MCCANN, BRIAN

Involvement: ONPATH CEO as of 10/2011

Brian is responsible for the vision, growth strategy, and total leadership of the business. He has more than quadrupled the revenues since 2008 and dramatically increased new product investments to further grow the addressable applications for the company’s core technologies.

Prior to joining ONPATH, Brian was the founding President of the US Division of ADVA Optical Networking. He was also the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of the global organization. During his tenure from 1996 to 2008, the North American business grew to over 250 people achieving over $100Million in revenues as global revenues exceeded $350M. Prior to ADVA, Brian spent nine years at 3M Corporation where his career spanned management, sales, product marketing, and manufacturing engineering in the fiber optics products businesses.

Brian served on the Board of Directors of Nexxus Lighting(NEXS), until 2010 and regularly speaks at technology or entrepreneur conferences. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Ceramic Engineering and Fiber Optics Program at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J.