CIENA Appoints Rafael de Ory Managing Director, EMEA.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2001 CIENA Corporation Ciena Corporation NASDAQ: CIEN develops and markets communications network platforms and software, and offers professional services. The Company's broadband access, data and optical networking platforms, software tools, and global network services support worldwide telecom (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CIEN CIEN Ciena Corporation (stock symbol) ), a global leader in intelligent optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. systems and software, today announced that Rafael de Ory has been appointed to the newly created position of Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ). Mr. de Ory is primarily responsible for managing regional operations and expanding CIENA's strategic business relationships with service providers. In addition to broadening CIENA's customer base, he will be tasked with continuing the company's excellence in systems engineering and field support across the region. Mr. de Ory's office is at CIENA's EMEA headquarters in London. Prior to joining CIENA, Mr. de Ory held multiple senior positions both domestically and internationally at Alcatel. Most recently, Mr. de Ory served as a vice president for Alcatel Spain and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. where he was responsible for defining and implementing regional corporate strategies for business development, marketing and sales efforts. "The economic advantages of CIENA's leading optical solutions have positioned us to lead the worldwide transition from legacy networks to intelligent optical networking," said Gary Smith Gary Smith may refer to:
"CIENA's growing product line offers service providers the essential capacity, switching and software tools to enable the next-generation of customized services while drastically reducing costs," de Ory said. "I am committed to extending these much-needed benefits to meet the unique requirements for new and existing customers in the EMEA region." Mr. de Ory earned an M.S. in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. and a graduate degree in electronics from the Polytechnic School Polytechnic School, often referred to as simply Poly, is a college preparatory private school in Pasadena, California. The school was founded in 1907 as the first private non-profit elementary school in California, descended from the Throop Polytechnic Institute of Madrid, Spain. ABOUT CIENA: CIENA Corporation's market-leading optical networking systems form the core for the new era of networks and services worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture enables next-generation optical services and changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about CIENA can be found at www.ciena.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions of CIENA (the Company) that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this release including the Company's belief that CIENA's products will enable the next-generation of customized services while drastically reducing costs are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, which include the risk factors disclosed in the Company's Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2001. Forward looking statements include statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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