Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D. has served as a Director of Ciena since April 1994
and as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors since May 2001. From October
2000 to May 2001, Dr. Nettles was Chairman of the Board of Directors 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 has previously served on the
board of directors of Apptrigger, Inc., formerly known as Carrius Technologies,
Inc., and on the board of directors of Optiwind Corp, a privately held company
Gary B. 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 for
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 (CCI).
Stephen B. Alexander 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.
Rick Dodd has served as Cienas Senior Vice President, Global Marketing since
December 2010 and is responsible for Cienas product, solutions and corporate
marketing organizations and 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 an Associate Partner at venture capital
firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and as Cienas Director of Strategic
Marketing.
James A. Frodsham joined Ciena in May 2004 and has served as Senior Vice President
and Chief Strategy Officer since March 2010 with responsibility for our strategic
planning and corporate development activities. In August 2010, Mr. Frodsham
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, including 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.
François Locoh-Donou has served as Cienas Senior Vice President, Global
Products Group since August 2011. In this capacity, Mr. Locoh-Donou leads Ciena’s
engineering, supply chain, product line management, quality/customer advocacy,
and product marketing and solutions 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 joined Ciena in March 2010 in connection with Ciena’s
acquisition of Nortel’s MEN Business and has served as Senior Vice President,
Global Field Organization since August 2011, where he is responsible for leading
Ciena’s global sales and services organizations. From March 2010 to August
2011, Mr. Morin served as Cienas 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.
James E. Moylan, Jr. has served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief
Financial Officer since December 2007.
Andrew C. Petrik joined Ciena in 1996 and has served as Vice President, Controller
since August 1997 and served as Treasurer from August 1997 to October 2008.
David M. Rothenstein 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.
Harvey B. Cash has served as a Director of Ciena 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 boards of directors of i2 Technologies, Inc.,
Voyence, Inc. and Staktek Holdings, Inc.
Bruce L. Claflin has served as a Director of Ciena 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 and Chairman of its Nominating and Governance
Committee.
Lawton W. Fitt has served as a Director of Ciena 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
boards of directors of Thomson Reuters, The Carlyle Group LP and The Progressive
Corporation, and she has previously served on the boards of directors of Overture
Acquisition Corporation and Frontier Communications Company.
Judith M. O’Brien has served as a Director of Ciena since July 2000.
Since November 2012, Ms. OBrien has served as a partner and head of the Emerging
Company Practice Group at the law firm of King & Spalding. Ms. O’Brien
served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Obopay, Inc., a provider
of mobile payment services, from November 2006 through December 2010. From February
2001 until October 2006, Ms. O’Brien served as a Managing Director at
Incubic Venture Fund, a venture capital firm. From August 1980 until February
2001, 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.
OBrien serves on the board of directors of Theatro Labs, Inc, a privately-held
company, and has previously served on the board of directors of Adaptec, Inc.
Michael J. Rowny has served as a Director of Ciena 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.
Patrick T. Gallagher has served as a Director of Ciena since May 2009. Mr.
Gallagher currently serves as Chairman of Harmonic Inc, a public company and
global provider of high-performance video solutions to the broadcast, cable,
telecommunications and managed service provider sectors. From March 2008 until
April 2012, Mr. Gallagher was Chairman of Ubiquisys Ltd., a leading developer
and supplier of femtocells for the global 3G mobile wireless market. 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., a leading facilities-based provider of integrated
communications in Russia and the CIS. 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 Sollers JSC.
Ciena Corp currently has 5161 employees.