Gerald Fine

Mintera's world-class team has a strong track record in introducing leading edge products and satisfying customers in the most demanding environments. Mintera is backed by prestigious venture capital firms and is already serving the requirements of partners world-wide. Mintera's solutions enable easy deployment of next generation 40 Gbps optical transport in metro-core, regional, long- haul and ultra long-haul optical networks. With products ready for deployment today, it is the company to turn to when customers need help implementing 40 Gigabit per second (Gbps) solutions. Mintera's flexible multi-service 40 Gbps product-set, protected by multiple pending patents, enables service providers to seamlessly and cost effectively to upgrade their existing infrastructure to 40 Gbps in an evolutionary fashion and preserve existing investments by adding this capability to currently installed networks.

Primary Venture Management LLC (Primary Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Ben Sun and Brad Svrluga. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Xtellus is a leading supplier of ROADM technology and dynamic optical modules for Agile Optical Networking systems. Agile Optical Networks are reconfigurable DWDM networks that are used to provide rapid provisioning and efficient operation of triple-play high-speed Internet, video and telephone services. Xtellus is headquartered in Morris Plains, NJ, with manufacturing and development facilities in Israel and South Korea.

Kotura, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets silicon photonics circuits. It engage in the design and manufacture of application-specific silicon photonics circuits that integrate a broad range of optical and optoelectronic functionality. Its products include single channel ultra VOA, 4-8 channel ultra VOA, and SFP ultra VOA. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Monterey Park, CA.

Schott Corp. manufactures and distributes glass-ceramics. It offers glass products which include decorative, anti-reflective, smart, restoration and fire resistant glass. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Elmsford, NY.

Pixtronix, Inc. develops mobile display technologies. The company was founded by Nesbitt W. Hagood in 2005 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Schott North America, Inc. manufactures and distributes special glass and glass-related systems. It specializes in optics, electronic packaging, flat glass, and lighting and imaging. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Elmsford, NY.