10 January 2011

JDSU recruits senior VP business services, and appoints general counsel

Optoelectronic chip and module maker JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA says that Rex Jackson has joined its executive management team as senior VP, business services, reporting to president & CEO Tom Waechter and leading JDSU’s corporate and business development, corporate marketing, legal and information technology organizations.

The firm says that Jackson has a successful track record as a strategic planning executive and leader of business-enabling corporate functions. He joins JDSU from Symyx Technologies, where he served as executive VP & chief financial officer with responsibility for finance, legal, IT and other corporate functions, and drove the firm’s acquisition of MDL Information Systems Inc and the recent merger with Accelrys Inc. Previously, Jackson was senior VP & general counsel for Avago Technologies, and held senior executive positions with Synopsys Inc, AdForce Inc and Read-Rite Corp.

Jackson has experience in areas key to JDSU’s growth plans, says Waechter. “He brings additional depth to our senior management team that will help JDSU efficiently scale as we address expanding growth opportunities around the globe,” he adds.

The firm has also promoted Andrew Pollack (who has been leading its legal team on an interim basis since July) to general counsel. Pollack has served as a member of JDSU’s legal department since 2000. “He has contributed to JDSU’s transformation in many ways while directing legal strategy for mergers and acquisitions, securities and compliance, commercial contracts, litigation and intellectual property management,” says Waechter.

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