Jon Hopper has been providing the strategy
and vision for Xtera Communications since
taking over as President and Chief Executive
Officer in February 2004.
Prior to Xtera, Jon spent 15 years as the
Chief Executive of several capital equipment
companies. Those companies include
Dynamotion Corp. (merged with ESI, NASDAQ
ESIO) and IRSI (merged with Photon Dynamics,
NASDAQ PHTN). Jon has also held senior
management positions at Photon Dynamics and
ESI. Jon has a very successful track record
taking pre-revenue companies with innovative
products and building them into global
commercial enterprises capable of supporting
multi-national customers.
Herve Fevrier
Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer
Herve Fevrier has been with Xtera
Communications since 2000. Herve serves as
the COO of the company. Prior to this
assignment, he was in charge of Photonics
Development and then Marketing, Business
Development and Sales.
He provides both the
strategic and tactical leadership that leads
to the acquisition of new customers,
development of new products and partnerships
with vendors and developers of complementary
technologies.
Prior to Xtera, Herve spent more than 17
years with Alcatel in a wide variety of
responsibilities among which he has been
Director of the Photonic Networks research
unit, Sr Director for DWDM Product
Development worldwide, VP & GM Optical
Networks Alcatel USA and VP Network and
Product Strategy Alcatel Optics.
Dr Fevrier received his doctoral degree in
Physics from the University of Paris and he
holds a Physics engineering degree from the
Ecole Centrale de Paris.
Paul Colan
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Paul Colan was appointed Chief Financial
Officer of Xtera Communications in February
2004. He provides financial leadership for
Xtera’s domestic and international
operations. Paul’s financial operations
philosophy is influenced by the knowledge
and experience he acquired while working in
the capital equipment industry and servicing
an international client base.
Paul has served as the Vice
President Finance for Extreme Devices, a
diamond semiconductor start-up company and
Intelligent Reasoning Systems, an automated
optical inspection equipment provider who
later merged with Photon Dynamics (NASDAQ
PHTN). Paul assumed the role of Finance
Director for Photon Dynamics, a supplier of
yield management tools to the display
industry, where he was responsible for
worldwide sales and support operations.
Peter Boland
Chief Technology Officer
Peter Boland joined Xtera in January 2008. As the CTO, he works with the executive team to set the strategic direction of the overall product portfolio as well as leading the global engineering team to develop the product set to meet evolving customer requirements. Peter is based in the UK and has the additional responsibility for growing the business in Europe.
Prior to his role in Xtera he was the SVP of Engineering for FLAG Telecom responsible for building their global submarine network. He also spent more than 20 years with Nortel in a wide variety of roles including Research and Development, network planning, sales, marketing and business development.
Keith Henderson
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Keith Henderson is responsible for Xtera’s Global Operations encompassing all Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Customer Service activities.
He is a Chartered Engineer and has over 20 years experience in Operations management. His career has encompassed a wide range of responsibilities with companies ranging from venture funded start-up companies to multi-national organizations.
Previously Keith held the position of Operations Director in BAe Systems (Scotland) with responsibility for Electro Optical Systems and Sensors for Avionic applications. Prior to this, Keith had a career in STC and Alcatel specializing in the design and development of submarine fiber optic cables.
Mark DeYong
Corporate Vice President, Engineering
Mark DeYong has been with Xtera Communications since August 2004, and has management responsibility for the corporate engineering team. Mark is responsible for integrating Xtera’s global engineering team to deliver a complete next-generation optical transport and switching solution.
Prior to Xtera, Mark was founder and CTO of Intelligent Reasoning Systems, a company specializing in custom hardware and software solutions for military and commercial applications. He led the design and development of adaptive, intelligent systems for airborne weapon guidance and threat evasion, multi-DOF robotic control and multi-spectral machine vision for semi-conductor and PCBA validation. Intelligent Reasoning Systems was acquired by Photon Dynamics.
Manuel Andrade
Senior Vice President, Sales Americas
Manuel Andrade leads Xtera's sales efforts in the Americas and in the Iberian Peninsula. Mr. Andrade joined the Xtera team through the Meriton acquisition, where he was VP Sales CALA. Mr. Andrade has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications marketplace with a broad range of sales management, engineering, and software development experience. He has worked extensively throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Prior to joining Xtera, Mr. Andrade was President of the Caribbean and Latin American Regional Business Unit for ECI Telecom Ltd. Before working for ECI, Mr. Andrade founded Xpandglobal Consultants LLC, specializing in International Business Development. Prior to that, Mr. Andrade was the Vice President of International Business Development for Daleen Technologies and spent several years at Westell Technologies where he was Vice President of International Operations. Mr. Andrade holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and an Electronics Engineering degree.
Steve Robinson
Senior Vice President, Sales Asia-Pacific
Steve Robinson brings 30 years of industry experience in sales, service and product development in Canada, the U.S. and Asia. Steve came to Xtera with the acquisition of Meriton Networks where he was also VP Sales, APAC. Prior to Meriton, Steve was SVP, Avidia Networks at PairGain Technologies (acquired by ADC in 2000). Mr. Robinson was responsible for the development and global product management of PairGain's DSLAM products. Before that, Steve spent many years with Newbridge Networks (now Alcatel-Lucent), where he was VP & General Manager for the Canadian sales region and later, VP & GM of the North Pacific sales region. Mr. Robinson began his career at Mitel Networks in Canada.
ChinMing Kuo
President, Xtera China
C.M. Kuo joined Xtera in October, 2007 through the AscenVision acquisition.
Prior to Xtera, ChinMing was the CEO and co-founder of AscenVision Technology. He served in that role starting in 2001. He has extensive experience in network security, protocols, and system scalability. C.M. Kuo was the Senior Technical Advisor in the CTO Office of Novell; he also worked as Engineering Architect, oversaw the scalability of the industry-acclaimed Novell Directory Service, and helped form technology alliances with other partners. Prior to Novell, Dr. Kuo worked for Schlumberger Austin Lab, designing and implementing large scale data access software for Schlumberger's Oil field Services. Dr. Kuo received his Doctoral degree in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin.
