Underestimated challenges of Remote PHY deployments

Jean-Sébastien Tassé has more than 13 years of experience in sales and marketing in the high-tech sector. He currently holds the position of Product Line Manager in EXFO’s optical business unit, where he oversees the business strategy, roadmap and launch strategy of the optical spectrum analyzer and dispersion product lines. At EXFO, he is also business development manager for the market segments of submarine networks and fronthaul/backhaul networks (optical products). He began his career as Sales Engineer for Gentec Electro-Optics, where he was responsible for direct and channel sales in specific regions in the Americas, Asia and Europe. As Business Development Manager for the Thin Film Research Laboratory at the École Polytechnique de Montréal/University of Montreal, he was instrumental in delivering revenue growth in analytical services for companies. Jean-Sébastien holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (optics) from Université Laval, in Québec City, Canada.

Gary Macknofsky has been a key contributor to EXFO’s Transport and Datacom division for the past 18 years.  Gary has had various roles at EXFO from product verification, Tech support, Datacom Product specialist, and finally into his current role of Product Line Manager.  Among his numerous accomplishments as a Product Line Manager (PLM), Gary was responsible for the launch of the successful NetBlazer series.