POET Appoints Ghazi Chaoui, PhD, as Senior Vice President – Global Manufacturing and Digital Transformation
POET Technologies (NASDAQ: POET) has appointed Dr. Ghazi M. Chaoui as Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Digital Transformation. Dr. Chaoui, former Chief Procurement Officer of Coherent Corp with nearly 40 years of industry experience, will be stationed in Penang, Malaysia, overseeing operations for order fulfillment and implementing systems for 800G and 1.6T transceiver production.
The company has established POET Technologies Sdn. Bhd. as a wholly owned subsidiary in Malaysia, where manufacturing operations with Globetronics are already operational with wafer-level assembly and test equipment. Full production capacity is expected to be online this quarter. Sundar Natarajan Yoganandan, POET's Director of External Manufacturing and NPI, will report directly to Dr. Chaoui.
POET Technologies (NASDAQ: POET) ha nominato Dr. Ghazi M. Chaoui Vice Presidente Senior per la Produzione Globale e la Trasformazione Digitale. Il Dr. Chaoui, ex Chief Procurement Officer di Coherent Corp con quasi 40 anni di esperienza nel settore, sarà basato a Penang, in Malesia, dove supervisionerà le operazioni di evasione ordini e l'implementazione di sistemi per la produzione di transceiver da 800G e 1,6T.
L'azienda ha costituito POET Technologies Sdn. Bhd. come filiale interamente controllata in Malesia, dove le operazioni di produzione con Globetronics sono già attive, utilizzando apparecchiature di assemblaggio e test a livello di wafer. La piena capacità produttiva è prevista entro questo trimestre. Sundar Natarajan Yoganandan, Direttore della Produzione Esterna e NPI di POET, riporterà direttamente al Dr. Chaoui.
POET Technologies (NASDAQ: POET) ha nombrado a Dr. Ghazi M. Chaoui como Vicepresidente Senior de Manufactura Global y Transformación Digital. El Dr. Chaoui, ex Chief Procurement Officer de Coherent Corp con casi 40 años de experiencia en la industria, estará ubicado en Penang, Malasia, supervisando las operaciones de cumplimiento de pedidos e implementando sistemas para la producción de transceptores de 800G y 1.6T.
La compañía ha establecido POET Technologies Sdn. Bhd. como una subsidiaria de propiedad total en Malasia, donde ya están en funcionamiento las operaciones de manufactura con Globetronics, que incluyen equipos de ensamblaje y prueba a nivel de oblea. Se espera que la capacidad de producción completa esté en línea este trimestre. Sundar Natarajan Yoganandan, Director de Manufactura Externa y NPI de POET, reportará directamente al Dr. Chaoui.
POET Technologies (NASDAQ: POET)는 Dr. Ghazi M. Chaoui를 글로벌 제조 및 디지털 전환 수석 부사장으로 임명했습니다. Coherent Corp의 전 최고 조달 책임자로서 약 40년의 업계 경험을 가진 Chaoui 박사는 말레이시아 페낭에 주둔하며 주문 이행 운영을 감독하고 800G 및 1.6T 트랜시버 생산 시스템을 구현할 예정입니다.
회사는 말레이시아에 100% 자회사인 POET Technologies Sdn. Bhd.를 설립했으며, Globetronics와 함께 웨이퍼 레벨 조립 및 테스트 장비를 갖춘 제조 운영이 이미 가동 중입니다. 전체 생산 능력은 이번 분기 내에 가동될 것으로 예상됩니다. POET의 외부 제조 및 NPI 담당 이사인 Sundar Natarajan Yoganandan은 Chaoui 박사에게 직접 보고할 예정입니다.
POET Technologies (NASDAQ : POET) a nommé Dr Ghazi M. Chaoui au poste de Vice-Président Senior de la Fabrication Globale et de la Transformation Digitale. Ancien Chief Procurement Officer de Coherent Corp avec près de 40 ans d'expérience dans l'industrie, Dr Chaoui sera basé à Penang, en Malaisie, où il supervisera les opérations de traitement des commandes et la mise en place des systèmes pour la production de transceivers 800G et 1,6T.
L'entreprise a créé POET Technologies Sdn. Bhd., une filiale à 100 % en Malaisie, où les opérations de fabrication avec Globetronics sont déjà en cours, utilisant des équipements d'assemblage et de test au niveau du wafer. La pleine capacité de production devrait être opérationnelle ce trimestre. Sundar Natarajan Yoganandan, Directeur de la Fabrication Externe et du NPI chez POET, rapportera directement au Dr Chaoui.
