Jozef Straus will retire as chairman and CEO of JDS Uniphase at the end of the month. Succeeding Dr. Straus as CEO will be Dr. Kevin Kennedy, currently a member of JDS Uniphase’s Board of Directors. Kennedy most recently served as COO of Openwave Systems. Prior to joining Openwave in August 2001, Dr. Kennedy spent seven years at Cisco Systems, lastly as Senior Vice President of the Service Provider Line of Business and Software Technologies Division. He also served at Bell Labs for 17 years.
Syrus Madavi, JDSU’s president and COO, will also step down to pursue opportunities outside of the company.
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