EFFECT Photonics adds to team

EFFECT Photonics announced the appointments of Dr. Ted Schmidt as Senior Vice President of Product Development, Tony Englese as Vice President of Operations, and Veronique Gremmen-de Groot as lobal Head of Resources.

Schmidt has over 20 years of fiberoptic transceiver development experience, delivering advanced optical technologies for industry leaders such as Lumentum, Juniper Networks, OpNext, and Stratalight Communications. With a PhD in Physics, he is an inventor on 45 US patents and has authored numerous books, papers and articles in the field of optical communications.

Englese is an expert manufacturing and operations professional with a wide range of experience at companies such as Juniper Networks, Aurrion and Xsigo Systems (acquired by Oracle).

Gremmen-de Groot has an extensive background in Human Resources and organizational development for various industries, having worked for global companies such as KPN, Office Depot, TenneT and Conclusion.