Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 12, 2004
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
Mr. Rawls: Finisar is a fiber optics company that specializes in
building high-speed fiber optic links for the computer industry. That is
contrasted with the classical
