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Charles Chi is the founder of Lightera Networks, Inc. He worked as a Chief Executive Officer at Lytro, Inc. and held director positions at Siliquent Technologies, Inc., Aquantia Corp., Kickfire, Inc., Sanera Systems, Inc., Espial Group, Inc., SiTime Corp., Calista Technologies, Inc., and ZeroG Wireless, Inc. Prior to that, he worked as a Marketing Manager at Cisco Systems, Inc., a Customer Systems Engineer at StrataCom, Inc., and a Vice President-Marketing at Ciena Corp.
He started his career as a Principal at The Bell Telephone Company of Canada and later worked as a Manager-Product Line at AT&T Canada Corp.
He also worked as a Partner at Greylock Management Corp.
Mr. Chi earned an undergraduate degree from Carleton University in 1988.
Former positions of Charles Chi
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| ESPIAL GROUP INC. | Director/Board Member | 23/12/2007 |
| CIENA CORPORATION | Sales & Marketing | 30/12/1999 |
Sanera Systems, Inc.
 Sanera Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Sanera Systems, Inc. provided enterprise storage networking solutions. The company was founded by Anurag S. Maunder and Sudhakar Muddu in August 2000 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Siliquent Technologies, Inc.
 Siliquent Technologies, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Siliquent Technologies, Inc. designed, developed and manufactured semiconductor chips. It used to provides ethernets network applications for storage, high-performance computing and networking applications. The company was founded in the year 2001 and was headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Lytro, Inc.
 Lytro, Inc. Electronics/AppliancesConsumer Durables Lytro, Inc. develops digital camera technology. Its computational photography platform offers photographic capabilities never before possible, such as focusing a picture after it's taken and changing the perspective in the picture, and creates interactive living pictures that can be endlessly refocused and enjoyed by friends and family online. The company was founded in 2006 by Yi-Ren Ng and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | President | 14/04/2013 |
Training of Charles Chi
| Carleton University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 3 |
|---|---|
| CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | Technology Services |
| CIENA CORPORATION | Electronic Technology |
| SITIME CORPORATION | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 13 |
|---|---|
StrataCom, Inc.
 StrataCom, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology StrataCom Inc. manufactures T1 network switch and control equipment based on proprietary packet switching technology. StrataCom is located in San Jose,CA. | Electronic Technology |
The Bell Telephone Company of Canada
 The Bell Telephone Company of Canada Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications The Bell Telephone Company of Canada engages in the provision of communications services. It includes residential, business, and wholesale customers with a range of solutions to all their communications needs, such as wireless, television, internet, home phone, and small business and enterprise communications services. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada. | Communications |
Siliquent Technologies, Inc.
Siliquent Technologies, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Siliquent Technologies, Inc. designed, developed and manufactured semiconductor chips. It used to provides ethernets network applications for storage, high-performance computing and networking applications. The company was founded in the year 2001 and was headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Aquantia Corp.
 Aquantia Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Aquantia Corp. engages in design, development, and marketing of communications integrated circuits for ethernet connectivity in the data center, enterprise infrastructure, and access markets. Its products include Aquantia AQrate PHYs, Multi-Gig Phys, and AQtion AQC107. The company was founded by Ramin Shirani, Phillippe Delansay and Ramin Farjad-Rad on January 27, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jones, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Kickfire, Inc.
 Kickfire, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kickfire, Inc. Provides open source database appliance. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Lightera Networks, Inc.
 Lightera Networks, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Lightera is focused on optical transport switching equipment for telecommunications applications. Lightera's core technology is an ultra-broadband SONET switching product that addresses the transport switching requirements of public networks that employ Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) equipment. | Electronic Technology |
| AT&T Canada Corp. | Communications |
Sanera Systems, Inc.
Sanera Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Sanera Systems, Inc. provided enterprise storage networking solutions. The company was founded by Anurag S. Maunder and Sudhakar Muddu in August 2000 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Greylock Management Corp.
 Greylock Management Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Greylock Management Corp (Greylock Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1965 by Charlie P. Waite and Daniel S. Gregory. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
Espial Group, Inc.
 Espial Group, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Espial Group, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of computer software solutions. It enables video service providers to deploy next-generation, advances video services for all screens. It offers G4 Client Soultion, IP Video Back-Office, Elevate Cloud, Smart TV Browser, and Elite Professional Services. The company was founded by Kumanan Yogaratnam and Jaison Dolvane on April 25, 1997 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. | Technology Services |
Calista Technologies, Inc.
 Calista Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Calista Technologies, Inc. develops desktop virtualization technologies. It offers centralization of desktop software and hardware resource initiatives. The company was founded by Neal Margulis, Anil Kumar and Asael Dror in 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
ZeroG Wireless, Inc.
 ZeroG Wireless, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology ZeroG Wireless, Inc. provides semiconductors and wireless solutions. It focuses in the Internet of Things. The company was founded by Thomas H. Lee on November 12, 2004 and is headquartered in Kent, D. | Electronic Technology |
Lytro, Inc.
Lytro, Inc. Electronics/AppliancesConsumer Durables Lytro, Inc. develops digital camera technology. Its computational photography platform offers photographic capabilities never before possible, such as focusing a picture after it's taken and changing the perspective in the picture, and creates interactive living pictures that can be endlessly refocused and enjoyed by friends and family online. The company was founded in 2006 by Yi-Ren Ng and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Consumer Durables |
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