Primary Job Title Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer Primary Organization Xtera
Location Dallas, Texas, United States Regions Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Southern US Gender Male
Website www.xtera.com/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
After graduating from Queen Mary College, London University with BSc (Hons) and PhD in Engineering Stuart Barnes joined Standard Telecommunications Ltd, the Research Subsidiary of STC (a Division of ITT and subsequently Nortel). After 7 years in Research, including 3 years supporting development of STC Submarine Systems first Optical Repeater, he
then was involved in turnaround activities in the Terrestrial Fibre and Cable divisions (Market Share increased from 5% to 50%). Then in STC Submarine Systems, he went on to become Deputy Technical Director and subsequently Technical Director in 1995, where he was responsible for the development of STC’s second optical repeater. This repeater is still in production today.
After the acquisition of the Submarine Group by Alcatel he moved to Paris to head up Alcatel’s Optical Recherche Group. In 1999 he Founded ilotron (UK), after a short period with Atlas Venture as an ER he co-founded Azea Networks in 2001, who merged with Xtera Communications Inc. in 2007. He is Visiting Professor at Southampton University and an Advisor to The School of Photonics, Aston University.
