People: NeoPhotonics Corp (NPTN.N)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Timothy Jenks

 57 2011 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer,

James Fay

 39 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Chi Yue Cheung

 44 2012 Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President

Benjamin Sitler

 56 2013 Senior Vice President - Global Sales and Product Management

Wupen Yuen

 42 2012 Senior Vice President - Product and Technology Development

G. Ferris Lipscomb

 59 2002 Vice President - Marketing

Michael Sophie

 55 2011 Lead Independent Director

Charles Abbe

 71 2012 Director

Sergey Polikarpov

 2012 Director

Bandel Carano

 2004 Independent Director

Allan Kwan

 53 2008 Independent Director

Bjorn Olsson

 55 2009 Independent Director

Lee Sen Ting

 69 2007 Independent Director

Erica Mannion

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Biographies

Name Description

Timothy Jenks

 Mr. Timothy S. Jenks serves as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, of NeoPhotonics Corp. He has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors since April 1998. From November 2002 until August 2005, Mr. Jenks also served as Chief Executive Officer of NanoGram Corporation, and served on its board of directors until July 2010 when it was acquired by Teijin Corporation. From November 2002 until March 2003, Mr. Jenks served as Chief Executive Officer and on the board of directors of NanoGram Devices Corporation. From 1985 until 1998, Mr. Jenks served in several positions of increasing responsibility at Raychem Corporation, a California-based materials engineering company, acquired by Tyco International Ltd. in 1998, including General Manager of its Wire & Cable Division serving the Pacific Rim countries; its Wire & Cable Division in Swindon, United Kingdom serving the Europe and the Middle East, and Vice President and General Manager of its electrical products division in Munich, Germany and having operations in locations including the United States, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. From March 2010 until June, 2011, Mr. Jenks served as a director of Ignis ASA, an optical technology company based in Norway that was acquired by Finisar Corporation in 2011. Mr. Jenks is a former naval officer, and holds a master of business administration degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a master of science degree in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering and marine engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy.

James Fay

 Mr. James D. Fay is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President NeoPhotonics Corp. He has been appointed as Senior Vice President of the Company on October 2, 2012. He previously served as Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel from May 2007 to January 2009. From March 2007 to May 2007, Mr. Fay was in private practice representing start-up companies. From January 2000 until March 2007, Mr. Fay served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel for @Road, Inc., a mobile resource management service provider acquired by Trimble Navigation Limited in March 2007. From October 1998 until January 2000, Mr. Fay was an attorney for Venture Law Group. Mr. Fay holds a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School and bachelor of arts degrees in international business and French from North Central College.

Chi Yue Cheung

 Dr. Chi Yue Cheung, Ph.D., is Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President of NeoPhotonics Corp. He was appointed as Senior Vice President of the Company on October 2, 2012. He is an employee of NeoPhotonics (China) Co., Ltd. Previously, he served as Vice President of Research and Development from September 2007 to October 2008 and Vice President of Product Engineering from June 2007 to August 2007. From April 2004 until May 2007, Dr. Cheung served as Director of SAE Magnetics (HK) Ltd., a hard disc drive design and manufacturing company, and was responsible for manufacturing operations in Dongguan, China. Dr. Cheung has also held various senior technical, operations and management positions with Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute and Philips Semiconductor. Dr. Cheung holds a doctorate degree in materials and mechanics from Cambridge University (UK) and a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering from King’s College London (UK).

Benjamin Sitler

 Mr. Benjamin L. Sitler serves as Senior Vice President - Global Sales and Product Management of NeoPhotonics Corp. He previously served as Vice President of Tunable Products from November 2006 to July 2007. From June 2003 until November 2006, Mr. Sitler served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Paxera Corporation, a provider of tunable lasers, which was acquired by the Company in November 2006. From December 2002 until May 2003, Mr. Sitler served as Vice President of Business Development of JCP Photonics, Inc., a tunable fiber laser company. From November 1999 until September 2002, Mr. Sitler served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales of Lightwave Microsystems Corporation, a communications equipment company that was acquired by the Company in 2003. From 1984 until 1999, Mr. Sitler served in a variety of positions for Raychem Corporation. Mr. Sitler is a former naval officer, and holds a master of business administration degree from the Anderson School of Business at the University of California, Los Angeles and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy.

