Mike Kelly Joins Infinera as Vice President Cable Sales
July 11 2011 - 12:00PM
Marketwired
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) has appointed Mike Kelly as Vice President
of Sales for the Cable Market, a newly created position, as a
result of the company's growing success among top performing cable
operators in the U.S. The appointment will strengthen Infinera's
focus on this important market segment, and is part of a broader
initiative to apply more focus on key market segments and global
geographies as the company grows.
Mr. Kelly has been involved with cable television and network
infrastructure companies for more than 30 years, including senior
sales roles at Antec (now Arris), C-Cor, and Juniper Networks. He
joins a team that has built a strong position in the U.S. cable
market, with every one of the top five U.S. cable systems deploying
Infinera solutions. In addition to cable, Infinera is growing its
sales force to provide additional focus on key vertical markets
such as incumbent operators and submarine service providers, and is
expanding its international geographic coverage in APAC and
EMEA.
"The competitive advantages of our PIC-based approach and our
DTN platform have enabled Infinera to maintain our market
leadership in North America," commented Infinera Senior Vice
President of Worldwide Sales Ron Martin. "Our growth in new
segments and countries will let us capitalize on our innovative
approach and help additional service providers build Digital
Optical Networks that will lower their costs and make them more
competitive."
About Infinera Infinera specializes in
Digital Optical Networking systems that are designed to continually
improve the economics of optical networking by combining the speed
of optics with the simplicity of digital. Infinera is unique in its
use of breakthrough semiconductor technology: Large Scale Photonic
Integrated Circuit (PIC). Infinera's systems leverage PIC
technology to provide customers with a service-ready architecture
that enables faster time-to-revenue and greater profitability
through network efficiency 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 forward-looking statements
including, among other things, statements relating to the growth of
our sales force, our success among cable operators, the reasons for
our market share in North America, our ability to capitalize on our
increased focus on new segments and countries, and the benefits
that our Digital Optical Networks will bring to our customers.
These forward looking statements are based on our current
expectations. Actual results may vary materially from these
expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, aggressive business tactics by our
competitors, our dependence on a single product, our reliance on
single-source suppliers, and our ability to respond to rapid
technological changes. Further information about these risks and
uncertainties, and other risks and uncertainties that affect our
business, is contained in the risk factors section and other
sections of our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities Exchange Commission on March 1, 2011, as well subsequent
reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These reports are
available on our website at www.infinera.com and the SEC's website
at www.sec.gov. Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does not
currently intend to, update any such forward-looking
statements.
For media and analysts: Media: Anna Vue Tel. (916) 595-8157
avue@infinera.com Investors: Bob Blair Tel. (408) 716-4879
bblair@infinera.com
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