AOI appoints Todd McCrum as senior vice president, general manager of broadband access
Todd McCrum of AOI
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc, a provider of fibre-optic access network products for cable broadband, internet datacentre, telecom and fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, has announced appointment of Todd McCrum as senior vice president and general manager of broadband access.
In this created position, McCrum will lead sales, product development, and marketing of AOI’s Quantum Bandwidth line of broadband access products.
“Todd’s career in broadband has spanned the development of modern hybrid fiber-coax networks,” comments Stefan Murry, AOI’s chief financial officer and chief strategy officer. “During his time at Cisco, he oversaw the development of some of the products in the history of the CATV industry. As AOI continues to build its Quantum Bandwidth line of CATV products, we created this new role to ensure dedicated leadership for this very important line of business for AOI. I believe that the combination of Todd’s leadership and strategic vision with AOI’s world-class engineering and manufacturing capabilities will deliver even more products for our customers for years to come.”
Before joining AOI, McCrum spent 27 years in increasingly senior roles in product marketing and business development for Scientific-Atlanta, continuing after its acquisition by Cisco Systems in 2009. Beginning in 2015 he served as lead of Cisco’s cable access business unit, where he was responsible for product strategy and execution for all of Cisco’s cable television products. Taking on a wider role within Cisco, he transitioned to roles in business development and strategy for all of Cisco’s service provider network customers. McCrum then served as Cisco’s vice president of marketing for two years before leaving Cisco earlier this year.
“AOI has a sterling reputation for engineering excellence, product quality, and integrity,” says McCrum. “As the company expands its line of Quantum Bandwidth products, I couldn’t be more excited to lead the team, many of whom I’ve known and respected for many years. As cable MSOs embark on a revolutionary expansion of their networks to offer multi-gigabit internet speeds, we expect Quantum Bandwidth products to provide the optimum combination of features, quality, price and availability, allowing our customers to upgrade their networks on time and on budget.”
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