Metconnex appoints Peter Becke CEO

Jan. 24, 2005 — Metconnex, a provider of wavelength selective switch modules, announced the appointments of Peter Becke as chief executive officer and Phil Wilkinson as vice president of operations. Becke succeeds company co-founder Thomas Ducellier, who will continue to lead technology development as chief technology officer.

Becke was previously CEO of fabless semiconductor communications company SiberCore Technologies. Earlier Becke held a variety of executive positions over a decade at Nortel.

Wilkinson co-founded Cambrian Systems, a company acquired by Nortel Networks. At Cambrian, he was vice president of operations.

Metconnex supplies wavelength selective switch modules for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers. The company’s technology platform is based on the hybrid integration of waveguides and MEMS.

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