CIENA Expands European Operation
BusinessWire, Monday, April 27, 1998 at 00:21
(Published on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 00:03)
LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1998--
Names Mr. Guy Powell as European General Manager
CIENA Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN) today announced plans to open a
European support center near London's Heathrow International Airport.
It is expected that the new facility will be fully staffed and
operational within the next ninety days. In addition, it was announced
that Guy Powell has been hired as the general manager for CIENA's
European operation, reporting to Gary Smith, vice president of CIENA's
international organization.
CIENA's European support center will provide additional customer
service and technical support for CIENA's current European deployments
as well as support for the Company's expansion plans internationally.
The facility will house European-focused sales, marketing and systems
engineering.
"The significant growth of data services worldwide continues to
fuel bandwidth demand, causing service providers to reevaluate network
plans," said Patrick Nettles, CIENA's president and chief executive
officer. "We have already begun to see evidence that this global,
data-centric evolution, coupled with the impact of deregulation in the
European market is driving requirements for additional capacity. We
expect the opportunity to add new customers and to increase our
profile in Europe and are focused on investing in the infrastructure
required to support an enhanced international presence."
Guy Powell's responsibility in his new role as general manager of
the European operation will include sales, marketing and customer
service for all of Europe. Powell most recently served as sales and
channel marketing vice president of Infonet Services Corporation and
prior to that as managing director with CASE Cabling Company. Powell
has twenty years of experience serving in various functions of the
communications industry.
"Guy Powell's experience in the communications industry and
working knowledge of Europe will provide the leadership needed for
CIENA to establish itself as one of the premier vendors in the
emerging next generation of broadband networks," said Gary Smith.
"Guy's first task will be to establish the Euro support center and
ensure that it is staffed sufficiently to support the growth we
anticipate in that market during the next eighteen months."
CIENA's recent activities in Europe include deployment of the
first 16-channel DWDM system (MultiWave Sentry) in Cable & Wireless
Communications' (C&WC) network in 1997 and completion of the largest
live DWDM network in Europe with C&WC in February, 1998. At the time
of C&WC's second contract with CIENA, it was also announced that CIENA
would supply the MultiWave Sentry for its "Germany 6" project. |
