Thomas J. Fallon has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 2010
and as a member of our board of directors since July 2009. Mr. Fallon also served
as our President from January 2010 to June 2013, and as our Chief Operating
Officer from October 2006 to December 2009. From April 2004 to September 2006,
Mr. Fallon served as our Vice President of Engineering and Operations. From
August 2003 to March 2004, Mr. Fallon was Vice President, Corporate Quality
and Development Operations at Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking and telecommunications
company. From March 1991 to August 2003, Mr. Fallon served in a variety of functions
at Cisco, including General Manager of the Optical Transport Business Unit and
Vice President of Service Provider Manufacturing. Prior to joining Cisco, Mr.
Fallon also served in various manufacturing roles at Sun Microsystems and Hewlett
Packard. Mr. Fallon currently serves on one other public company board, Hercules
Capital, Inc., a specialty finance company. Mr. Fallon also serves on the Engineering
Advisory Board of the Cockrell School at the University of Texas. Mr. Fallon
holds B.S.M.E. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.
David F. Welch, Ph.D. co-founded our company and has served as our Chief Strategy
and Technology Officer since November 2017. Prior to that, Dr. Welch served
as our President from June 2013 to November 2017. Dr. Welch has served as our
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer from January 2004 to June 2013,
as our Chief Development Officer/Chief Technology Officer from May 2001 to January
2005, as our Chief Marketing Officer from January 2005 to January 2009, and
as a member of our board of directors from May 2001 to November 2006, and from
October 2010 to present. Prior to joining us, Dr. Welch served in various executive
roles, including as Chief Technology Officer of the Transmission Products Group
of JDS Uniphase Corporation, an optical component company, and Chief Technology
Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development of SDL Inc., an optical
component company. Dr. Welch holds over 130 patents, and has been awarded the
Optical Society of Americas (“OSA”) Adolph Lomb Medal, Joseph Fraunhofer
Award, the John Tyndall Award and the IET JJ Thompson Medal for Achievement
in Electronics, in recognition of his technical contributions to the optical
industry. He is a Fellow of OSA and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers. Dr. Welch holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Delaware and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
Brad D. Feller was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in March 2014 after
joining us as Senior Vice President of Finance in January 2014. Prior to joining
us, Mr. Feller served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Marvell Technology
Group Ltd., a fabless semiconductor company, from October 2012 to December 2013,
and as Marvells Vice President, Corporate Controller, from September 2008 to
October 2012. Prior to Marvell, Mr. Feller served as Corporate Controller for
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., a semiconductor company, from April 2005
to September 2008 and Financial Reporting Manager from October 2003 to April
2005. Prior to that, Mr. Feller served in various roles at Ernst & Young
LLP in the technology practice. Mr. Feller is a certified public accountant
(inactive) in the State of California and holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration
from San Jose State University.
David W. Heard has served as our General Manager, Products and Solutions, since
June 2017. Prior to joining us, Mr. Heard served as a private consultant from
2015 to June 2017. From 2010 to 2015, Mr. Heard served as President of Network
and Service Enablement at JDS Uniphase. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Heard served
as Chief Operating Officer at BigBand Networks (now part of Arris). From 2004
to 2006, Mr. Heard served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Somera
(now part of Jabil). From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Heard served as President and General
Manager Switching Division at Tekelec (now part of Oracle). From 1995 to 2003,
Mr. Heard served in a number of leadership roles at Santera Systems Spatial
Networks and at Lucent Technologies (both now part of Nokia). Mr. Heard holds
a B.A. in Production and Operations Management from Ohio State University, an
M.B.A. from the University of Dayton and an M.S. in Management from Stanford
Graduate School of Business, where he was a Sloan Fellow. Mr. Heard currently
serves as the Chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Association.
Robert J. Jandro has served as our Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales,
since May 2013. Prior to joining us, Mr. Jandro served as Vice President of
Business Development of Openwater Software, Inc., a large data and analytics
cloud company, from January 2008 to August 2012. From February 2004 to November
2006, Mr. Jandro served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Nsite Software,
Inc., an early cloud company acquired by Business Objects. From March 2000 to
August 2002, Mr. Jandro served as Executive Vice President of Global Sales and
Services for ONI Systems, an optical networking company. Prior to that, Mr.
Jandro worked at Oracle where he last served as the Group Vice President of
Oracle’s Communications and Utilities Industries. Mr. Jandro holds a M.S.
in Management from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of
Management and a B.S. in Business from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
James L. Laufman has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary since October 2014. Prior to joining us, Mr. Laufman served
as Vice President and General Counsel of Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. from October
2008 to October 2014. From September 1999 to October 2008. Mr. Laufman served
as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Integrated Device Technology,
Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Laufman served as Senior Corporate Counsel for Quantum
Corporation from January 1999 to September 1999. From November 1994 to December
1998, Mr. Laufman served as Vice President and General Counsel of Rohm Corporation.
From December 1990 to November 1994, Mr. Laufman worked as an Associate Attorney
at the Berliner Cohen and Popelka Allard law firms specializing in the litigation
and resolution of commercial transaction matters. Mr. Laufman holds a B.S. in
Business Administration, Finance (cum laude) from California State University,
Chico and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.
Infinera Corporation currently has 2145 employees.