MANAGEMENT TEAM

Vidya Sharma Vice President | Strategic Marketing

Vidya is a seasoned marketing executive with more than 20 years experience in strategic marketing, strategic partnerships and implementing successful "go to market" strategies at both large public and venture capital backed companies. Recently, he was Vice President of Marketing at Picolight, a manufacturer of vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)-based high-speed products. As part of the turnaround team, he led a re-design of the company’s product and market strategy that placed Picolight on an accelerated growth path that culminated in the successful partnership and $125 million sale of the company to JDSU. After Picolight's acquisition by JDSU in May 2007, Vidya led Picolight’s product-line integration into JDSU, and subsequently directed strategic marketing for JDSU's entire Transmission Business Unit.

Previous to Picolight, Vidya led LightPointe's strategic marketing team focused on strategic partners and carriers. He managed LightPointe's marketing efforts with key strategic partners such as Cisco, Huawei, Corning, ADC, and key carrier customers including Qwest, Nextel, M1, Chungwa and Tata Telecom. As Director of Business Management at Nortel, Vidya launched and managed Nortel's Metro Ethernet and Data Center Switching portfolio from 1998 to 2000 with full P&L and business management responsibilities. In less than 18 months, he transformed metro Ethernet portfolio into Nortel's highest growth datacom segment.

Vidya holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa, Canada and M.S. from Punjab University, India.