Description Aurora Networks wants to lighten up the atmosphere of digital broadband networks. The company manufactures optical transport systems used by cable companies to build fiber-optic networks and upgrade older hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks. Its products include optical nodes and headend equipment such as amplifiers, transmitters, receivers, and switches. The company also provides engineering and field services, as well as equipment repair. Aurora chief scientist Dr. Charles Barker, VP Krzysztof Pradzynski, and CEO Guy Sucharczuk founded the company in 1999. It counts Battery Ventures, Castile Ventures, Sprout Group, TA Associates, and Velocity Interactive Group among its backers and shareholders.