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Executive Team

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Executive Vice President
Co-Founder


John French is Executive Vice President and Co-founder of Circadiant. With more than 18 years of optical experience including 12 years at Lucent’s prestigious Bell Labs, Dr. French is a visionary and significant contributor to the optical networking industry.  While at Bell Labs, Dr. French co-founded the Transponder Business Unit and was awarded the honor of distinguished member of Technical Staff in the Optical Subsystems Group. Dr. French holds a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University and has published several papers and patents in optical systems and sub-systems.