Newark, De., USA - October 4, 2013, Newark, De., USA - Lightwave Logic, Inc., a technology company, announced that Siraj Nour El-Ahmadi will replace Ross Fasick as a director of the company, effective November 1, 2013.
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Mr. El-Ahmadi co-founded Menara Networks, Inc. in 2004 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and President. He has more than 17 years of experience in optical transmission in particular and the telecom industry in general.
Prior to founding Menara, Mr. El-Ahmadi served as Vice President - Marketing & Product Management at Nortel responsible for the OPTera LH 4000 ULR product (acquired from Qtera).
Prior to that, Mr. El-Ahmadi was the Product Architect & Vice President of Product Management at Qtera Corporation, a technology company, acquired by Nortel in 2000.
Mr. El-Ahmadi also held a Senior Manager position at Bell Northern Research and worked as a Transmission Engineer at WilTel (WorldCom) where he evaluated and deployed the world first bidirectional EDFA and bi-directional WDM transmission.
He serves as Director of Menara Networks, Inc.
Mr. El-Ahmadi holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and is the inventor of 11 patents, issued or pending, in the area of optical communications.
He authored a number of publications and is a frequent speaker at telecom and optical networking events and conferences.
Dr. Fasick, who is retiring, will continue as special advisor to the Board.
Dr. Fasick has served as a director of Lightwave Logic since July 2008.
He has a broad spectrum of global business and chemistry experience that spans over thirty years. Dr. Fasick spent the early years of his career with DuPont as a research chemist, primarily working with polymers and dyes.
He served as President of DuPont’s Brazil division and Director of worldwide paint operations. He completed his DuPont career as Senior VP of Polymers and Automotive.
Since his retirement, Dr. Fasick has remained an active board and committee member for private college and pre-college level institutions. ■