Pat Chou

Product Manager

Service Provider - Transceiver Modules Group

Since 2012, Pat Chou has been a Product Manager in Cisco’s Transceiver Modules Group, where he manages pluggable optic transceivers for use in data centers, campus networks, and service provider networks. Prior to joining Cisco he held positions in sales, marketing, and R&D at optical technology leaders Bell Laboratories (now Nokia), JDSU (now Lumentum), and optical technology startups AOptix, Phaethon, and AiDi. Pat received his PhD and Bachelor’s Degree from MIT, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Southern California, all in electrical engineering. He’s back in school again, sort of, studying improv and sketch comedy at The Groundlings and The Upright Citizens Brigade.

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How to Make Coherent Optics Small and Pluggable (Part 1 of 5): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 20 notes

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Join us for Episode 20 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we begin a new conversation with Tom Williams, Director of Technical Marketing in the Cisco group that came to us through the Acacia acquisition.

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How optics can make or break your network: An interview with Network World

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Listen to Network World's interview with a Cisco Optics product manager.

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Silicon photonics explained (Part 5 of 5): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 19 notes

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Join us for Episode 19 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we conclude a conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Silicon photonics explained (Part 4 of 5): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 18 notes

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Join us for Episode 18 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Silicon photonics explained (Part 3 of 5): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 17 notes

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Join us for Episode 17 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Silicon photonics explained (Part 2 of 5): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 16 notes

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Join us for Episode 16 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we begin a new conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Silicon photonics explained (Part 1 of 5): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 15 notes

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Join us for Episode 15 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we begin a new conversation with Ron Horan, who runs Product Management for the Cisco Client Optics Group.

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Demystifying Fiber Cable Infrastructure, with Brian Kelly (Part 6 of 6): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 14 Notes

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Join us for Episode 14 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we conclude a conversation with Brian Kelly of Panduit.

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Demystifying Fiber Cable Infrastructure, with Brian Kelly (Part 5 of 6): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 13 Notes

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Join us for Episode 13 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue a conversation with Brian Kelly of Panduit.