Ottawa, Canada—Friday, October 22, 2004 // BTI Photonic Systems, a leading supplier of metro photonic layer solutions for system vendors today announced the appointment of Glenn Thurston as Vice President of Strategic Marketing. Glenn will assume a major role in the direction of BTI’s business and the honing of BTI’s marketing as it continues to experience market acceptance and rapid growth.
“With the strong customer and partner endorsement of the independent photonic layer value proposition that BTI brings we are filling out a strong executive team with Glenn’s complementary skills” said Lance Laking President & CEO.
Glenn brings 17 years of experience in the development and marketing of new networking products, businesses and partnerships. Before joining BTI, Glenn was Vice President Global Alliances for Nortel Networks Metro Optical and Enterprise groups and spearheaded Nortel’s partnerships with Global Systems Integrators and the major Compute and Storage technology companies. Glenn has held a wide range of senior positions focused on creating value for customers and his background includes work in Alliances & Partnerships, Marketing, Business Development, Network Planning, Network Architecture and New Product Introduction.
BTI is the independent photonic layer company. BTI’s Netstender™ platform leads the industry by delivering complete photonic layer solutions to simplify optical site inter-connection. The system leverages the value of existing optical networks and plays a critical role in enabling new converged multi-service networks. The company’s Netstender™ delivery platform offers a full range of functional building blocks to provide application specific customization with Plug-and-Link™ ease. BTI enhances the competitive advantage of the world’s foremost communications system vendors by extending the performance and flexibility of their product portfolios. For more news and information, please visit www.btiphotonics.com
