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Dr. Fine , who serves as Chairman of the Board, is a professor in Boston University's College of Engineering where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses mainly relating to the management of various aspects of high technology businesses.Prior to joining Boston University in 2004, Dr. Fine was Executive Vice President of Photonic Technologies at Corning Inc., where he had full P&L responsibility for global activities developing and producing a wide range of photonic components and modules for telecommunications (including optical amplifiers, lasers, receivers, transceivers, specialty fibers etc.).Under Dr. Fine's leadership, annual revenues of Corning Photonic Technologies grew to $1 Billion and the number of key customers increased five-fold. Dr. Fine supervised the formation of joint ventures, the acquisition of a number of companies and rapid growth in manufacturing capacity and workforce. Dr. Fine also led the down-sizing of the activities during the telecom downturn of 2001 and managed the successful divestiture of the business in 2004.Prior to taking responsibility for Photonic Technologies, Dr. Fine worked in various other businesses of Corning including senior management roles in Advanced Display Products and Corning Asahi Video Products. Dr. Fine holds a B.A. from Amherst College and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. | 