| David W. Heard |
David W. Heard is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Infinera Corp. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at WiChorus LLC and a Director at Zyvex Performance Materials, Inc. Previously, Mr. Heard held the position of President & Chief Executive Officer at Somera Communications, Inc. from 2004 to 2006. He was also the President & Chief Executive Officer at Santera Systems, Inc. from 2000 to 2003. Additionally, he served as the Chairman of The Telecommunications Industry Association from 2017 to 2019. Earlier in his career, Mr. Heard worked as a Regional Director at AT&T Corp. from 1990 to 1995. He also held the position of President & GM-Network Switching Division at Tekelec Global, Inc. from 2003 to 2004. Furthermore, he was the EVP, President-Communications Tests & Measurement at Viavi Solutions, Inc. in 2012 and 2013. Mr. Heard has a diverse educational background. He completed his undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University in 1990. He then earned an MBA from the University of Dayton in 1991. He later pursued graduate studies at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received a graduate degree in 1999. |
| Nancy Louise Erba |
Nancy Louise Erba is currently an Independent Director at PDF Solutions, Inc., a Director at Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, a Director at Infinera India Pvt Ltd., and the Chief Financial Officer at Infinera Corp. Previously, she served as the Chief Financial Officer at Immersion Corp. from 2016 to 2019 and as the Vice President- Financial Planning & Analysis at Seagate Technology LLC from 2006 to 2015. She also held the position of Vice President-Finance at SeaGate, Inc. Ms. Erba holds an MBA from Baylor University, which she obtained in 1991, and an undergraduate degree from Smith College, which she received in 1988. |
| Michael Fernicola |
Michael Fernicola is currently the Chief Accounting Officer at Infinera Corp. Prior to this, he was the Vice President-Finance at Lumentum Holdings, Inc. from 2018 to 2019 and the Chief Accounting Officer at Oclaro, Inc. from 2013 to 2018. He completed his undergraduate degree at Trinity College (Canada). |
| Craig S. Cocchi |
Craig S. Cocchi is currently the Senior Vice President-Global Operations at Infinera Corp. He previously held positions as Vice President at Read Rite Corp. from 1999 to 2003, Senior Vice President-Operations at Viavi Solutions, Inc., Senior Vice President-Operations at Lumentum Holdings, Inc. from 2008 to 2016, Executive Vice President-Operations at Fabrinet in 2016, Chief Operating Officer at Oclaro, Inc. from 2017 to 2018, Vice President-Business Operations at SAE Magnetics (HK) Ltd. from 2005 to 2007, and Chief Operating Officer at Blackmore Sensors & Analytics, Inc. from 2018 to 2019. Mr. Cocchi obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego. |
| David Louis Teichmann |
Presently, David Louis Teichmann holds the position of Secretary & Chief Legal Officer at Infinera Corp. Mr. Teichmann is also on the board of Infinera India Pvt Ltd. and Attorney at Fenwick & West LLP.
In the past he occupied the position of Secretary, Executive VP & General Counsel at Trident Microsystems, Inc., Secretary, Senior Vice President & General Counsel for GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc., Assistant General Counsel at Tandem Computers, Inc., Secretary, Executive VP & General Counsel of Oclaro, Inc. and Vice President-International Law at Sybase, Inc.
David Louis Teichmann received an undergraduate degree from Trinity College (Connecticut), a graduate degree from Fletcher School of Law and a graduate degree from William S. Richardson School of Law. |
| Brett Leonard Hooper |
Brett Leonard Hooper is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer at Infinera Corp. He previously worked as the Director of Marketing & Communications at Schlumberger Test & Transactions, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Credence Systems Corp., Head of Human Resources at Viavi Solutions, Inc., Vice President of Human Resources & Communications at NPTest Holding Corp., Senior Vice President of People at Imperva, Inc., and Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Lumentum Canada Ltd. and Jds Uniphase Corp. Mr. Hooper received his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1986. |
| George Andrew Riedel |
George Andrew Riedel is currently the Chairman at Infinera Corp. and the Non-Executive Chairman at Juvare LLC. He is also a Professor at Harvard Business School. Previously, he served as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Cloudmark, Inc. and the Chairman at Accedian Networks, Inc. He was also an Independent Director at Cerner Corp. and a Director at Tessera Technologies LLC. Additionally, he held positions as a Director at PeerApp Ltd., BLADE Network Technologies, Inc., and NextDocs Corp. He served as an Independent Director at Xperi Corp. and held the role of Chief Strategy Officer & VP-Business Units at Nortel Networks Corp. He was the Vice President-Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions at Juniper Networks, Inc. and a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Co., Inc. He started his career as an Engineering Manager at Exxon Co. USA. Mr. Riedel received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1980 and his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1987. |
| David F. Welch |
