Tony started work at British Telecom’s Research Lab (BTRL). A move to Alcatel Australia gave him practical experience in testing and commissioning submarine systems. After this he was at Bell Labs working on terminal design and troubleshooting. This was followed by a return to Alcatel in France, where he worked in Alcatel Submarine Networks Technical Sales before moving to head Product Marketing. In 2004 he joined Azea (which was acquired by Xtera), initially managing Marketing and Proposals and then Wet-plant products. He is currently Xtera’s CTO.