MARCH 31, 2003, PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA—Calix,
a supplier of simplified services platforms designed to radically improve the
economics of voice, data, and video service delivery for wireline carriers,
today announced the appointment of Roger Weingarth as vice president of
operations. In his new position,
Weingarth will lead the company's ongoing initiative to scale its unique,
vertically-integrated supply chain model to meet rapidly increasing market
demand.
"From day one, Calix invested in its operational
infrastructure while developing strong relationships with suppliers and
partners to create an efficient and scalable business process," said Carl
Russo, president and CEO for Calix. "With over 25 years of operations
experience in the telecom field, Roger is the perfect candidate to lead the
company's continuing efforts to scale our business model while continually
improving quality and responsiveness."
Before joining Calix, Weingarth was president and CEO at
Arista Networks, Inc. Prior to Arista
Networks, Weingarth was president and COO at Optical Solutions, Inc. Weingarth
has acted in senior management level roles in operations and quality assurance
with Centron, Switched Network Technologies, and Network Systems. He also has
held various management positions within ATT/NCR Corporation. Weingarth holds
an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a BA from Bethel College. He is
also certified by the American Production and Inventory Control Society in
production and inventory management.
According to Mr. Weingarth, "Calix has applied laser-like
coherence to improving carrier economics by simplifying the technology within
the telecom access network and streamlining the supply chain. The result is a
uniquely innovative business model that will create a durable telecom
franchise."
The company's innovative, vertically-integrated
manufacturing model dramatically reduces order cycle time, enhances
scalability, and reduces inventory requirements for carriers. In addition,
Calix has implemented state-of-the-art supply-chain technology enabling
customers to design, configure, verify, order and track product shipments via a
secure customer portal. In order to simplify network maintenance, all Calix
products automatically include on-line and on-site support, a 5-year warranty,
and advance replacement RMAs. Calix
also has developed partnerships with a wide variety of ancillary solution
vendors in order to ensure that carriers are able to rapidly deploy all network
elements necessary to turn up margin rich new services.
About Calix
Founded in 1999, Calix is a privately-funded supplier of
telecommunications infrastructure platforms designed to facilitate all aspects
of voice, data, and video service delivery to business and residential
subscribers for local exchange carriers of all sizes. Providing massive
metallic and optical density, unprecedented system capacity and functional
headroom, advanced management and provisioning software, and complete service
flexibility, the Calix C7™ platform simplifies carrier access networks while
infusing orders of magnitude more capacity and driving more value into service
provider infrastructure.
To date, Calix has raised over $260 million in capital, and
shipped over 500 Calix C7™ platforms with over 50,000 ports to over 50 local
exchange carriers across the U.S.
For additional information contact:
Jacquelyn Dara
Calix Corporate Communications
707-766-3337
jacquelyn.dara@calix.com
