Acacia Communications Expands Executive Team with New VP of Sales
July 14 2017 - 7:15AM
Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIA), a leading provider of
high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, announced today
that Eric Fisher has joined the company as its new Vice President
of Sales. Fisher brings more than two decades of experience leading
sales for global hardware companies, most recently as vice
president, Americas sales and global key accounts of Intel
Corporation.
While at Intel, Fisher led both the Americas sales teams and
global key accounts for the programmable solutions group, with a
key focus on the largest North American strategic growth accounts,
particularly in cloud and data center, wireline, automotive and
broadcast markets. He joined Intel through its 2015 acquisition of
Altera Corporation, a provider of electronic components for the
data center and Internet of Things market segments. While there, he
held global and regional sales leadership positions, helping grow
the company’s annual sales across key markets. He previously held
sales leadership roles with PMC-Sierra and Texas Instruments.
Fisher succeeds John LoMedico, who built Acacia’s business
development and sales organizations and was responsible for the
company’s sales growth since its founding in 2009. LoMedico
will continue as Acacia’s Vice President of Business Development,
leading the company’s efforts in developing new business
opportunities and strategic partnerships.
“Eric has an impressive track record building, developing and
mentoring high-performance sales organizations that is highly
relevant to our industry, and he will bring extensive value to
Acacia as we expand our family of high-speed optical networking
products to meet the ever-expanding needs of carriers and content
providers,” said Raj Shanmugaraj, Acacia Communications’ President
and Chief Executive Officer. “Eric shares our passion for
innovation and our drive for growth, all with an eye toward
exceeding customer expectations. We believe he will be a tremendous
leader for our sales operations.”
Mr. Shanmugaraj added, “With our recent organizational growth
and to support continued expansion, we thought it was the right
time to expand the leadership team, providing more focus to each
role.”
“Acacia is empowering its customers to expand their ability to
deliver vast amounts of content and data in a high-performing,
highly efficient manner,” said Fisher. “I believe Acacia’s digital
signal processing and silicon photonic technologies are well
positioned to expand into new markets. I look forward to
combining my experience with the company’s innovation to help
Acacia as it enters its next phase of growth.”
Fisher holds a B.S. from Missouri University of Science and
Technology and an M.B.A. from the Paul Merage School of Business at
the University of California, Irvine.
About Acacia Communications
Acacia Communications develops, manufactures and sells
high-speed coherent optical interconnect products that are designed
to transform communications networks through improvements in
performance, capacity and cost. By leveraging silicon
technology to build optical interconnects, a process Acacia
Communications refers to as the “siliconization of optical
interconnect,” Acacia Communications is able to offer
products at higher speeds and density with lower power consumption,
that meet the needs of cloud and service providers and can be
easily integrated in a cost-effective manner with existing network
equipment. www.acacia-inc.com.
For further information:
Public Relations Contact:
Ed Harrison
Office: (781) 966-4158
Email: PR@acacia-inc.com
Investor Relations Contact:
Monica Gould
Office: (212) 871-3927
Email: IR@acacia-inc.com
Lindsay Savarese
Office: (212) 331-8417
Email: IR@acacia-inc.com
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