 2010 he is a Private Industry Consultant, also helping to form and establish new start-ups. He was professor of Optical Communications at Parma University and lectured at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa.

Bimal Nayar Network Rail Telecom Bimal Nayar is a Senior Innovation Engineer with Network Rail Telecom and is responsible for strategy and innovation activities

Glenn Wellbrock Verizon Glenn Wellbrock is the director of optical transport network architecture, design and planning at

Verizon, where he is responsible for the development and deployment of new technologies for both the metro and long haul transport infrastructure. Prior to this position, Wellbrock ran the advanced technology lab, established evaluation criteria and set engineering guidelines for all backbone transport equipment as well as various positions within network operations. In addition to his more than 20 years at Verizon (1984-2001 and 2004-present), Wellbrock was responsible for product architecture within the U.S. optical networks group at Marconi and product planning at Qplus Networks with a specific focus on developing alternative modulation techniques.

in communications systems and sensing. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College of Science and Technology, and has extensive experience in communication technologies and systems. He has previously worked at British Telecom Research Labs (UK), Central Research Department Du Pont (Wilmington, USA), Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai, India), GEC Marconi Materials Technology (Caswell, UK), Marconi plc (UK), Ericsson (UK), Oclaro (UK), and II-VI (UK) in various R&D and management roles. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IET, Senior Member of the IEEE and a Visiting Lecturer at Aston University. He has published over 60 papers and holds 3 patents.