People: Ciena Corp (CIEN.O)

CIEN.O on Nasdaq

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22 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Patrick Nettles

69 2001 Executive Chairman of the Board

Gary Smith

52 2001 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

James Moylan

61 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance

Stephen Alexander

53 2005 Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

David Rothenstein

44 2008 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Rick Dodd

43 2010 Senior Vice President - Global Marketing

James Frodsham

46 2010 Chief Strategy Officer, Senior Vice President

Francois Locoh-Donou

41 2011 Senior Vice President - Global Products Group

Philippe Morin

47 2011 Senior Vice President - Global Field Operations

Andrew Petrik

49 2008 Vice President, Controller

Harvey Cash

74 1994 Lead Independent Director

Bruce Claflin

61 2006 Independent Director

Lawton Fitt

59 2000 Independent Director

Patrick Gallagher

57 2009 Independent Director

Judith O'Brien

62 2000 Independent Director

Michael Rowny

62 2004 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Patrick Nettles

Dr. Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D., is Executive Chairman of the Board of Ciena Corp., since May 2001. Dr. Nettles has served as a director of Ciena since April 1994. From October 2000 to May 2001, Dr. Nettles was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ciena, and he was President and Chief Executive Officer from April 1994 to October 2000. Dr. Nettles serves as a Trustee for the California Institute of Technology and serves on the board of directors of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. and The Progressive Corporation. Dr. Nettles also serves on the board of directors of Optiwind Corp, a privately-held company, and has previously served on the board of directors of Apptrigger, Inc., formerly known as Carrius Technologies, Inc.

Gary Smith

Mr. Gary B. Smith is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Ciena Corp. Mr. Smith joined Ciena in 1997 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2001. Mr. Smith has served on Ciena’s Board of Directors since October 2000. Prior to his current role, his positions with Ciena included Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Mr. Smith previously served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for INTELSAT and Cray Communications, Inc. Mr. Smith also serves on the board of directors of Avaya Inc. and CommVault Systems, Inc. Mr. Smith is a member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, the Global Information Infrastructure Commission and the Center for Corporate Innovation.

James Moylan

Mr. James E. Moylan, Jr., is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance of Ciena Corp., since December 2007. From June 2006 to December 2007, Mr. Moylan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Swett & Crawford, a wholesale insurance broker. From March 2004 to February 2006, Mr. Moylan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PRG-Shultz International, Inc., a publicly held recovery audit and business services firm. From June 2002 to April 2003, Mr. Moylan served as Executive Vice President in charge of Composite Panels Distribution and Administration for Georgia-Pacific Corporation’s building products business. From November 1999 to May 2002, Mr. Moylan served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SCI Systems, Inc., an electronics contract manufacturing company.

Stephen Alexander

Mr. Stephen B. Alexander is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Ciena Corp. He joined Ciena in 1994 and has served as Chief Technology Officer since September 1998 and as a Senior Vice President since January 2000. Mr. Alexander has previously served as General Manager of Products & Technology and General Manager of Transport and Switching and Data Networking.

David Rothenstein

Mr. David M. Rothenstein is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Ciena Corp. He joined Ciena in January 2001 and has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since November 2008. Mr. Rothenstein served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel from July 2004 to October 2008 and previously as Assistant General Counsel.

Rick Dodd

Mr. Rick Dodd is Senior Vice President - Global Marketing of Ciena Corp., since December 2010. He is responsible for Ciena's product, solutions and corporate marketing organizations. In this role, he provides strategic support to Ciena’s global field organization and global products groups. Mr. Dodd previously worked at Infinera Corporation from September 2003 to December 2010 and served in roles including Vice President of Product Marketing and Vice President of Corporate Marketing. Mr. Dodd previously served as Associate Partner at venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and as Ciena's Director, Strategic Marketing.

James Frodsham

Mr. James A. Frodsham is Chief Strategy Officer, Senior Vice President of Ciena Corp., since March 2010. He is responsible for strategic planning and corporate development activities. He joined Ciena in May 2004. In August 2010, Mr. Frodsham also assumed responsibility for the integration of the MEN Business, which was substantially completed in fiscal 2011. Mr. Frodsham previously served as Senior Vice President, General Manager of Ciena’s former Broadband Access Group from October 2004 to October 2005 and Metro and Enterprise Solutions Group from May 2004 to October 2004. From August 2000 to January 2003, Mr. Frodsham served as chief operating officer of Innovance Networks, an optical networking company. On December 23, 2003, Innovance filed a Notice of Intent to make a proposal pursuant to Part III of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada). Prior to that, Mr. Frodsham was employed for more than ten years in senior level positions with Nortel Networks in product development and marketing strategy, lastly as Vice President, Product Line Marketing, Optical Networking Group, from December 1998 to June 2000. Mr. Frodsham serves on the board of directors of Innovance Networks.

Francois Locoh-Donou

Mr. Francois Locoh-Donou is Senior Vice President - Global Products Group of Ciena Corp., since August 2011. In this capacity, Mr. Locoh-Donou leads Ciena’s engineering, supply chain, product line management, quality/customer advocacy and solutions interpretation organizations on a global basis. Mr. Locoh-Donou joined Ciena in August 2002 and served as Ciena’s Vice President and General Manager, EMEA from June 2005 to August 2011.

Philippe Morin

Mr. Philippe Morin is Senior Vice President - Global Field Operations of Ciena Corp. He joined Ciena in March 2010 in connection with Ciena’s acquisition of Nortel’s MEN Business. From March 2010 to August 2011, Mr. Morin served as Ciena's Senior Vice President, Global Products Group. Mr. Morin previously served as President of Nortel’s MEN Business from May 2006 until Ciena’s completion of the MEN Acquisition in March 2010. In January 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions in the United States under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. From January 2003 to May 2006, Mr. Morin held the position of Nortel’s General Manager of Optical Networks. Mr. Morin previously held other positions at Nortel in manufacturing, marketing, sales and product management both in North America and Europe.

Andrew Petrik

Mr. Andrew C. Petrik is Vice President, Controller of Ciena Corp. He joined Ciena in 1996 and has served as Vice President, Controller since August 1997 and served as Treasurer from August 1997 to October 2008.

Harvey Cash

Mr. Harvey Berry Cash is Lead Independent Director of Ciena Corp., since April 1994. Mr. Cash is a general partner of InterWest Partners, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California, which he joined in 1985. Mr. Cash serves on the board of directors of First Acceptance Corp., Silicon Laboratories, Inc. and Argonaut Group, Inc. and has previously served on the board of directors of i2 Technologies, Inc., Voyence, Inc. and Staktek Holdings, Inc.

Bruce Claflin

Mr. Bruce L. Claflin is Independent Director of Ciena Corp., since August 2006. Mr. Claflin served as President and Chief Executive Officer of 3Com Corporation from January 2001 until his retirement in February 2006. Mr. Claflin joined 3Com as President and Chief Operating Officer in August 1998. Prior to 3Com, Mr. Claflin served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sales and Marketing, for Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Claflin also worked for 22 years at IBM, where he held various sales, marketing and management positions, including general manager of IBM PC Company’s worldwide research and development, product and brand management, as well as president of IBM PC Company Americas. Mr. Claflin also serves on the board of directors of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), where he is currently Chairman of the Board.

Lawton Fitt

Ms. Lawton Wehle Fitt is Independent Director of Ciena Corp., since November 2000. From October 2002 to March 2005, Ms. Fitt served as Director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. From 1979 to October 2002, Ms. Fitt was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs & Co., where she was a partner from 1994 to October 2002, and a managing director from 1996 to October 2002. In addition to her service as a director of non-profit organizations, Ms. Fitt currently serves on the board of directors of Thomson Reuters, The Carlyle Group L.P., and The Progressive Corporation, and has previously served on the board of directors of Overture Acquisition Corporation and Frontier Communications Company.

Patrick Gallagher

Mr. Patrick T. Gallagher is Independent Director of Ciena Corp., since May 2009. From March 2008 until March 2012, Mr. Gallagher was Chairman of Ubiquisys Ltd. From January 2008 until February 2009, Mr. Gallagher was Chairman of Macro 4 plc, a global software solutions company, and from May 2006 until March 2008, served as Vice Chairman of Golden Telecom Inc. From 2003 until 2006, Mr. Gallagher was Executive Vice Chairman and served as Chief Executive Officer of FLAG Telecom Group and, prior to that role, held various senior management positions at British Telecom. Mr. Gallagher also serves on the board of directors of Harmonic Inc. and Sollers JSC.

Judith O'Brien

Ms. Judith M. O'Brien is Independent Director of Ciena Corp., since July 2000. Since November 2012, Ms. O’Brien has served as a partner and head of the Emerging Company Practice Group at the law firm of King & Spalding. From November 2006 through December 2010, Ms. O’Brien served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Obopay, Inc., a provider of mobile payment services. From February 2001 until October 2006, Ms. O’Brien served as a Managing Director at Incubic Venture Fund, a venture capital firm. Ms. O’Brien was a lawyer with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where, from February 1984 to February 2001, she was a partner specializing in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. Ms. O’Brien has previously served on the board of directors of Adaptec, Inc. and currently serves on the board of Theatro Labs, Inc, a privately-held company.

Michael Rowny

Mr. Michael J. Rowny is Independent Director of Ciena Corp., since August 2004. Mr. Rowny has been Chairman of Rowny Capital, a private equity firm, since 1999. From 1994 to 1999, and previously from 1983 to 1986, Mr. Rowny was with MCI Communications in positions including President and Chief Executive Officer of MCI’s International Ventures, Alliances and Correspondent group, acting Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, and Treasurer. Mr. Rowny’s career in business and government has also included positions as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Ransohoff Company, Chief Executive Officer of Hermitage Holding Company, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ICF Kaiser International, Inc., Vice President of the Bendix Corporation, and Deputy Staff Director of the White House. Mr. Rowny also serves on the board of directors of Neustar, Inc. and Pixspan, Inc. and has previously served on the board of directors of Llamagraphics, Inc. and Step 9 Software Corporation.

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