Armando has over twenty three years experience
in engineering and marketing of high-technology systems for
the telecommunications industry. He has been very successful
in developing and marketing high-technology products, and
has a proven track record in leading innovation-driven organizations.
Prior to FlexLight Armando was the General Manager of the
Optical Business Unit at Centillium Communications, and earlier
a co-founder and CEO of Alloptic, Inc. He has made significant
contributions to the development of today's optical broadband
networks, chief among them by pioneering the concept of Gigabit
Ethernet on passive optical networks. He has contributed to
the development of several industry standards under the ANSI,
the T1-Committee and the IEEE organizations. Armando holds
a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering, and an MBA from
the University of Santa Clara . He sits on the Board of Directors
at the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and on
the Board of Governors at the Electronics Industry Alliance
(EIA). |