- April 2002 -

April 17th, 2002

Dr. David Parker becomes Chief Executive Officer of Southampton Photonics

Los Gatos CA. April 15th 2002 - Fiber-optic component and subsystem vendor, Southampton Photonics (SPI), today announced the appointment of Dr. David Parker as President and Chief Executive Officer with effect from 16 April 2002. Until recently Dr. Parker was President and Chief Executive of Marconi Optical Components (MOC) and it was under his stewardship that MOC was successfully sold and transitioned to Bookham Technology in February this year. Prior to this Dr. Parker served as Vice President and General Manager of Agilent Technologies' Ipswich Components Operation, with responsibility for its single mode fiber-optic components.

Co-founder, Don Spalinger, former acting President, said, "In David Parker, SPI has found a perfect wish-list match for our Chief Executive Officer.  We are fortunate in bringing him on board and I am greatly looking forward to working on his team."

Professor David Payne, SPI's Chairman, commented, "I have known and admired David Parker for many years. He is very highly regarded in the optical components industry and has a tremendous reputation both as a technologist and as a very successful business leader and manager. He will bring great strategic and tactical direction to Southampton Photonics where he will apply his proven expertise in developing new opportunities to our world-leading in-fiber technology.

David Parker commented, "At MOC I enjoyed taking world class science and technology and, with the help of a great team, moving it towards commercial reality. I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to repeat that. There is little doubt in my mind that there will be a recovery in the optical components sector and the companies that deliver innovative and cost-competitive solutions to customers will be well positioned. SPI has the potential to be in this category. Combining the SPI team with the substantial and proven invention funnel in Southampton University's Optoelectronics Research Centre under David Payne's leadership is, in my view, a winning strategy."

Dave Shrigley, General Partner at Sevin Rosen Funds, a major investor in the company said, "Southampton Photonics' in-fiber optical components and subsystems have many of the needed capabilities to play a key role in the next generation of optical networks. I am extremely pleased to have someone with Dr. Parker's impressive credentials and track record to lead that charge."

About Southampton Photonics:
The company manufactures in-fiber optical components and subsystems based on its Application Specific Fiber Platform which allows the manufacture of reliable,

high-performance in-fiber components and subsystems in volume. SPI's expertise is in specialty fiber, fiber Bragg grating design and fabrication, as well as amplifier and laser technology. These core technologies form the basis of the company's state-of-the-art components and subsystems, and make optical systems and networks more flexible, powerful and less expensive. Southampton Photonics’ in-fiber technology enables optical networks to transport more bits, over more channels, with greater accuracy, at a lower cost.

For more information visit: www.southamptonphotonics.com

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