IntexyS Names CFO and VP Engineering


TOULOUSE, France, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Management Team Expands as New Optical Link Products Debut

IntexyS Photonics SA, a leader of integrated optical modules for
telecommunications, data communications, defense and avionics, announced
Kevin Taylor as chief financial officer and Jiashu Chen as vice president of
engineering with both appointments effective in third quarter. The executives
strengthen the French company's growing management team as new products are
scheduled to debut at ECOC 2007. In Q2, IntexyS had named Terry Thomas as VP
of sales and marketing to drive commercial growth of high bandwidth optical
interconnects.

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Kevin Taylor joined IntexyS in early September, and leads the company's
finance and administration. He reports directly to CEO and co-founder
Jean-Charles Garcia, and operates from the Toulouse headquarters.

Prior to joining IntexyS, Mr. Taylor served as CFO for 15 years with
companies including Dane-Elec Memory, an assembler and distributor of DRAM
and Flash memory modules; Pertec, a designer and manufacturer of data storage
systems; and Lectra Systemes, a CAD/CAM systems manufacturer. In addition, he
has nine years of international audit experience with two Big Four
accountancy and professional service firms, Price Waterhouse in Paris and
Arthur Young & Co. in England.

As VP of Engineering, Jiashu Chen joined IntexyS in July, responsible for
design and development of optoelectronic modules and subassemblies. Dr. Chen
is based at the IntexyS' office in Sunnyvale, California directly reporting
to CEO Garcia.

Dr. Chen previously held engineering and technical manager positions with
Finisar Corporation, Agere Systems, and Lucent Technologies. He brings over
20 years of experience in research and development for hardware and software
solutions, including optoelectronics, embedded system architecture, and large
scale telecommunications media servers.

"We are excited to have industry experts such as Kevin, Jiashu and Terry
to develop the financial, technical and commercial strategies to bring our
innovative, 'system-in-a-package' products to market," said CEO Garcia.

About IntexyS

IntexyS Photonics SA designs, manufactures and markets highly integrated
optical-electronic modules for high speed applications based on its well
patented and industrial proven flip chip hybridization technology. The
company provides multi-standard compliant transmitter and receiver solutions
for serial and parallel optical interconnects. Headquartered in Toulouse,
France, IntexyS Photonics has a joint R&D laboratory with the CEA/LETI in
Grenoble, France and a U.S. commercial and engineering office in Sunnyvale,
Calif.

Web site: http://www.intexysphotonics.com

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