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Leadership Profile: Sass Somekh (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Apr 10th

Here Sass discusses his educational background, with a particular emphasis placed on his High School education which he received in Israel. Additionally, he covers the early years of his career. The disparities he notes between High School education in the United States and other parts of the world is another item of interest. In many

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Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 12)

Posted on Monday, Mar 19th

Jerry now discusses the future of Finisar, given the altered landscape. JDSU just bought Picolight, a leading designer and manufacturer of optical pluggable transceivers for $125 Million. Infinera, which integrates optical and electronic functions in its proprietary InP-based photonic ICs, intends to raise $150 million through an IPO filed on February 26, 2007. The number

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Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 11)

Posted on Sunday, Mar 18th

After undertaking significant changes, cost cutting and other strategic moves, Finisar has emerged as a company poised for increased market growth. SM: And your stock went from under a dollar to quite a bit higher now? JR: Our stock is quite volatile, and always has been. It went from less than a dollar to, I

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