Ottawa, Canada—Monday, April 14, 2008 // BTI Systems, a global supplier of Packet Optical Edge solutions for the delivery of Gigabit services, today announced the appointment of Larry Samberg as Chief Architect. Larry brings over 30 years of design and development experience in computer and communications systems to BTI. Having worked with large organizations and numerous successful start ups as an engineer, technologist, manager, and executive, Larry brings a strong skill set to BTI as it grows its Packet Optical Edge offerings.
“BTI continues to attract the industry’s top innovators as we drive a strong differentiated approach to services delivery in packet optical networks at the Edge,” said Gary Southwell, Vice President of Solutions Marketing, BTI Systems. “With the recent introduction of our packetVX™ technology to complement our microWDM capabilities, BTI is raising the bar for flexible and innovative services delivery. Larry is a great addition to our team.”
Prior to joining BTI, Larry was Founder and Vice President of Operations, Blackwave Inc. a developer of storage and delivery systems for Internet Video, where he was responsible for manufacturing and customer support. Prior to Blackwave, Larry was CTO of the Data Networking Group at Ciena Corporation. Larry joined Ciena though its acquisition of Internet Photonics where he was the Data Switching Group General Manager. He has held the position of Chief Technology Officer for Sonoma Systems where he was responsible for ATM Integrated Access Devices. Larry founded an R&D facility for U.S. Robotics, was a Founder and CTO of CrossComm Corporation and spent time as a developer for Digital Equipment Corporation. He is a member of the IEEE and SCTE.
