Comments on: JDS Uniphase CEO Quits http://gigaom.com/2008/10/29/jds-uniphase-ceo-quits/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:35:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Duane Storey http://gigaom.com/2008/10/29/jds-uniphase-ceo-quits/#comment-909313 Duane Storey Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:44:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27207#comment-909313 Back in the day they used to own two boxes (36 seats) in the Corel Center. We'd often get treated to free NHL games, including beer and pizza. Part of the recruitment process for new grads involved taking them to a hockey game. Those were the days indeed! Back in the day they used to own two boxes (36 seats) in the Corel Center. We’d often get treated to free NHL games, including beer and pizza. Part of the recruitment process for new grads involved taking them to a hockey game. Those were the days indeed!

]]> By: Former JDSU CEO Pops Up at Avaya - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/10/29/jds-uniphase-ceo-quits/#comment-909240 Former JDSU CEO Pops Up at Avaya - GigaOM Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:02:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27207#comment-909240 [...] Former JDSU CEO Pops Up at Avaya — Kevin Kennedy, who yesterday resigned his position as CEO and president of telecom equipment maker JDSU (formerly JDS Uniphase), was named CEO and president of Avaya Inc. [...] [...] Former JDSU CEO Pops Up at Avaya — Kevin Kennedy, who yesterday resigned his position as CEO and president of telecom equipment maker JDSU (formerly JDS Uniphase), was named CEO and president of Avaya Inc. [...]

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/10/29/jds-uniphase-ceo-quits/#comment-909198 Om Malik Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:07:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27207#comment-909198 @Duane thanks for the post. man those were the days as they say. i remember the press parties thrown by JDS.... now it is nothing but a shell of its formal self. Apparently they are in further-cutting mode now. @Duane

thanks for the post. man those were the days as they say. i remember the press parties thrown by JDS…. now it is nothing but a shell of its formal self. Apparently they are in further-cutting mode now.

]]> By: Duane Storey http://gigaom.com/2008/10/29/jds-uniphase-ceo-quits/#comment-909125 Duane Storey Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:01:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=27207#comment-909125 I used to work at JDS Uniphase back between 2000 and 2002. I was a manufacturing engineer in the DWDM segment, and was part of the massive cash-cow that vaulted JDS all the way up the charts. It's hard to believe at this point, but the stock hit around $152 per share if I remember correctly back then. Shortly afterwards JDS had the largest corporate write-off in history involving all the goodwill from the companies they acquired. Hard to imagine it's at $6 nowadays. Last I heard they leased out a big part of the massive 800,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Nepean to the local RCMP. I used to work at JDS Uniphase back between 2000 and 2002. I was a manufacturing engineer in the DWDM segment, and was part of the massive cash-cow that vaulted JDS all the way up the charts. It’s hard to believe at this point, but the stock hit around $152 per share if I remember correctly back then. Shortly afterwards JDS had the largest corporate write-off in history involving all the goodwill from the companies they acquired. Hard to imagine it’s at $6 nowadays. Last I heard they leased out a big part of the massive 800,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Nepean to the local RCMP.

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