Management Team
Alain Couder
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Couder has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Oclaro since July 2011. He previously served as a director and our Chief Executive Officer since August 2007. Prior to joining Oclaro, Mr. Couder was the President and CEO of Solid Information Technology Inc., a supplier of database solutions, from March 2005 to August 2007. From May 2004 to February 2005, Mr. Couder was a Venture Advisor to Sofinnova Ventures, Inc., a venture capital company. From April 2003 to March 2004, Mr. Couder was the President and CEO of Confluent Software, Inc., a software company. From August 2002 to March 2003, Mr. Couder was President and CEO of IP Dynamics, Inc., a software company. From February 2000 to May 2002, Mr. Couder served as Chief Operating Officer of Agilent Technologies, Inc., a measurement and analysis company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Couder worked for Packard-Bell NEC, Groupe Bull, Hewlett Packard and IBM, each a computer hardware company. Mr. Couder was a director at Sanmina-SCI, an electronic manufacturing services firm, From February 2005 to January 2011. Mr. Couder earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Ecole Superieure d'Electricite in Paris.
Jerry Turin
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Turin has served as Chief Financial Officer of Oclaro since July 2008. From April 2008 to July 2008, Mr. Turin served as our Vice President of Finance. From July 2005 to July 2008, Mr. Turin served as our Corporate Controller. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Turin served as Controller of Silicon Spice, Inc. (which was acquired by Broadcom Corporation in October 2000), a developer of gateway and carrier access chipsets, software and development tools. In addition, Mr. Turin was the Corporate Controller at Cirrus Logic, a publicly traded semiconductor company. Prior to his corporate finance experience, Mr. Turin spent 12 years with Deloitte & Touche, rising to the position of Senior Manager of Audit Services. A substantial portion of his time with Deloitte & Touche was in the firm's Silicon Valley practice. Mr. Turin earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and commerce from the University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
Jim Haynes
President and General Manager, Photonic Components
Mr. Haynes has has served as Oclaro's President and General Manager, Photonic Components since January 2011. From March 2005 to January 2011 he served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer. From August 2004 to March 2005, Mr. Haynes was the Officer Vice President, U.K. Operations, of Bookham Technology plc. From June 2003 to August 2004, Mr. Haynes served as Vice President Operations and Site Leader, Caswell for Bookham. From December 2000 to June 2003, Mr. Haynes served as Chief Operating Officer of Agility Communications, Inc., a tunable laser company. From 1998 to December 2000, Mr. Haynes served as Director of Technology of Nortel Networks Corporation. Mr. Haynes earned a bachelor's degree (honors) in material sciences and technology from Swansea University, England.
Dr. Terry Unter
President and General Manager, Optical Networks Solutions
Dr. Unter has served as Oclaro's President and General Manager, Optical Network Solutions since February 2011. He previously served as Executive Vice President of the Company's Transport Systems Solutions division from July 2010 to January 2011. From February 2004 to July 2010, Dr. Unter was President and CEO of Mintera Corporation, which was acquired by Oclaro in July 2010. Prior to joining Mintera, Dr. Unter was Chief Operating Officer at Corvis Corporation. Before joining Corvis, Dr. Unter held a number of executive management positions at companies in the communications industry including Alcatel where he was responsible for managing the creation of Alcatel's "Optronics" subsidiary and for which he managed a semiconductor joint-venture in China. In the early part of his career, Dr. Unter held various engineering, management and operations positions with Northern Telecom, Alcatel Mietec and Sprague Electric. Dr. Unter holds B.Sc. (Honors) and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering from the University Southampton U.K.
Gray Williams
Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Operations
and Quality
Mr. Williams has served as Oclaro's Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Operations and Quality since January 2011. From January 2003 to December 2010, Mr. Williams led Logitech's Worldwide Supply Chain where he directed all aspects of demand management, supply planning, transportation, logistics, order fulfillment, and customer service. Prior to Logitech he was a Vice President at 3Com and held various senior operations management positions at Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, NEC Electronics, AMD, and US Robotics. Mr. Williams currently serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the University of Wisconsin's Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management. Mr. Williams holds a B.S. in industrial management from Purdue University's School of Management.
Yves LeMaitre
Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. LeMaitre has served as Oclaro's Chief Commercial Officer since July 2011. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development from February 2011 to July 2011, Executive Vice President and General Manager of our Advanced Photonic Solutions division from April 2009 to January 2011 and prior to that served as our Vice President of Telecommunication Sales and Corporate Marketing since February 2008. From May 2005 to December 2007, Mr. LeMaitre was with Avanex, most recently serving as Chief Marketing Officer in charge of worldwide sales and marketing. Previously, Mr. LeMaitre was President and Chief Executive Officer of Lightconnect, a leading supplier of optical MEMS components and modules. In addition, he worked for Alcatel and its joint venture with Sprint International in a variety of general management, senior marketing and engineering positions in the United States, France, the Netherlands and Italy. Mr. LeMaitre earned a master's degree in mathematics and computer science from Nantes University in France. He also holds an engineering degree from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications (ENST) in Paris.
Kate Rundle
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Ms. Rundle has been with Oclaro since November 2007 and serving as the Company's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Oclaro, Ms. Rundle was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of MIPS, Inc. [Nasdaq MIPS], a semiconductor technology licensing company. Ms. Rundle also worked at Sun Microsystems for eight years, holding a number of positions including Senior Director responsible for the world wide legal support of the company's marketing organization. Earlier in her career Ms. Rundle was IP Counsel for The 3DO Company and worked at the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. Ms. Rundle earned her bachelor's degree magna cum laude in political science and sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and her J. D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Bob Quinn
Chief Information Officer
Mr. Quinn has served as Oclaro's Chief Information Officer since February 2011. Mr. Quinn comes to Oclaro having previously held the position of CIO in an impressive array of companies and has expertise in key business functions such as Finance, Customer Services, Sales Operations, Internet Marketing, Internet Operations, eCommerce, Engineering Services and Manufacturing/Supply Chain. Prior to joining Oclaro, Mr. Quinn was vice president of operations and technology for RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, where he developed new strategies and products for managed services. Prior to that, he was an executive IT consultant for Taos Consulting. Previously, he gained broad industry experience at companies including British Petroleum, Sun Microsystems, eBay, KLA-Tencor, Genentech and Blue Coat Systems. Mr. Quinn holds a bachelor's degree in economics and accounting from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
Kathy Zwickert
Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Ms. Zwickert has served as Oclaro's Executive Vice President of Human Resources since February 2008. Prior to joining Oclaro, Ms. Zwickert was Head of Human Resources at Solid Information Technology, a supplier of database solutions. Previously, Ms. Zwickert was the senior HR executive at Keynote Systems. Ms. Zwickert also managed Accenture's first Global Human Resource and Tax Team. She began her career at Ernst and Young and is a Certified Public Accountant. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from the University of California, Berkeley.