Infinera Appoints Former Rambus Executive Sharon Holt to Board of Directors, Increasing Board Size to Nine
June 03 2019 - 8:00AM
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today the appointment of Sharon
Holt to its board of directors, effective immediately. Ms. Holt
brings to the board extensive experience in the global
semiconductor industry and an excellent track record of sales and
field operations.
“We are pleased to welcome Sharon to our board of directors,”
said Kambiz Hooshmand, Infinera Chairman of the Board. “Sharon
brings diversity to our board and her deep knowledge of the
semiconductor industry and breadth of operational and sales
experience will be invaluable to Infinera. Her diverse customer
perspectives and expertise in technology development and licensing
will serve as tremendous assets to the company and our stockholders
as we continue to drive our solutions into the world’s leading
network operators and the entire optical ecosystem.”
Ms. Holt has served as a Principal at Fraser Stuart Ventures,
LLC, a private investment and advisory firm since 2016. Since 2012,
she has served as an advisor to several technology
companies. Since August 2018, she has served as chairman of
the board of Immersion Corporation, a publicly traded developer of
haptics technology for cellphones and other devices, having joined
its board in August 2016. Ms. Holt was a senior executive at Rambus
Inc., a leading technology development and licensing company, from
2004 to 2012, where she served as Senior Vice President of Sales,
Licensing and Marketing, and Senior Vice President and General
Manager of the Semiconductor Business Group. From 1999 to
2004, Ms. Holt was an executive at Agilent Technologies in the
Semiconductor Products Group (now Broadcom), where her last
position was Vice President & General Manager of Americas Field
Operations, overseeing sales and technical support operations for
the semiconductor business, including ASICs, ASSPs, optical and
wireless ICs. Prior to that, she ran sales operations focused on
Agilent’s largest global customers. From 1986 to 1999, Ms. Holt
worked at HP in Applications Engineering, Sales, and Distribution
Channel Management for the Semiconductor Products Group. Ms. Holt
received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia
Tech).
“I’m honored and excited to join the Infinera board at this
important juncture,” said Ms. Holt. “I look forward to assisting
the entire Infinera leadership team as it builds on its strong
foundation of innovation to redefine transport networks for a new
generation of global communications services.”
In connection with Ms. Holt’s appointment, Infinera’s board of
directors increased from eight to nine members. Ms. Holt will serve
as a Class III director with a term expiring at the 2022 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders.
Contacts:
Media:Anna VueTel. +1 (916) 595-8157avue@infinera.com
Investors:Ted MoreauTel: + 1 (408)
542-6205tmoreau@infinera.com
About InfineraInfinera is a global supplier of
innovative networking solutions that enable carriers, cloud
operators, governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth,
accelerate service innovation and automate network operations. The
Infinera end-to-end packet-optical portfolio delivers
industry-leading economics and performance in long-haul, subsea,
data center interconnect and metro transport applications. To learn
more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com, follow us on Twitter
@Infinera and read our latest blog posts at
www.infinera.com/blog.
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