Wupen Yuen

 Dr. Wupen Yuen, Ph.D., has been appointed as Senior Vice President - Product and Technology Development of NeoPhotonics Corp., effective October 2, 2012. He served as Vice President - Product Development and Engineering of the Company since September 2006. He previously served as Director of Business Development since joining the Company in January 2005. From August 2002 until December 2004, Dr. Yuen served as Chief Technology Officer of Bandwidth9, Inc., a telecommunications tunable laser company. Dr. Yuen was Chief Technology Officer of Bandwidth9 when it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in August 2004. Dr. Yuen holds a doctorate degree in electrical engineering, a master of science in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University.

G. Ferris Lipscomb

 Dr. G. Ferris Lipscomb, Ph.D., serves as Vice President - Marketing of NeoPhotonics Corp., since November 2002. Mr. Lipscomb served as the Vice President of Marketing at the time filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to address certain liabilities, including real estate lease obligations in November 2003. From January 1999 until October 2002, Dr. Lipscomb served as Vice President of Marketing of Lightwave Microsystems Corporation, which was acquired by the Company in 2003. From January 1993 until December 1998, Dr. Lipscomb served in various positions including as General Manager and Executive Vice President at Akzo Nobel Electronic Products, Inc., a division of a multinational materials company. From September 1983 until December 1993, Dr. Lipscomb served in various positions including Chief Scientist for Photonics and Lightwave Technology in the Research and Development Division of Lockheed Missiles & Space Company. From September 1981 until August 1983, Dr. Lipscomb served on the Technical Staff of the TRW Technology Research Center. Dr. Lipscomb holds a doctorate degree in solid state physics from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor of science degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Michael Sophie

 Mr. Michael J. Sophie is Lead Independent Director of NeoPhotonics Corp. Mr. Sophie has served as a director of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation since August 2008. Mr. Sophie also served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Proxim Wireless Corporation, a provider of wireless broadband technologies, from October 2010 to January 2011. Since May 2006, Mr. Sophie has served on the boards of several private companies and provided advisory services. From October 2007 to December 2007, Mr. Sophie served on the board of directors of Marvell Technology Group, a provider of storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions. He was previously employed at UTStarcom Inc., a global seller of telecommunications hardware and software products, serving as its Chief Financial Officer from August 1999 through August 2005, and as Chief Operating Officer from June 2005 through May 2006. He holds a bachelor of science degree from California State University, Chico and a master of business administration degree from the University of Santa Clara. On May 1, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order in which UTStarcom, its then Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Sophie, its former Chief Financial Officer, were ordered to cease and desist from causing or committing violations of federal securities laws described in the order.

Charles Abbe

 Mr. Charles J. Abbe has been appointed as Director of NeoPhotonics Corp., effective October 02, 2012. Mr. Abbe served as president, chief operating officer and director of JDS Uniphase Corporation from February 2000 until his retirement in June 2001. In 1996, he joined Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLI) as vice president and general manager of its principal operating unit. He was promoted to president and chief operating officer in November 1997 and to chief executive officer in April 1998 and during his tenure the market capitalization of OCLI increased from approximately $125 million in 1996 to $1.3 billion in late 1999. The company was acquired by JDS Uniphase in February 2000 for $2.8 billion. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Abbe served in positions of increasing responsibility, including senior vice president, electronics sector, at Raychem Corporation. He practiced business consulting with McKinsey & Company in San Francisco from 1971 to 1989, serving the last seven years as a senior partner. Mr. Abbe began his career with the United States Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory in Edwards, Calif. Mr. Abbe also served as a director of Opnext, Inc., a publicly-traded optical communications company, from January 2009 until Opnext's acquisition by Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) in July 2012, and has served as a director of Cymer, Inc (NASDAQ: CYMI), a semiconductor capital equipment company, since 2002. Mr. Abbe earned a Master's of Business Administration degree from Stanford University as well as Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in chemical engineering from Cornell University.

Sergey Polikarpov

 Mr. Sergey Polikarpov has been appointed as Director of NeoPhotonics Inc., effective April 30, 2012. He serves as Managing Director of RUSNANO.

Bandel Carano

 Mr. Bandel L. Carano is Independent Director of NeoPhotonics Corp., since March 2004. Since 1987, Mr. Carano has been a General Partner of Oak Investment Partners, a venture capital firm he joined in 1985. Mr. Carano is a director of Airspan Networks Inc. and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc. In addition, Mr. Carano has previously invested in and served on the board of directors of public companies including Tele Atlas BV, Synopsys, Inc., FiberTower Corporation, Virata, Inc. and Polycom, Inc. Mr. Carano also serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund. Mr. Carano holds both a master of science degree and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. As a venture capitalist, Mr. Carano has been involved with numerous technology companies in the telecommunications, wireless, media and semiconductor industries including 2Wire, Inc., Avici Systems, Qtera Corporation, Sentient Networks, Inc. and Wellfleet Communications, among others.

