News: Optoelectronics
23 July 2021
NeoPhotonics appoints Brad Wright as senior VP of global sales
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA – a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of silicon photonics and hybrid photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based lasers, modules and subsystems for high-speed communications – has appointed Bradford W. Wright as senior VP of global sales.
Wright has 25 years of experience in the communications and semiconductor industries. Most recently, he was employed as the head of worldwide component sales and applications at Cisco Systems, following its acquisition of Acacia Communications, where he was VP of sales from January 2018.
From January 2016 to January 2018, Wright was director of sales at Intel Corp, following its acquisition of Altera Corp in 2015, where he held a similar role. Before Altera, Wright rose through several commercial roles of increasing responsibility at Analog Devices and Texas Instruments.
Wright holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“Brad’s extensive experience in both communications and semiconductors will bring direct benefit to our high-speed optical components, modules and semiconductor device solutions for our rapidly expanding high-speed markets,” believes chairman & CEO Tim Jenks.
“There are accelerating demands for high-speed connectivity solutions in hyperscale data centers and in communications equipment companies that demand the technologies and capabilities of NeoPhotonics,” comments Wright. “I look forward to leveraging my experience in communications and semiconductors to bring NeoPhotonics’ innovative solutions to both new markets and new applications.”
