Cypress, CA, September 7, 2010 -- Glenn Ricart announced his resignation from NLR due to strategic differences with the Board.
The NLR Board thanks him for his leadership and wishes him well.
The Board has appointed Wendy Huntoon as acting CEO. Wendy will continue in her role as NLR CTO.
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About National LambdaRail (NLR) Owned and operated by the U.S. research and education community, NLR is one of the world's most advanced networks: 12,000 miles of high-performance optical fiber coast to coast, capable of speeds up to 100 Gigabits per second. Over 280 universities and federal labs use NLR as their network for leading-edge research. With no restrictions on usage or bandwidth, very high availability, a choice of next-generation network services and applications, and customized support for individual researchers and projects, NLR creates opportunities for collaboration, innovation and commercialization among the global research community and between private and public partners. For more information, please visit http://www.nlr.net.
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