RE: Lee Shepherd Hobo, read this from AKK's earlier post.
That's fantastic news, I think he will be a big help in getting POET to market, just look at all his experience.
Lee Shepherd Vice President of Product Architecture
Lee has 10 years of experience in the telecom and datacom businesses previously with Nortel Networks. He has R&D experience in ASIC and FPGA design and verification (digital and analog), high speed and RF printed circuit board and backplane design, optical link budget design, firmware design, mechanical design, power system design, thermal design, IP/Ethernet and IP/POS switch router system architecture, SONET, SDH, Ethernet interface architecture, and TCP/IP/Ethernet server and storage I/O architecture. He has related experience in technical due diligence (supporting M&A activities), IP licensing contracts, technology acquisition, market analysis, and technical marketing.
Most recently with Nortel-HPOCS, Lee was the system architect of the Server and Storage I/O Solutions group, and was responsible for defining product architecture and overseeing the technical activities of a 30 person ASIC and PCB design staff. In this role, he was also responsible for technical customer interaction, technical market analysis, and technology acquisition.
Lee has a B.Sc.H. in Physics from Carleton University (Ottawa-Carleton Physics Institute), and a Technologist Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Georgian College.
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