Ross Saunders has 15 years experience in development and product management of high speed optical transmission technology. Ross joined StrataLight in August 2003. Prior to joining StrataLight, Ross led Product Management at a ULH start-up company, Ceyba Inc. and Pirelli Optical Systems (purchased by Cisco Systems in 1999). From 1992 thru 1998, Ross worked on OC-192 DWDM system development at Nortel Networks in the UK and Canada, from initial concept through to final product verification. He also worked on advanced research in 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s transmission, optical regeneration and nonlinear fiber optics. Ross graduated from Napier University, Scotland with a B Eng (Hons, 1st class) in Communication and Electronic Engineering, has authored over 80 technical papers and has 14 US patents granted in the field of optical communications.