Fabrinet Expands Board of Directors with Addition of Optical Industry Veteran Greg Dougherty
BANGKOK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2019--
Fabrinet (NYSE: FN), a leading provider of advanced optical packaging
and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing
services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, today
announced that it has appointed Gregory P. Dougherty to its Board of
Directors, expanding Fabrinet’s Board of Directors to seven members.
“We’re excited to have an optical industry veteran joining our Board of
Directors,” said Tom Mitchell, Chairman of Fabrinet. “Greg’s leadership
experience will benefit our business as we expand on our leading
position as a trusted precision manufacturing partner for our customers’
most demanding and complex products.”
Mr. Dougherty served as Chief Executive Officer of Oclaro, Inc., a maker
of optical components and modules for the long-haul, metro and data
center markets, from June 2013 and served as a director of Oclaro from
April 2009, until its December 2018 acquisition by Lumentum Holdings
Inc. Previously, Mr. Dougherty served as a director of Avanex
Corporation, a leading global provider of intelligent photonic
solutions, from April 2005 to April 2009, when Avanex and Bookham merged
to create Oclaro.
From February 2001 until September 2002, Mr. Dougherty was the Chief
Operating Officer at JDS Uniphase Corporation, an optical technology
company. Prior to JDS, he was the Chief Operating Officer of SDL, Inc.,
a maker of laser diodes, from March 1997 to February 2001 when they were
acquired by JDS. Mr. Dougherty currently serves as a director of IPG
Photonics and Infinera. Mr. Dougherty received a bachelor's degree in
optics in 1983 from the University of Rochester.
Mr. Dougherty said, “I’m looking forward to applying my decades of
operational experience at Fabrinet, a company that I have long admired.
Fabrinet is widely recognized for its precision manufacturing and
advanced packaging capabilities enabling technology leaders to focus on
their core competencies by leveraging Fabrinet as a manufacturing
partner to bring their most complicated products to market quickly,
efficiently and effectively.”
About Fabrinet
Fabrinet is a leading provider of advanced optical packaging and
precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing
services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, such
as optical communication components, modules and subsystems, automotive
components, medical devices, industrial lasers and sensors. Fabrinet
offers a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical
capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process
design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, advanced
packaging, integration, final assembly and test. Fabrinet focuses on
production of high complexity products in any mix and any volume.
Fabrinet maintains engineering and manufacturing resources and
facilities in Thailand, the United States of America, the People’s
Republic of China and the United Kingdom. For more information visit: www.fabrinet.com.
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Source: Fabrinet
Garo Toomajanian
ir@fabrinet.com
