Dan Meerovich

Tyco International Ltd. provides security products and services, fire detection and suppression products and services and life safety products. The company's portfolio of products and services are sold under brand names such as Tyco, SimplexGrinnell, Sensormatic, Wormald, Ansul, Simplex, Grinnell, Scott and ADT. It operates through three business segments: North America Installation & Services, Rest of World Installation & Services and Global Products. The North America Installation & Services segment designs, sells, installs, services and monitors electronic security systems and fire detection and suppression systems for commercial, industrial, retail, institutional and governmental customers in North America. The Rest of World Installation & Services segment designs, sells, installs, services and monitors electronic security systems and fire detection and suppression systems for commercial, industrial, retail, residential, small business, institutional and governmental customers in the Rest of World regions. The Global Products segment designs, manufactures and sells fire protection, security and life safety products, including intrusion security, anti-theft devices, breathing apparatus and access control and video management systems for commercial, industrial, retail, residential, small business, institutional and governmental customers worldwide, including products installed and serviced by its NA and ROW Installation & Services segments. Tyco International was founded by Arthur J. Rosenburg in 1960 and is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

ASIP, headquartered in Somerset, N.J., is an emerging leader in the development of advanced photonic integrated circuits, including high-speed laser sources and high-sensitivity photodetectors at both 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s. ASIP is the first company to provide integrated lasers at 10Gb/s transmission rates without requiring the use of thermoelectric coolers, enabling the rapid deployment of 10Gb/s optical technology throughout the communications industry. ASIP's Assymetric TwinGuide™ (ATG) technology technology is a highly-scalable platform for monolithic photonic integration and delivers unprecedented levels of functional integration, low cost, and world-class optical performance.

Multiplex, Inc. engages in the manufacture semiconductor laser devices for the telecommunications industry. It offers electro-absorption modulated lasers, high-sensitivity photo receivers, fixed wavelength and tunable transponders, as well as higher functionality subsystems. The company was founded by Tawee Tanbun-Ek and Won T. Tsang in March 1998 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.

CyOptics Acquisition Corp. designs, develops and produces integrated indium phosphide solutions. The company is headquartered Breinigsville, PA.

Xtellus is a leading supplier of ROADM technology and dynamic optical modules for Agile Optical Networking systems. Agile Optical Networks are reconfigurable DWDM networks that are used to provide rapid provisioning and efficient operation of triple-play high-speed Internet, video and telephone services. Xtellus is headquartered in Morris Plains, NJ, with manufacturing and development facilities in Israel and South Korea.

Laser Diode Holdings, Inc. is a manufacturing firm. It manufactures laser systems and equipment. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.