David Kozischek has more than 15 years of experience in communications technology and a profound commitment to Corning Cable Systems products and services.

Mr. Kozischek position is Manager of Strategic Technology for Corning Cable Systems. In this role Mr. Kozischek investigates new technologies and emerging applications in order to quantify their impact on the existing telecommunications and information infrastructure. Mr. Kozischek also presents information about these changes to a variety of technical and non-technical customers for consideration in strategic and operational planning.

Mr. Kozischek rejoined Corning Cable Systems in 1999 after a year as Customer Support Engineer for Cisco Systems. In his tenure with Cisco, he solved more than 400 network cases and gained working knowledge of Cisco routers and routing protocol, analyzed and configured small to medium networks of various levels of complexity, and utilized test equipment and configurations in the lab for simulations of real network problems.

Prior to this position, Mr. Kozischek spent nine years in Engineering Services with Corning Cable Systems. From 1993 to 1999, he was Senior Systems Engineer. In this capacity, he provided broadband CATV system designs and LAN/WAN system designs using multimode and single-mode optical fibers. In addition, he provided technical support and instructed classes for CATV and LAN/WAN internal and external customers concerning design, theory and optical hardware.

From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Kozischek was Senior Project Engineer. In this role, he provided services in field engineering for optical fiber splicing, termination and testing. During this time, he spliced and terminated more than 5000 optical fibers. In addition, he managed optical fiber installations and conducted more than 40 classes in fiber optic theory, installation, splicing and field connectorization.

Mr. Kozischek is involved in the industry through participation in the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and received his Cisco Certified Network Associate in December 1999. He also participates in various courses including Cisco Campus ATM Solutions, Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration, Cisco Internetwork Design, LAN/WAN Fundamentals, ATM Essentials, Broadband Communication Network Design (GI), Introduction to Network Protocols, and Residential Broadband Design.

Mr Kozischek has been published in many magazines and journals. These publications include:

- "Fiber, Coax or DSL? Meeting Customer Bandwidth Demand (Downstream and Upstream)" Broadband Properties, 2006

- "Impact of Low-Loss Connectors on FTTH System Design" IEC Annual Review of Communications, 2005

- "Using Laser Optimized MMF for Gigabit Ethernet LAN applications" Lightwave Magazine, April 2004

- "Taking Fiber to the Max-Wavelength division multiplexing technology enhances the bandwidth revenue potential of existing fiber" CED magazine, November 2003

- "Impact of Ultra Low-Loss Connectors on FTTH Design", FTTH Conference, October 2003

- "Reducing Optical Loss-How ultra low-loss connectors impact system design" CED magazine, May 2003

- "System Optimization for Metro Markets-Understanding Fiber Dispersion and Attenuation", Communications Technology Magazine, June 2002