| Dino DiPerna |
Dino DiPerna is currently working as the Senior VP-Global Research & Development at Ciena Corp. He started this position in 2023. Prior to his current role, Dino completed his undergraduate degree at McGill University. |
| Sheela Kosaraju |
Sheela Kosaraju is currently the Chief People Officer, General Counsel & SVP at Ciena Corp. She started this position in 2023 and her job is ongoing. Ms. Kosaraju has an undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University and Tufts University. She also has a graduate degree from George Washington University Law School. |
| James E. Moylan |
James E. Moylan is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Director at Cyan, Inc. since 2015. He is also currently the Director at Ciena Ltd. since 2008 and the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Ciena Corp. since 2007. Previously, Mr. Moylan held positions such as EVP-Composite Panel Distribution & Administration at Georgia-Pacific LLC from 2002 to 2003, Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at SCI Systems, Inc. from 1999 to 2002, Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Sonat, Inc. from 1999 to 2002, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at PRGX Global, Inc. from 2004 to 2006, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at The Swett & Crawford Group, Inc. from 2006 to 2007, and Head-Distribution & Administration at Georgia-Pacific Corp. from 2002 to 2003. He also held the position of Executive Vice President at Composite Panels Ltd.Mr. Moylan received an MBA from Harvard University and completed his undergraduate degree at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1972. |
| Stephen B. Alexander |
Stephen B. Alexander is currently the Director at the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. He is also the Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President at Ciena Corp. since 2000. Additionally, he is a Member-Governors Board at 5g Americas. Previously, he served as a Member-Governors Board at IEEE Photonics Society. Mr. Alexander has an undergraduate and graduate degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. |
| Patrick H. Nettles |
Patrick H. Nettles is the founder of Ciena Corp. (founded in 1992) and currently serves as the Executive Chairman. He is also currently a Trustee at the California Institute of Technology. In his former positions, he served as the President & Chief Executive Officer of Protocol Engines, Inc. from 1990 to 1992. He was the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. from 2001 to 2018 and an Independent Director at Progressive Corp. from 2004 to 2021. He also held director positions at Metaswitch Networks Service Broker Technologies Corp. and Optiwind Corp., and served as a Trustee at the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. Additionally, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Optilink Corp. from 1989 to 1990 and the Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of Blyth Holdings, Inc. from 1992 to 1994. Dr. Nettles obtained his undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1964 and his doctorate degree from California Institute of Technology in 1970. |
| Gary B. Smith |
Gary B. Smith is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Ciena Corp. since 2001. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at Cyan, Inc. since 2015. In addition, he is a Member of the Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc., the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, and The Wall Street Journal CEO Council. Previously, Mr. Smith served as a Director at Avaya, Inc. He was the Lead Independent Director at Commvault Systems, Inc. from 2004 to 2021. He also held the position of Director at AeA NJ-PA Council and Avaya Holdings Corp. Earlier in his career, Mr. Smith was the Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Cray Communications, Inc. from 1991 to 1995. He then served as the Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Intelsat General Corp. in 1997. Mr. Smith holds an MBA from Ashridge Business School. |
| Mary G. Puma |
Mary G. Puma is currently the Executive Chairman at Axcelis Technologies, Inc. and the Chairman at Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International. She is also an Independent Director at Ciena Corp., Co-Managing Director at Axcelis Technologies GmbH, and an Independent Director at SMART Global Holdings, Inc. and Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Additionally, she serves as a Trustee at North Shore Medical Center, Inc. and North Shore Cancer Center. In her former positions, Ms. Puma was an Independent Director at Nordson Corp. from 2001 to 2023. She also served as a Director at Apogent Technologies, Inc. and as the Vice President-Implant Systems Division at Eaton Corp. from 1998 to 2000. Prior to that, she worked as a Principal at GE Aerospace. Ms. Puma completed her undergraduate studies at Tufts University and obtained a graduate degree from MIT Sloan School of Management. |
| Joanne B. Olsen |
Joanne B. Olsen is an Independent Director at Ciena Corp., Keysight Technologies, Inc., and Teradata Corp. She previously worked at Oracle Corp. as the Executive Vice President-Cloud Services & Support. She completed her undergraduate degree at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. |
