Management Team
President and Chief Executive Officer
Simin Cai joined NSG America as a Regional Sales Manager in January, 1998. He worked in various sales, marketing and business development positions before being promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2001. Simin is a member of the Board of Directors for NSG America and currently serves the company as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to joining NSG America, Simin had worked for a couple of start-up companies involved in optics and optical instrumentation and participated in the founding of Avanex. Simin started his career with China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) in 1988.
Simin has a BS degree in Applied Physics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, a Master of Engineering degree in Engineering Optics and a Ph.D. degree in Physics, both from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Vice President of Sales
Doug Hornaday joined NSG America in December, 2006 as Vice President of Sales.
Doug has over 25 years experience in the optical industry spanning roles in engineering, product management, and sales. Prior to NSG America, Doug was VP of Sales for optical switch start up Metconnex, Director of North American Sales for Bookham, and Director of Sales for start up WaveSplitter Technologies. Doug’s industry experience also includes 20 years with AT&T and Lucent Technologies where he gained a broad range of optical technology experience as: Manufacturing and Senior Project Engineer for optical fiber, cable and apparatus; Senior Account Executive in sales of fiber, transmission, and switching gear; and Senior Product Manager for passive silicon optical bench products.
Doug holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia and a Master’s degree in Manufacturing Systems from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY.
Vice President of Global Manufacturing Operations
Site General Manager and President of NSG Micro Optics Philippines
Glenn Lu joined NSG America as Vice President of Engineering in 2002 after serving as a consultant for a year for new product development. Currently, he serves as Vice President of Global Manufacturing Operations and also Site General Manager and President of NSG Micro Optics Philippines, the manufacturing facility located in the Philippines for NSG’s Telecom Devices business.
Prior to joining NSG America, Glenn served as Vice President of manufacturing and Vice President of Global Manufacturing Operations at Oplink Communications, Inc. He also worked as an R&D Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer and Production manager at E-Tek Dynamics.
Glenn has over 15 years of fiber optic component industrial experience and 5 years of fiber optics academic experience. He received his BS in Applied Physics and M.S. in Fiber Optics from Shanghai JiaoTong University in Shanghai, China, and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from City College of New York of CUNY in New York City.
Global Sales and Marketing Manager
Naofumi "Nash" Nishizawa joined NSG America in 2003. He came to the United States from NSG in Japan to manage all global sales and marketing efforts. Prior to his move to NSG America, Nash held several different positions in R&D, production and sales. Nash was actively involved in the research, development and production for the SELFOC Micro Lens Arrays before moving into sales. There he managed the distribution of telecom products such as PLC, fused couplers and thin film filter modules for the company's largest clients.
Nash graduated from Shinshu University and holds a "Master of Chemical" degree.
Vice President of Technology
Dr. Qin Zhang joined NSG America in March 2007 as Vice President of Technology after serving as a consultant for a year on business development.
Prior to joining NSG America, Qin was with Arista Networks, a startup company he co-founded in 2000, developing dispersion compensation solutions for DWDM systems. Prior to that, he was VP of Sales and Marketing at Oplink Communications. His career in fiber optics started with E-Tek Dynamics as an Applications Engineer and Product Line Manager.
Qin has a BSEE degree and an MS degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration on Fiber Optics from Brown University, Providence, RI.
Manager of Design and Engineering
Kenichiro "Ken" Takeuchi joined NSG Japan in 1995 immediately after graduation from graduate school. Currently, he serves as Manager of Design and Engineering at NSG America.
Ken joined NSG America in 2000 as a Development Engineer from the Parent company. Since then, he has participated in many new product development projects and delivered many new products that are contributing to the revenue growth. His efforts also include product and technology transfer to the volume manufacturing facility in the Philippines. Prior to joining NSG America, he engaged in the development of optical SELFOC® Lens Array to be used in scanners and printers and he was instrumental in transferring the process to the production line from Japan to China.
Ken holds a Master’s degree of Computer Science and System Engineering in Information Systems from Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan.
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