Steve J. West

Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. designs, manufactures & markets telecommunication access products and services. The solutions and services enable the connection between the central office switches of telecommunications service providers & their end users for voice and high-speed Internet, data & video communications. Its products include Integrated Multiservice Access Platforms, Multiservice Central Office Switching Platforms, Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers, Integrated Access Devices and network element management systems, cabinets. The customers of the Group include independent operating companies, large incumbent local exchange carriers and international carriers. The company was founded in 1992 and is located in Naperville, IL.

Turin Networks, Inc. provides metro transport and switching solutions for wireline, wireless, MSO and private networks. The company offers network management, metro access and ethernet aggregation. It has offices in Dallas and Boston. Turin Networks was founded by Steve West and John Webley in October, 1999 and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA

Cyan, Inc. develops software-defined networks. Its solutions include high-capacity, multi-layer switching and transport platforms as well as a carrier-grade software-defined networking platform and applications. The firm?s solutions are designed to provide a variety of existing and emerging applications, including business Ethernet, wireless backhaul, broadband backhaul and cloud connectivity. The company was founded by Michael L. Hatfield, Steve J. West, J. Richard Johnston and Eric M. Clelland on October 25, 2006 and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA.