Acme Packet is a leader in manufacturing an obscure bit of telco gear known as a session border controller.

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The funding (led by existing investor Founders Fund, and Highland Capital Partners) will serve to scale manufacturing as the company prepares for the retail launch of the Leap Motion controller in the coming quarter.

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He spent 10 years in Asia as a financial controller for AMD Penang and group finance director for AMD's Manufacturing Services Group across Singapore, Thailand, China and Malaysia.

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