New AOptix CFO sees opportunity for success in wireless bandwidth and iris recognition biometrics
Campbell, California – AOptix Technologies, Inc., (AOptix) (www.aoptix.com), a leading edge developer of ultra-high bandwidth wireless communication and iris recognition biometrics solutions, today announced the appointment of Earl C. Charles as AOptix Chief Financial Officer. Earl brings vast amounts operational experience and financial leadership to AOptix as the company ramps up to meet the growing demand for its wireless communications and iris recognition security products.
“I’m extremely pleased to have Earl join the AOptix team” says Dean Senner, president and CEO of AOptix. “Our company is scaling quite rapidly and Earl brings the broad experience and proven track record necessary to take AOptix to the next level.” Earl’s responsibilities will include corporate finance, financings, mergers and acquisitions and infrastructure planning to see AOptix through the company’s fastest and most exciting growth phase to date.
“I’ve been in Silicon Valley many years and the AOptix technology and market opportunity story is incredible. We’re in border security and mobile wireless network bandwidth – two enormously exciting businesses” says Earl Charles, AOptix CFO. “The advanced iris recognition and long distance wireless communication products are finding broad acceptance in the market and it’s my job to keep us financed and focused to meet our customer demands.”
Prior to joining AOptix, Mr. Charles served as CFO at eMeter and XenSource. As CFO of eMeter, Earl led and negotiated financing to accelerate sales growth while improving the company’s systems and infrastructure. Prior to eMeter, he was CFO at XenSource, Inc., a server virtualization software company which was acquired by Citrix Systems, Inc. Earl was responsible for operations, finance, legal, facilities, risk management, human resources and investor relations functions. At XenSource, Earl led and negotiated financings, negotiated the definitive agreement with Citrix and led due diligence and integration activities, and implemented ERP and business systems.
Earl has held similar positions at Cupertino Electric, Inc., a leading provider of sophisticated electrical infrastructure solutions and other high technology companies, including mycfo.com, Prism Solutions and R2 Technology, Inc. Earl was a partner and 20 year veteran at Deloitte & Touche LLP, a public accounting firm and holds a BBA from the University of Notre Dame.
About the company
AOptix Technologies is a privately funded company founded in 2000. With core technology expertise in the application of advanced adaptive optics, they develop long distance, ultra-high bandwidth communications terminals and iris biometrics based identification solutions for both government and commercial markets. For additional information, please see www.aoptix.com.
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