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Mr. Edsell is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Avanex and is responsible for the transmission, components and modules, and advanced modules and subsystems business units, along with the development center in Shanghai.
Mr. Edsell brings over 23 years of senior executive experience in the optical and microelectronic industries with a proven record of success.
Mr. Edsell has held several CEO positions in both private and public companies. In the private sector, he was the CEO of NP Photonics, specializing in the sensing, medial and R&D markets, where he led the development of a new strategic plan for the company and improved the overall financial performance of the company. In the public sector, Mr. Edsell served as the CEO of Spectra-Physics, where he led the company's transition from generating significant losses to solid profitability, completed a successful IPO and subsequent sale to Thermo Electron. Mr. Edsell also has held upper management positions at Pharos AB in Stockholm, Sweden, GP Technology, Sun Company, and GE.
Mr. Edsell earned his M.B.A from the University of New Mexico, an M.A. in Economics from Ohio State University and a B.S. in Economics from the U.S. Air Force Academy. | 