Christopher Koeppen

Part of Coherent Corp., CardinalPoint Optics, Inc. develops optical components and subsystems for the fiber optics industry. The private company is based in Clinton, NJ. The company was founded by Christopher Koeppen. CardinalPoint Optics was acquired by Aegis Lightwave, Inc. on April 23, 2008.

Lucent Technologies used to design, develop and manufacture telecommunications systems, software and products. The company was headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, UK.

Part of Meriton Networks, Inc., Photuris, Inc. is a private company that manufactures and supplies optical services equipment. The company is based in Piscataway, NJ. The company was founded by Jefferson L. Wagener, Ashish Vengsarkar, Hemant Ratubhai Kanakia. Photuris was acquired by Mahi Networks, Inc. on June 14, 2004.

Mahi Networks, Inc. used to manufacture and market transport aggregation solutions that improved carrier business models by reducing central office costs. The company was founded in September 1999 and it was headquartered in Petaluma, CA.

Meriton Networks, Inc. provides transparent optical networking for metro optical networks. Its products include carrier ethernet transport, 3300 OSM, 6400 OTP, 9500 NPT, and 5400 OTP. The company was founded in 2000 and is located in Ottawa, Canada.

Aegis Lightwave, Inc. builds solutions for optical networks that are used for video, data communications, telecommunications and other fast growing markets. Aegis delivers channel-monitoring products to an international customer base of optical networking systems manufacturers that enable service providers to deploy high bandwidth video services such as High Definition TV, IPTV, and Video-on-Demand. The company is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.