Aurora Networks -- The Management Team

Management Team

	Guy Sucharczuk Chairman, President and CEO Guy is a widely recognized and respected industry leader, known for his ability to bring advanced technology solutions to the market, and is a co-inventor on nine Aurora Networks patent applications. Before founding Aurora Networks, he was General Manager of C-Cor.Net's optical products development and manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale, California and, prior to C-Cor.Net's acquisition of Silicon Valley Communications, Inc., served as the latter's Vice President of Research and Development, product marketing and operations. Guy entered the broadband communications industry as a member of the Harmonic Lightwaves, Inc. R&D staff and, subsequently, the marketing department, where he managed the product development and marketing of Harmonic's return path products and element management products. Guy earlier worked in the R&D departments of Avantek and Motorola. He is a member of the IEEE and SCTE and has been published in numerous trade publications and journals.

	Kenton Chow Chief Financial Officer Ken's career has spanned more than 20 years of financial experience in the computing, networking, semiconductor and software sectors, including executive positions at Azul Systems, Catena Networks, Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Networks, Symantec Corporation and Bay Networks. He has expertise in all aspects of financial management including initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning, cash flow management, and achieving capital growth through private and public financings. Ken holds both a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Santa Clara University. He is a certified public accountant and serves on the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business advisory board of directors.

	Oleh Sniezko Chief Technology Officer Oleh has many years of broadband systems engineering and telecommunications R&D experience. Prior to joining Aurora, Oleh was with AT&T Broadband for six years, serving four years as Vice President of Engineering. At AT&T Broadband, Oleh was instrumental in developing leading edge and widely deployed cable system architectures, including LightWire® and Oxiom®. Prior to AT&T, he worked for eight years at Rogers Engineering, and earlier spent thirteen years in research and development at the Institute of Telecommunications in Wroclaw, Poland. He is a recipient of the 1997 Polaris Award from the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers for his outstanding achievements in implementing fiber optic technology in broadband telecommunications networks. Active in a series of CableLabs and NCTA projects and acknowledged as an industry expert, Oleh has been widely published and has participated in many industry committees, conferences and seminars.

	Krzysztof Pradzynski, M.Sc.E.E. Vice President, Research and Development Krzysztof co-founded Aurora after holding key positions at Rogers Communication, Inc., Harmonic, Inc., and Silicon Valley Communications, Inc. (acquired by C-COR.net). At Harmonic, he was instrumental in developing the first scaleable node in the cable television industry. While at SVCI, Krzysztof was one of the key developers of AT&T's LightWire®.

	Charles Barker, Ph.D Vice President and Chief Scientist Also a founder, Charles comes to Aurora from Silicon Valley Communications, Inc. (acquired by C-COR.net), where he served as director of product marketing. Prior to joining SVCI, Charles was a member of the technical staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he led development efforts in large-aperture harmonic generators and studies of other nonlinear optical phenomena in laser-fusion drivers. Charles' graduate research at Stanford University involved the use of nonlinear optical spectroscopy for the study of ultrafast processes in condensed matter.

	Michael Yost Vice President, Operations Mike joined Aurora Networks as Vice President of Operations in November 2004, bringing with him over 30 years of operations and manufacturing experience. Before joining Aurora, Mike served as VP of Operations for Pedestal Networks and C-Speed, Inc., and, prior to that, was VP of Operations at Harmonic, Inc., where he was responsible for worldwide operations, including materials planning, purchasing, production control and quality assurance. Prior to his tenure at Harmonics, Mike was VP of Operations for Vitalink Communication, responsible for all manufacturing activities.

	Doug Combs Vice President, Network Architecture and Field Services Doug joined Aurora Networks with over 18 years experience in the communications industry. His extensive background in the design of communication networks includes two years with AT&T Broadband Corporate Engineering, five years at TCI Corporate Engineering, five years with TCI State and Regional Engineering and over six years in outside plant construction and operations.

	John Dahlquist Vice President, Marketing John has over 15 years experience in product development, operations and marketing management for broadband communications products and services. Before joining Aurora Networks, he was Harmonic Inc's Vice President of Marketing for more than seven years. He earlier served several years as Vice President of Marketing for Philips Broadband Networks, and, before that, was Director of European Cable Operations and then Director of International Business Programs for General Insrument Corporation (now Motorola Broadband). John is a widely acknowledged industry expert, having made numerous presentations at major cable television and communication exhibitions and symposiums around the world.

	Michael Sparkman Vice President, Worldwide Sales Mike is responsible for leading Aurora sales operations in North America and throughout the world. Before joining Aurora Networks, he founded and served as the president of Broadband Services Inc. (BSI), a global provider of asset management, logistics, installation and repair services serving the cable telecommunications industry. Mike has more than 25 years of cable industry experience, including 17 years at ANTEC (now ARRIS), where he held several executive posts including senior vice president of international operations and senior vice president of sales for the company’s network transmission division. In 1997, he was appointed CEO of Itochu Cable Services, a division of Itochu Corporation. Leading trade publications have published technical articles authored by Mike, and he has spoken at several industry technology events, including Kagan Broadband Summit and the SCTE’s Emerging Technologies Conference.

Last revised 19 July 2007