Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 19, 2000

Jerry Rawls – Finisar Corporation (fnsr)

JERRY S. RAWLS currently serves as Finisar's President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since March 1989. From 1968 to 1989, he was employed by Raychem Corporation, a materials science and engineering company. At Raychem he held various management positions including Manager of Product Marketing, National Sales Manager, General Manager of the Aerospace Products Division, and General Manager of the Interconnection Systems Division. Mr. Rawls holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and an MS in Industrial Administration from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma engineering honorary societies. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief overview and history of the

company, just to set the stage for readers?

Mr. Rawls: Finisar is a Gigabit fiber optic company. We build optical

subsystems