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Management Team
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Board: X.L. Wang, Ph.D
Dr. Wang has a successful track record in fiber optic industry in the past decade. Prior to AFR, Dr. Wang was the General Manager of Telesis Technologies in China. Before that, Dr. Wang was the Corporate Vice President of Oplink Communications (NASDAQ: OPLK) and General Manager of the China operations. Prior to Oplink, Dr. Wang was the Director of New Product Introduction and Director of Operations at JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU), a Milpitas, California-based company.
 
He managed various products, including interleaver, wavelength locker, integrated power monitoring devices, high power and free space isolator, proprietary compact and PM circulator, PM combiner and other PM products.
 
Prior to his industrial experience, Dr. Wang was a Visiting Researcher at NEC Opto-Electronics Research Lab in Tsukuba, Japan and Associate Professor in Tianjin University, China.
 
Dr. Wang received his Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D degrees in Laser Engineering in Tianjing University, China. Dr. Wang published 20 technical papers in lasers and held one US patent in fiber optics.
 
Vice President of Engineering: Guojiang Hu, Ph.D
Prior to joining AFR, Dr. Hu was Director of New Product Introduction of Optoplex, a Fremont, California-based company. Before that, Dr. Hu was Vice President of Engineering at Oplink Communications (NASDAQ: OPLK), a Fremont, California-based leading fiber optic company. Prior to Oplink, Dr. Hu held various engineering management positions with JDSU/E-Tek Dynamics Inc.
 
Dr. Hu designed the first high power version isolator and co-designed the first circulator at Kaifa Technology, a Sunnyvale, California-based fiber optic company, over eleven and a half years ago. Most recently, he developed DPSK demodulator based on Michaelson interferometer and 90 degree hybrid (mixer) for coherent detector when he worked for Optoplex.
 
Mr. Hu received his Ph.D degree in Laser Engineering in Tianjin University, China, and RTM, Turin, Italy. Dr. Hu translated Prof. GP Agarawal's Nonlinear Fiber Optics into Chinese, and it has become one of the most important textbooks in China for nonlinear optics. Dr. Hu published more than 10 papers in technical journals.
 
Vice President of Operations: Mr. Leo Ye
Mr. Ye joins AFR from Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR), where he was Director of Manufacturing and Operations Logistics for its subsidiary in Shanghai. Prior to Finisar, he was Logistics Director and ISO14001 Representative for Oplink (NASDAQ: OPLK). Previously, he held various positions in product manufacturing and as a New Product Introduction Manager at JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU). He designed and developed new generation fiber optics circulator, one of most complicated passive fiber optics devices, at JDSU. Mr. Ye's extensive experience covers whole operation area, including manufacturing, supply chain management, equipments and facility.
 
Mr. Ye received his BS degree in Physics in Nanjing University, China, and attended several MS degree programs in Physics and Business Management in China and Canada.