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CALIENT Names Engineering VP

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Santa Barbara-based CALIENT Technologies has appointed a new Vice President of Engineering, the company said this morning. Miglani to the position, from his existing position as Director of Software Engineering. CALIENT is a developer of photonic switching systems based on 3D MEMs technology.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Or the huge dividends that Santa Barbara got from building GoToMeeting that sold for a nice price to Citrix. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. A local tech winner really creates a generational technology opportunity in the way nothing else can.

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