Applied Optoelectronics Elects Elizabeth G. Loboa as New Director and Audit Committee Member
June 25, 2020 at 07:00 am EDT
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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. announced that Elizabeth G. Loboa, Ph.D. was elected to the company's Board of Directors at the annual meeting of shareholders on June 4, 2020 and has been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee. Dr. Loboa succeeds Alan Moore, who served on the board since March 2013. Elizabeth Loboa currently serves the University of Missouri as Vice Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships and serves on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Innovation Center.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. is a vertically integrated provider of fiber-optic networking products. The Company designs and manufactures a range of optical communications products at varying levels of integration, from components, subassemblies, and modules to complete turn-key equipment. The Company also designs, manufactures, and integrates its own analog and digital lasers using the proprietary Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), and Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) fabrication process. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan and Ningbo, China. The Company manufactures lasers and laser components and performs research and development activities for laser component and optical module products. The Company offers its fiber-optic networking products, primarily for four networking end-markets, such as cable television, (CATV), Internet data center, telecommunications, (telecom), and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH).