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Infonetics Research welcomes optical analyst Andrew Schmitt

Infonetics Research, a world leader in the communications market research industry, today announced the addition of Andrew Schmitt to its analyst team.

Andrew Schmitt is Infonetics Research's new Directing Analyst for Optical and is based in Infonetics' Boston metro office in Massachusetts. See below for Mr. Schmitt's bio or visit http://www.infonetics.com/bios.asp.

"We are excited to have Andrew Schmitt on the Infonetics team; with his engineering, marketing, and equity analyst experience, he brings a unique combination to the table," said J'Amy Napolitan, CEO and co-founder of Infonetics Research. "Andrew's 18 years of telecom and optical networking experience will deepen our optical coverage and, combined with our recent analyst additions, strengthen our overall coverage significantly. We are now even better positioned to offer our clients the market intelligence and advice they need to leverage their strengths and exploit opportunities in today's volatile economy."

Michael Howard, principal analyst and co-founder of Infonetics Research, and Andrew Schmitt will work together on optical as Andrew transitions into the directing analyst role. Michael will continue his coverage of carrier routing, switching, Ethernet, and mobile backhaul.

ANDREW SCHMITT BIO

Andrew Schmitt
Directing Analyst, Optical
andrew@infonetics.com  +1 408.583.3393

Andrew Schmitt joins Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) in March 2009 as a seasoned optical market expert, bringing to Infonetics 18 years of telecom experience, including 14 focused specifically on optical networking. As lead optical analyst, Andrew's expertise is focused squarely on optical network equipment, service provider optical networks, and optical services, including SONET/SDH, MSPP, crossconnect, WDM, ROADM, packet optical transport, 10G, 40G, 100G, metro, long-haul, etc. In addition to deepening Infonetics' current optical coverage, Andrew is focused on expanding into new optical territory.

Prior to joining Infonetics, Andrew founded and managed Nyquist Capital, an equity advisory and consulting firm serving companies in the carrier networking industry and the financial institutions investing in them. While at Nyquist, Andrew produced numerous acclaimed research reports on a range of topics, including Cisco's optical module business, Google's in-house effort to build datacenter switches, and the impact of Broadcom's FTTH chipset. Before Nyquist, Andrew held several positions at Vitesse Semiconductor, including Director of Marketing and Systems Engineering, for which he led the business unit that designed and sold products to carrier telecom equipment manufacturers.

In addition to authoring regular optical market share and forecast reports for Infonetics, Andrew provides clients with constant expert opinion on hot topics via the Optical Continuous Research Service (CRS), and develops service provider survey research to provide clients with up-to-the-minute market analysis and recommendations based on service provider buying plans and preferences. He is also a consultant to startups, service providers, manufacturers, and the investment community.

A noted writer and public speaker, Andrew contributes to many media publications and presents at industry conferences year-round, including the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), NXTcomm/SUPERCOMM, and the Gilder Technology Conferences.

Andrew holds multiple issued and pending patents for TDM switching and interface architectures, earned his BS in Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and, when not pondering all things optical, is an avid road cyclist, regularly racing for the NEBC/Cycle Loft team in New England.

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Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

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