| Devinder Kumar |
Devinder Kumar is an Independent Director at Ciena Corp. He is also a Director at TF AMD Microelectronics (Penang) Sdn. Bhd. and Suzhou-TF AMD Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Previously, he served as the Executive Vice President at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Mr. Kumar holds an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also has an undergraduate degree from the University of Malaya and a graduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. |
| Bruce L. Claflin |
Bruce L. Claflin is the founder of Kids First (Virgin Islands). He currently holds positions as an Independent Director at IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. and Ciena Corp. In the past, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at 3com Corp. (Massachusetts), Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Digital Equipment Corp., and General Manager-Products & Brand Management at International Business Machines Corp. He also held positions as President at 3Com Ventures, Inc. and IBM PC Co. Additionally, he served as a Director at tw telecom, Inc., IBM Credit LLC, and TheServerSide Communities. He received his undergraduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University. |
| Thomas Michael Nevens |
Thomas Michael Nevens is currently the Independent Chairman at NetApp, Inc. and the Independent Director at Ciena Corp. He is also a Director at Azingo, Inc. and holds director positions at Zer01zer0, TalonX, the University of Notre Dame, and the San Jose Museum of Art. In the past, Nevens served as the Lead Independent Director at Altera Corp. from 2009 to 2015. He was also a Director at Borland Software Corp. from 2004 to 2009. Nevens held director positions at BroadVision, Inc., Memec Ltd., ActiveVideo Networks, Inc., and Exeros, Inc. He was a Director and Partner-Global Technology Practice at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1980 to 2002. Nevens served as a Director at Model N, Inc. from 2007 to 2011 and at Trimble Consulting Group, Inc. from 2011 to 2013. He was also a Senior Adviser at Permira Advisers LLC. Nevens received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1971 and his graduate degree from the Krannert School of Management in 1973. |
| Hassan M. Ahmed |
Hassan M. Ahmed was the founder of Affirmed Networks, Inc. (founded in 2010) and WaveAccess Ltd. (founded in 1993) where he held the titles of Chairman and President respectively. Currently, he is the Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Sway AI Inc, an Independent Director at Ciena Corp., a Director at Vesper Technologies, Inc., Oxefit, Inc., and Avesha, Inc. He is also a Senior Advisor at Digital Transformation Capital Partners GmbH and an Advisor at 5G Edge Acquisition Corp. In the past, he served as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Sonus, Inc. and Sonus Networks, Inc. He was also the Executive Chairman of Founder SPAC. He held various director positions at Motorola, Inc., Ericsson Evdo, Inc., Vlingo Corp., Motorola Codex, KINS Technology Group, Inc., and Airvana Networks India Pvt Ltd. He was the Manager-Product Engineering at Analog Devices, Inc. and the EVP & General Manager-Core Switching Division at Ascend Communications, Inc. He was also an Associate Professor at Boston University and the Chief Technology Officer & VP-Engineering at Cascade Communications. Dr. Ahmed holds a doctorate degree from Stanford University and undergraduate and graduate degrees from Carleton University. |
| Lawton Wehle Fitt |
Lawton Wehle Fitt's current jobs include being the Chairman at Progressive Corp. since 2018, an Independent Director at Ciena Corp. since 2000, the Lead Independent Director at Carlyle Investment Management LLC since 2012, the Lead Independent Director at The Carlyle Group, Inc. since 2012, a Trustee at The Goldman Sachs Foundation, Thomson Reuters Founders Share Co., Ltd., Darden School Foundation, and Thomson Reuters Foundation, and a Board Member at The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity). Ms. Fitt's former jobs include being a Director at Frontier Communications Corp. from 2005 to 2010, a Non-Executive Director at Reuters Group Plc from 2004 to 2008, an Independent Non-Executive Director at SVF Holdco (UK) Ltd., a Director at Micro Focus International Ltd. (United Kingdom) from 2017 to 2023, a Director at Overture Acquisition Corp., an Independent Director at Carlyle Group Management LLC, a Non-Executive Director at Arm Ltd. (United Kingdom), a Managing Director & Trustee at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC from 1979 to 2002, the Secretary & Director at The Royal Academy of Arts from 2002 to 2005, a Director-Board of Adviser at Black Diamond Capital Management Ltd., a Non-Executive Director at Thomson Reuters Corp. from 2008 to 2014, an Independent Non-Executive Director at Misys Group Ltd., a Partner at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and a Trustee at Human Rights Watch, Inc.Ms. Fitt's education includes an undergraduate degree from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. |
