Michael Frendo Joins Infinera as Vice President of Architecture
April 05 2010 - 12:00PM
Marketwired
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that Michael Frendo has
joined as Vice President of Architecture to lead the development
and implementation of long-term architectural direction at the
company.
Mr. Frendo joins Infinera after a series of senior architectural
and engineering roles at leading companies including Cisco Systems,
Juniper Networks, McDATA Corp and Avaya. Mr. Frendo played leading
roles in product strategy, direction, and engineering at these
companies. At Cisco in the 1990s, he played a significant role in
Cisco's decision and execution of its strategic focus on Internet
Protocol technologies, including IP voice and IP video.
"Infinera has world-class technologies in a variety of areas
including photonic integration and system design," commented
Michael Frendo. "With the disruptive power of photonic integration
technology, Infinera has the opportunity to become a major force in
this industry and I am excited to join such an outstanding
organization."
"In the five years since we began shipping our product, Infinera
has made an enormous impact on the industry," commented Infinera
CEO Tom Fallon. "Michael's vision and skills will be a valuable
asset as we grow further and develop and broaden the company's
product portfolio."
About Infinera Infinera provides Digital
Optical Networking systems to telecommunications carriers
worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated
circuit (PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed
to provide customers with simpler and more flexible engineering and
operations, faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly
deliver differentiated services without reengineering their optical
infrastructure. For more information, please visit
http://www.infinera.com/.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that
involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on
information available to Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual
results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due
to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include
statements regarding Infinera's expectations, beliefs, intentions
or strategies regarding the future, including that Infinera has
world-class technologies in a variety of areas including photonic
integration and system design; that the disruptive power of
photonic integration technology, Infinera has the opportunity to
become a major force in this industry; that Infinera has made an
enormous impact on the industry; and that Mr. Frendo's vision and
skills will be a valuable asset as to grow further and develop and
broaden the company's product portfolio. Such forward-looking
statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as
"anticipated," "believed," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend,"
"may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The risks
and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements
include aggressive business tactics by our competitors, our
dependence on a single product, our ability to protect our
intellectual property, claims by others that we infringe their
intellectual property, and our ability to respond to rapid
technological changes, and other risks that may impact any of the
group's business are set forth in their annual reports on Form 10-K
filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010, as well as subsequent reports
filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
These statements are based on information available to us as of the
date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update the
forward-looking statements included in this press release, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For media and analysts: Media: Jeff Ferry Tel. (408) 572-5213
jferry@infinera.com Investors: Bob Blair Tel. (408) 716-4879
bblair@infinera.com
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