Infinera’s Thomas Fallon Joins Picarro Board of Directors

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Picarro, Inc., the maker of the world's highest performing and easiest to use gas analyzers, today announced that Thomas Fallon, COO of Infinera Corporation, has joined its board of directors. Mr. Fallon, who will become president and CEO of Infinera in January 2010, brings a wealth of operational, management and optical industry experience to Picarro.

“With his many years of experience in optical technologies, networking, and business operations, he will be a tremendous resource as we fuel our rapidly growing business.”

“We are delighted to have Tom join our board,” says Michael Woelk, president and CEO of Picarro. “With his many years of experience in optical technologies, networking, and business operations, he will be a tremendous resource as we fuel our rapidly growing business.”

“I look forward to working with Picarro – a company with the capacity to change the way the world thinks about scientific measurements,” said Thomas Fallon, COO of Infinera Corporation. “Picarro’s cavity ring down gas analyzers are able to provide quantitative and point of origin measurements with precision and portability that were previously impossible. I look forward to helping Picarro expand their leadership and innovation.”

Mr. Fallon has served as Infinera’s chief operating officer since October 2006, holding key engineering roles since April 2004. Before Infinera, Mr. Fallon held positions as vice president, corporate quality and development operations, and general manager of the Optical Transport Business Unit of Cisco Systems, Inc. Mr. Fallon holds a B.S.M.E. and M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Fallon joins Picarro’s existing board of directors, comprised of industry leaders including: Alex Balkanski, general partner, Benchmark Capital; Roger Evans, Greylock partner; John Cadeddu, managing partner, DAG Ventures; Greg Dougherty, former COO JDSU; and Michael Woelk, president & CEO of Picarro.

About Picarro

Picarro, Inc. is a privately held company dedicated to developing instrumentation for the precise measurement and identification of specific molecules of interest to environmental and atmospheric scientists, geophysicists, and others monitoring the effects of global warming and change. The company is a leader in cavity ring down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology with eight exclusive licenses to Stanford University patents and nine of its own on CRDS extensions. For more information, please visit the Picarro website at www.picarro.com.