Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 6, 2004

HARRY BOSCO – OPNEXT INC

HARRY L. BOSCO is President and Chief Executive Officer of Opnext, Inc. Mr. Bosco brings to Opnext a background rich in fiber optic technology and corporate leadership. He was group president of optical networking at Lucent Technology and also served there as chief technical officer for consumer products, vice president of the wired technology and initial production center, president of the network systems broadband networking unit, chief operating officer for the optical networking group, and chief technical officer for the service provider networks. During his distinguished thirty-five year tenure, Mr. Bosco led the development of Lucent's core data networking architecture, helped to put together the company's broadband networking strategy, and deployed Lucent's optical networking product portfolio. Profile
TWST: Mr. Bosco, how did Opnext begin and what is the relationship with

Hitachi?

Mr. Bosco: Opnext was formed in the fall of 2000. The company was

created from the Fiber Optic Component