Optoelectronic chip and module maker JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA has appointed Rex Jackson as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Susan Spradley as senior vice president with responsibility for the development and management of the firm’s communications test and measurement products.
Jackson reports to Tom Waechter, JDSU’s president and CEO, and has served as acting CFO since September 2012. He joined JDSU two years ago as senior vice president, Business Services. Prior to JDSU, Jackson served as executive VP and CFO at Symyx Technologies, where he led the company’s acquisition of MDL Information Systems and subsequent merger with Accelrys. Jackson also served as acting CFO at Synopsys and held executive positions with Avago, AdForce and Read-Rite.
“Rex’s strong performance as acting CFO and his deep knowledge of the company’s strategy to drive profitable growth, combined with his prior experience as a public company CFO, make him an excellent choice for this key leadership position,” said Waechter.
Spradley is appointed senior VP and general manager of the Communications Test and Measurement (CommTest) business segment, and reports to David Heard, CommTest’s president. She is responsible for the development and management of the communications test product portfolio, including instruments, probes, software applications and service assurance solutions. Spradley has over 20 years of telecommunications industry experience, serving in executive positions at Nokia Siemens Networks and Nortel. She was appointed by the President of the United States to serve on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and is chair of a White House and National Science Foundation initiative, called U.S. Ignite, to promote US leadership in developing applications and services for broadband and software-defined networks.
“Sue brings unique experience and strong relationships with the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers and service providers to JDSU,” said Heard. “She is ideally suited to advance our communications test growth strategy as we transition from traditional test and measurement to providing an integrated portfolio of instruments and software for the enablement of networks, services and applications.”
