Optimizing power usage as data centers shift to 800G

Jean-Marie Vilain brings to EXFO more than thirty years of extensive experience in optical transport networks, signal integrity testing and protocol network testing. His past experience also led him to work with major telecom accounts in Americas, EMEA and Asia, and to develop a deep expertise in technical marketing, competitive analysis and sales strategy. Jean-Marie Vilain holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from École de technologie supérieure de Montréal.

Chris Collins is Associate Vice President of Sales and Product Marketing for Credo’s optical product line which develops disruptive ICs for Hyperscale, AI, Telecom and 5G networks. Drawing on broad experience with high-speed SerDes and optical connectivity spanning more than 20 years, his role ensures Credo’s innovative product portfolio addresses the industry’s most critical, high density, optical networking challenges. Prior to Credo, Chris served as Sr Director of Product Marketing at Macom and Director of Marketing at AppliedMicro, helping to build their optical DSP businesses. Chris holds a BASc in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Simon is Founder and Principal Consultant at Earlswood Marketing, an independent industry analyst and consulting company based in the U.K. Simon has written extensively for Light Reading and other leading digital publications. His work has also included investment due diligence, market analysis for investors and business/product strategy for semiconductor companies.

Simon’s reports and webinars cover a variety of communications-related subjects, including next generation core networks, 100G/400/800G and 1.6T optical technology, 4G and 5G radio access networks (RAN), IoT, Open Compute, smart NICs, uCPE, multicore processors and switching. Prior to founding Earlswood Marketing, Simon spent more than 15 years in product marketing and business management. He has held senior positions with Fujitsu, National Semiconductor and U.K. startup ClearSpeed, covering networking, personal systems and graphics in Europe, North America and Japan.

Simon has spent more than 30 years in the electronics industry, including several years designing systems for leading aerospace and mass-transit manufacturers, before moving into semiconductor marketing. In 1983, Simon earned a Bachelor's in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Brunel University, London. He can be contacted here.