AOI Appoints Todd McCrum to Newly Created Role of Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadband Access
22 May 2023 - 9:00PM
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI), a leading provider of
fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband,
internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets,
today announced the appointment of Todd McCrum as senior vice
president and general manager of Broadband Access.
In this newly created position, McCrum will lead sales, product
development, and marketing of AOI’s Quantum Bandwidth line of
broadband access products.
“Todd’s career in broadband has spanned the development of
modern hybrid fiber-coax networks,” commented Dr. Stefan Murry,
AOI’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. “During
his time at Cisco, he oversaw the development of some of the most
innovative and successful products in the history of the CATV
industry. As AOI continues to build its Quantum Bandwidth line of
CATV products, we created this new role to ensure dedicated
leadership for this very important line of business for AOI. I
believe that the combination of Todd’s superb leadership and
strategic vision with AOI’s world-class engineering and
manufacturing capabilities will deliver even more impressive
products for our customers for years to come.”
Before joining AOI, McCrum spent 27 years in increasingly senior
roles in product marketing and business development for
Scientific-Atlanta, continuing after its acquisition by Cisco
Systems in 2009. Beginning in 2015 he served as lead of Cisco’s
Cable Access Business Unit, where he was responsible for product
strategy and execution for all of Cisco’s cable television
products. Taking on a wider role within Cisco, he transitioned to
roles in business development and strategy for all of Cisco’s
service provider network customers. McCrum then served as Cisco’s
Vice President of Marketing for two years before leaving Cisco
earlier this year.
“AOI has a sterling reputation for engineering excellence,
product quality, and integrity,” said McCrum. “As the company
expands its line of Quantum Bandwidth products, I couldn’t be more
excited to lead the team, many of whom I’ve known and respected for
many years. As cable MSOs embark on a revolutionary expansion of
their networks to offer multi-gigabit internet speeds, we expect
Quantum Bandwidth products to provide the optimum combination of
features, quality, price and availability, allowing our customers
to upgrade their networks on time and on budget.”
About Applied Optoelectronics
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) is a leading developer and
manufacturer of advanced optical products, including components,
modules and equipment. AOI's products are the building blocks for
broadband fiber access networks around the world, where they are
used in the CATV broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and FTTH
markets. AOI supplies optical networking lasers, components and
equipment to tier-1 customers in all four of these markets. In
addition to its corporate headquarters, wafer fab and advanced
engineering and production facilities in Sugar Land, TX, AOI has
engineering and manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan and
Ningbo, China. For additional information, visit
www.ao-inc.com.
Media Inquiries:Willis Chen+1-281-295-1807wchen@ao-inc.com
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