Design, deploy and certify 10G Passive Optical LAN

Jimmy Gagnon has been working for EXFO in optics and telecommunications for over 12 years holding different positions, making his way up to Product Line Manager in the marketing group. Jimmy has been supporting and developing the OTDR business for four years now, specializing in FTTH and CATV markets. Besides this direct experience in telecommunications, Jimmy worked for three years as a major account manager for a Quebec company in electronics, acquiring important skills in project management and customer relations. Jimmy holds a technical degree in Electronics from Limoilou College, Quebec City.

John Hoover is a senior product manager at Tellabs Access and Board Director of the Association of Passive Optical LANs. Over the past 20 years, John has influenced industry milestones such as early passive optical network deployments, video implementations, and now passive optical LAN adoption. He has provided application engineering, product management and marketing expertise for voice, video, data and wireless technologies. John has impacted successful residential, enterprise, education, hospitality, healthcare, wireless and wireline projects ranging from thousands to billions of dollars.