Jon Hopper

Who is Jon Hopper?

Jon

Hopper has been providing the strategy and vision for Xtera

Communications since taking over as President and Chief Executive

Officer in February 2004.

Prior

to Xtera, Jon spent 15 years as the Chief Executive of several capital

equipment companies. Those companies include Dynamotion Corp. (merged

with ESI, NASDAQ ESIO) and IRSI (merged with Photon Dynamics, NASDAQ

PHTN). Jon has also held senior management positions at Photon Dynamics

and ESI. Jon has a very successful track record taking pre-revenue

companies with innovative products and building them into global

commercial enterprises capable of supporting multi-national customers.