Gudmundson takes charge of optical communications

New role makes David Gudmundson responsible for optical communications sales, operations and product development.

JDSU has appointed David Gudmundson as President of Optical Communications.

In his new role, Gudmundson will be responsible for optical communications sales, operations and product development, completing the integration of these functions under a single optical communications business leader.

Gudmundson joined JDSU in December 2003.

As Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Marketing, he played an integral role in a number of strategic transactions - including the acquisitions of Lightwave Electronics, Acterna and Agility Communications - diversifying the company's portfolio and expanding the company's opportunity in the growing and profitable markets for test and measurement equipment, tunable transponders and solid state lasers.

"I am very excited by this new opportunity within our Optical Communications group, where JDSU already demonstrates market leadership", said Gudmundson.

"Building on that foundation, our focus will be on driving innovation, customer satisfaction, quality and improved profitability".

Prior to joining JDSU, Gudmundson held a series of increasingly senior leadership roles at Cisco, culminating in his service as Vice President and General Manager of Cisco's security server, DSL, and edge routing business units.

Prior to Cisco, Gudmundson held various hardware and software development and systems engineering positions at Argo Systems (now part of The Boeing Company) and ESL (now part of TRW).

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