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Rex Jackson Joins JDSU as Senior VP of Business Services
The company has also promoted Andrew Pollack to general counsel.
JDSU has appointed Rex Jackson to its executive management team as Senior VP, Business Services.
Jackson reports to President and CEO Tom Waechter and leads JDSU’s corporate and business development, corporate marketing, legal and information technology organizations.
JDSU also named Andrew Pollack as general counsel. Pollack has been leading JDSU’s legal team on an interim basis since July. He has served as a member of JDSU’s legal department since 2000.
Jackson has a successful track record as a strategic planning executive and leader of business-enabling corporate functions. He joins JDSU from Symyx Technologies where he served as executive VP and chief financial officer with responsibility for finance, legal, IT and other corporate functions, and drove the company’s acquisition of MDL Information Systems and recent merger with Accelrys.
Previously, Jackson served as senior VP and general counsel for Avago Technologies, and held senior executive positions with Synopsys, AdForce and Read-Rite Corporation.
“Rex is a dynamic leader with a perse set of experiences in areas key to JDSU’s growth plans,” said Waechter. “He brings additional depth to our senior management team that will help JDSU efficiently scale as we address expanding growth opportunities around the globe.”
“We are also pleased to recognize Andy’s many contributions to JDSU with his well-deserved promotion to general counsel,” added Waechter. “He has contributed to JDSU’s transformation in many ways while directing legal strategy for mergers and acquisitions, securities and compliance, commercial contracts, litigation and intellectual property management.”
JDSU enables broadband and optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is the leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable operators, network equipment manufacturers, enterprise customers, and mobile operators. JDSU is also a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense, and decorative applications.