Allan Kwan

 Mr. Allan Kwan is Independent Director of NeoPhotonics Corp., since November 2008. Since April 2007, Since April 2007, Mr. Kwan has been a Venture Partner of Oak Investment Partners, a venture capital firm. From May 2007 to May 2008, Mr. Kwan served on the board of directors of Linktone Ltd., a China-based wireless content and applications provider. From July 2001 until April 2007, Mr. Kwan served first as Managing Director of North Asia, then as Vice President International of Yahoo! Inc. Mr. Kwan previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Asia.com, a provider of web services, and in various senior executive positions at Motorola and Nortel. Mr. Kwan holds a bachelor of applied science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia in Canada, a master of business administration degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a master of arts degree in international studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bjorn Olsson

 Mr. Bjorn Olsson is Independent Director of NeoPhotonics Corp., since February 2009. Since January 2012, Mr. Olsson has been a director of Cinnober Financial Technology Aktieboloag, a Swedish exchange technology provider and Mr. Olsson has also been a Founding Partner and board member of EMA Technology AB, a Swedish investment company. In the first half of 2009, Mr. Olsson was engaged in market and business research related to founding EMA Technology AB. Previously, Mr. Olsson was Executive Vice President and a member of the Ericsson Group Management Team from January 2004 until December 2008. He joined Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in 1981 and held several senior management positions, including head of the Broadband, Cellular Systems (North American Standards), Transmission Networks and Systems business units, and as Chief Information Officer. Mr. Olsson holds a master of science in industrial management and engineering from the Linköping Institute of Technology in Sweden. Mr. Olsson has more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications, information technology, general management and leadership experience in telecommunications industry and wireless systems development and architecture globally

Lee Sen Ting

 Mr. Lee Sen Ting is Independent Director of NeoPhotonics Corp., since October 2007. Since May 2009, Mr. Ting has served as a General Partner of two venture capital funds affiliated with W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC. From 2003 through April 2009, Mr. Ting served as a Managing Director at W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC, a financial services firm. From October 2000 to March 2002, Mr. Ting served as an Advisory Director to W.R. Hambrecht + Co. LLC. From July 1965 to August 2000, Mr. Ting served in various roles at Hewlett-Packard Company, most recently as Corporate Vice President and a Managing Director. Mr. Ting is a director of the Lenovo Group, a Chinese hardware manufacturer, and Microelectronics Technology Inc. Mr. Ting holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program. Mr. Ting has more than 40 years experience in management and banking positions in the United States and internationally.

Erica Mannion

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Timothy Jenks

 753,809

James Fay

 519,001

Chi Yue Cheung

 506,376

Benjamin Sitler

 406,060

Wupen Yuen

 445,829

G. Ferris Lipscomb

 --

Michael Sophie

 --

Charles Abbe

 --

Sergey Polikarpov

 --

Bandel Carano

 --

Allan Kwan

 --

Bjorn Olsson

 --

Lee Sen Ting

 --

Erica Mannion

 --
As Of 30 Dec 2011

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price

JENKS TIMOTHY STORRS

 4,000 $5.49

CHEUNG CHI YUE

 4,000 $4.89

CHEUNG CHI YUE

 4,000 $0.00

JENKS TIMOTHY STORRS

 8,000 $0.00

YUEN WUPEN

 1,501 $4.97

LIPSCOMB GEORGE FERRIS

 1,256 $4.97

LIPSCOMB GEORGE FERRIS

 3,334 $0.00

FAY JAMES D

 4,000 $0.00

JENKS TIMOTHY STORRS

 2,968 $4.97

YUEN WUPEN

 4,000 $0.00

SITLER BENJAMIN LEE

 3,334 $0.00

JENKS TIMOTHY STORRS

 8,000 $0.00

YUEN WUPEN

 1,000 $4.68

SITLER BENJAMIN LEE

 2,000 $4.68

JENKS TIMOTHY STORRS

 1,000 $4.68

FAY JAMES D

 1,000 $4.68

LIPSCOMB GEORGE FERRIS

 1,000 $4.68
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