Roger Hajjar is Founder and CTO of Prysm. Prior to Prysm, he served as GM of Transmission Subsystems with Avanex and Vice President of Technology with Vitesse. He was founder of Versatile Optical Networks prior to its acquisition by Vitesse, and later, by Avanex. He held management positions with the Eastman Kodak Company. He also held research positions at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona and IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center. He holds a PhD and MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona, as well as a BS in Electrical Engineering from Boston University, from where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.