Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 15, 2000

Sanjay Subhedar – E-tek Dynamics Inc (etek)

SANJAY SUBHEDAR joined E-TEK in December 1997 as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Since that time, he has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations and most recently to Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer in October 1999. Prior to joining E- TEK, Mr. Subhedar was the Chief Financial Officer of Stratacom, Inc., a wide area networking company, from its inception in 1986 to its merger with Cisco Systems in July 1996. Mr. Subhedar served as Vice President of Cisco's WAN business through October 1997, guiding the successful Cisco-Stratacom integration. Before joining Stratacom, Mr. Subhedar was with Girard Capital, a venture capital firm in San Diego, from 1983 to 1986 and previously with National Semiconductor and Microsemiconductor in various financial management positions. Mr. Subhedar has an MBA from Indiana University and a BS degree from the University of Bombay, India. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief overview of E-TEK Dynamics ' the

company's history, products, services, and customers?

Mr. Subhedar: E-TEK Dynamics was founded in 1983 and spent the first

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