NeoPhotonics Appoints Dr. Yanbing Li to its Board of Directors
July 09 2019 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading designer and
manufacturer of optoelectronic solutions for the highest speed
communications networks in telecom and datacenter applications,
today announced that Dr. Yanbing Li has been appointed to its Board
of Directors.
Dr. Li is a global high technology executive with extensive
leadership experience in general management and engineering in the
United States and China. She is currently Vice President of
Engineering at Google, focusing on Google Cloud.
Previously Yanbing Li was Senior Vice President and General
Manager for the Storage and Availability business unit at VMware
where she was responsible for a portfolio of products in
software-defined storage, hyper-converged infrastructure, data
protection, and storage and availability services for the cloud.
She led product development, engineering, and go-to-market
strategies and led the business to become one of the fastest
growing business for VMware and a market leader.
During her eleven-year tenure with VMware, Dr. Li held multiple
executive leadership roles including general manager for vCloud Air
storage, VP of Engineering for storage, VP of Central Engineering,
VP of Continuing Product Development, VP of Global R&D sites
and Managing Director of China R&D.
Prior to VMware Yanbing worked at Synopsys (a leading electronic
design automation software maker) for nine years in various
research, development and engineering leadership roles.
Dr. Li holds a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University, a master
of science degree from Cornell University, and a bachelor of
science degree from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) in
electrical engineering and computer engineering. She is also a
graduate of the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford
University Graduate School of Business.
“I am excited to join the board of NeoPhotonics, which is a
recognized leader in photonic integration for coherent high speed
transmission. I believe this technology is a critical enabler for
the growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence and
offers exciting growth potential,” said Yanbing Li.
“We are very pleased to have Dr. Yanbing Li join our Board of
Directors. Her extensive background in data center and cloud
operations and deep technology experience in cloud services will
provide our Board with valuable insights in the ongoing evolution
of the key markets we address,” said Tim Jenks, NeoPhotonics
Chairman and CEO.
About NeoPhotonics
NeoPhotonics is a leading designer and manufacturer of
optoelectronic solutions for the highest speed communications
networks in telecom and datacenter applications. The Company’s
products enable cost-effective, high-speed data transmission and
efficient allocation of bandwidth over communications networks.
NeoPhotonics maintains headquarters in San Jose, California and ISO
9001:2000 certified engineering and manufacturing facilities in
Silicon Valley (USA), Japan and China. For additional information
visit www.neophotonics.com.
©2019 NeoPhotonics Corporation. All rights reserved.
NeoPhotonics and the red dot logo are trademarks of NeoPhotonics
Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective
owners.
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