John V. Pilitsis

Fitel Technologies, Inc. develops and markets fiber optic and optoelectronics solutions. The private company is based in Clinton, NJ and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks.

CyOptics, Inc. designs, develops and markets optical chips and components. It designs, develops and markets a line of InP optical chips and components for integration into access, metro and long-haul communications systems. The firm also provides contract design, foundry and packaging services. The company was founded by Uzi Koren, Micah Zimmerman, Mansur Roni and Yair Halpren in January 1999 and is headquartered in Allentown, PA.

II-VI Järfälla AB develops & supplies tunable lasers and transmitters. The firm's products are used in application such as gas spectroscopy, fiber-optic sensor interrogation, and optical component test & measurement. The compnay was founded in January 2003 by Björn Broberg, Pierre-Jean Rigole, Jens Buus, Peter Szabo, Stefan Hammerfeldt, Jan-Olof Wesström, Rob Plastow, Lennart Per Olof Lundqvist, and Gert Salert and is headquartered in Kista, Sweden.