POET Technologies (NASDAQ: POET) hat Dr. Ghazi M. Chaoui zum Senior Vice President für globale Fertigung und digitale Transformation ernannt. Dr. Chaoui, ehemaliger Chief Procurement Officer bei Coherent Corp mit fast 40 Jahren Branchenerfahrung, wird in Penang, Malaysia, stationiert sein und die Abläufe zur Auftragsabwicklung sowie die Implementierung von Systemen für die Produktion von 800G- und 1,6T-Transceivern überwachen.
Das Unternehmen hat POET Technologies Sdn. Bhd. als hundertprozentige Tochtergesellschaft in Malaysia gegründet, wo die Fertigungsoperationen mit Globetronics bereits mit Wafer-Level-Montage- und Testausrüstung laufen. Die volle Produktionskapazität soll in diesem Quartal in Betrieb genommen werden. Sundar Natarajan Yoganandan, Director für externe Fertigung und NPI bei POET, wird direkt an Dr. Chaoui berichten.
- Manufacturing operations with Globetronics in Malaysia are already operational with installed wafer-level assembly and test equipment
- Full production capacity expected to be online this quarter
- Appointment of highly experienced industry veteran (40 years) to lead manufacturing operations
- Establishment of new wholly owned subsidiary in Malaysia
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Optical Engine Manufacturing Operational at Globetronics in Malaysia and POET Technologies Snd. Bhd. Established as Wholly Owned Subsidiary
TORONTO, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. ("POET" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: PTK; NASDAQ: POET), a leader in the design and implementation of highly-integrated optical engines and light sources for artificial intelligence networks, today announced the appointment of Ghazi M. Chaoui, PhD, MBA as its Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Digital Transformation. Dr. Chaoui recently concluded a multi-year assignment as Chief Procurement Officer of Coherent Corp.
An industry veteran of nearly 40 years, Dr. Chaoui (widely known as “Ghazi”) brings his considerable experience and stellar reputation to POET as it gears up manufacturing in Penang, Malaysia, where he will be stationed, reporting to Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, POET’s Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. Ghazi will plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee all operations tied to order fulfillment, and ensure the development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet the high demand for 800G and 1.6T transceivers needed by hyperscalers and AI cluster operators. Sundar Natarajan Yoganandan, POET’s Director of External Manufacturing and NPI, also a resident of Malaysia, will report directly to Ghazi.
“We are thrilled to welcome Ghazi to the POET team,” said Dr. Venkatesan. “Our relationship with Globetronics in Malaysia is off to a strong start, with a suite of wafer-level assembly and test equipment installed and operational. With full production capacity expected to be on line this quarter, this is the ideal time for Ghazi and Sundar to staff an organization in Penang and establish the systems we need to ensure delivery of optical engines to customers. We have established POET Technologies Sdn. Bhd. as a wholly owned subsidiary and have begun resourcing it accordingly.”
Ghazi holds PhD and MS degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering and an MBA. He began his career as an R&D lead designer and manager with AT&T Bell Labs and AT&T Microelectronics in Reading, PA. Over the next 40 years Ghazi held key manufacturing and supply chain roles in several countries with Lucent Technologies, Corvis Corporation/Broadwin Communications, Infinera, Oclaro, Teraxion, Kaiam Corp. and Macom Technology Solutions Holdings.
“I am pleased to be joining POET at this time to help build a great company in photonics and optoelectronics, serving many customers that I know well and interacting with many suppliers with whom I have strong relationships,” said Dr. Chaoui. “By semiconductorizing optical engine assembly, I am confident we can supply high performance optical engines at high volumes on time to customers.”
About POET Technologies Inc.
POET is a design and development company offering high-speed optical modules, optical engines and light source products to the artificial intelligence systems market and to hyperscale data centers. POET's photonic integration solutions are based on the POET Optical Interposer™, a novel, patented platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single chip using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques. POET's Optical Interposer-based products are lower cost, consume less power than comparable products, are smaller in size and are readily scalable to high production volumes. In addition to providing high-speed (800G, 1.6T and above) optical engines and optical modules for AI clusters and hyperscale data centers, POET has designed and produced novel light source products for chip-to-chip data communication within and between AI servers, the next frontier for solving bandwidth and latency problems in AI systems. POET's Optical Interposer platform also solves device integration challenges in 5G networks, machine-to-machine communication, self-contained "Edge" computing applications and sensing applications, such as LIDAR systems for autonomous vehicles. POET is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with operations in Allentown, PA, Shenzhen, China, and Singapore. More information about POET is available on our website at www.poet-technologies.com.
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