David F. Welch is the founder of Infinera Corp., which was founded in 2000. He holds the title of Director & Chief Innovation Officer at Infinera Corp. Dr. Welch currently holds the position of Chairman at Axiado Corp., Director at Primarion, Inc., Director at The Optical Society of America, Trustee at Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Member at National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Welch previously held the position of Independent Director at CytoDyn, Inc., Director at CyOptics Acquisition Corp., Independent Director at Rezolute, Inc., CTO & Vice President-Corporate Development at SDL, Inc., Chief Technology Officer-Transmission Division at Viavi Solutions, Inc., and Chief Technology Officer-Transmission Division at Jds Uniphase Corp. Dr. Welch received a doctorate degree from Cornell University in 1985 and an undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in 1981. |
| Paul J. Milbury |
Paul J. Milbury is an Independent Director at Infinera Corp., a Director at Altiostar Networks, Inc., and an Independent Director at Markforged Holding Corp. He was previously a Director at Crossbeam Systems, Inc., Aerohive Networks, Inc., Accedian Networks, Inc., Gigamon, Inc., and SimpliVity Corp. He was also the Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Avid Technology, Inc. and Treasurer & Vice President at Digital Equipment Corp. Additionally, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at JuniorNet Corp, Starent Networks LLC, and iBelong.com,. Inc. Milbury holds an undergraduate degree and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. |
| Roop Kalyan Lakkaraju |
Roop Kalyan Lakkaraju currently works at Infinera Corp., as Independent Director from 2022, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, as Director, Tactical Micro, Inc., as Director, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President from 2024. Mr. Lakkaraju also formerly worked at San Jose State University, as Director, YMCA of Silicon Valley, as Director, Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., as Principal, Solectron Corp., as Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President in 2007, 2Wire, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President in 2010, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as Manager-Audit & Advisory, Maana, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2017 to 2018, Quantros, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2011 to 2013, Support.com, Inc., as Executive VP, Chief Operating & Financial Officer from 2014 to 2017, and Benchmark Electronics, Inc., as EVP, Chief Financial & Accounting Officer from 2018 to 2024. Mr. Lakkaraju received his undergraduate degree in 1992 from San Jose State University. |
| Sharon E. Holt |
Sharon E. Holt is an Independent Director at Infinera Corp. and a Principal at Fraser Stuart Ventures, LLC. She previously worked as a Director at Immersion Corp., Senior VP & GM-Semiconductor Business Group at Rambus, Inc., and Vice President & GM-Americas Field Operations at Agilent Technologies, Inc. Ms. Holt completed her undergraduate degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. |
| Christine B. Bucklin |
Christine B. Bucklin currently works at Infinera Corp., as Independent Director from 2020. Ms. Bucklin also formerly worked at Leadership Platform Acquisition Corp., as Director from 2015 to 2018, Gryphon Investors, LLC, as Managing Director, Local Media San Diego LLC, as Director from 2011 to 2019, Sun Microsystems, Inc., as Senior Vice President-Corporate Strategic Planning from 2008 to 2011, Autodata Solutions Group LLC, as Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to 2007, MH Sub I LLC, as Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to 2007, and MH Sub I LLC, as Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Bucklin received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and Masters Business Admin degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Amy H. Rice |
Ms. Rice is a managing director in Oaktree’s Special Situations Group, is a member of the firm’s ESG Governance Committee and is a co-Chair of the firm’s Women’s Leadership Committee. Prior to joining Oaktree in 2009, Ms. Rice spent two years as an associate at Lindsay Goldberg, LLC, and before that, she spent two years as an analyst in the Leveraged Finance group at Deutsche Bank. Ms. Rice currently serves on the Board of Directors for Infinera Corp. She holds an A.B. degree in biology magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Palmer Scholar. |
| Gregory P. Dougherty |
Gregory P. Dougherty is currently an Independent Director at IPG Photonics Corp., MaxLinear, Inc., and Infinera Corp. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Oclaro, Inc. from 2013 to 2018. He also held positions as a Director at Avanex Corp. from 2005 to 2009, Director at Picarro, Inc. from 2004 to 2013, and Director at Fabrinet from 2019 to 2021. Additionally, he has served as a Director on the boards of CyOptics Acquisition Corp., Global Catalyst LLC, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford, Amsterdam Pacific Corp., and Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area. He was the Chief Operating Officer at SDL, Inc. from 1997 to 2001 and Viavi Solutions, Inc. from 2002 to 2002. He also held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Amplification Technologies, Inc. in 2002. Furthermore, he served as the Director of Product Management & Marketing at Lucent Technologies from 1989 to 1997. Mr. Dougherty holds an undergraduate degree from Rochester Christian University, which he obtained in 1983. He is currently an Assistant Vice President at EIG Global Energy Partners LLC from 2021 to 2023. |
