Ciena CEO Gary Smith graces the cover of this month?s edition of SmartCEO Magazine.  Smith, CFO Jim Moylan and SVP Tom Mock are all interviewed in a profile piece that details the challenge of keeping hold of Ciena?s corporate culture (for both customers and employees) while integrating Nortel?s…

Gary B. Smith began serving as Chief Executive Officer of Ciena in May 2001, in addition to his existing position as President, which he has held since October 2000. Prior to his current role, his positions with the Company included: Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales…

Earlier this month, Ciena CEO Gary Smith visited the University of Maryland to speak to a group of Executive MBA students at the University’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The focus of Gary’s afternoon lecture was the role that mergers and acquisitions play in corporate strategy. With…

…performance of their networks.  And that network upgrade cycle is still in the very early stages.”   That?s a quote from Ciena CEO Gary Smith during Ciena?s fiscal 3Q10 financial results conference call yesterday morning (you can hear an archive of the event here), and it’s one of…

…of individual speakers.   Ciena CEO Gary Smith takes the stage after a brief introduction from Tom Mock, Ciena’s SVP of Corporate Marketing.  The last Ciena Analyst Day was 15 months ago per a comment from Tom.   Below are notes from Gary’s presentation.  These are not…

Last week in Ottawa, Ciena CEO Gary Smith and Philippe Morin, Ciena’s Senior VP of the Global Products Group, hosted a worldwide employee event to celebrate Ciena’s acquisition of the Nortel MEN business.  Gary and Philippe broadcast live from Ottawa to over 30 employee locations around…

…Ciena’s fiscal Q2’11 financial results, Ciena CEO Gary Smith hosted a conference call to discuss the company’s performance.  In addition to the financial data (all of which you can find here in the press release), Gary also provided some insight on the progress of several of Ciena…

Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) today announced that Gary B. Smith, Ciena’s senior vice president, Worldwide Sales, has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Ciena President and Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Nettles. In addition to his continuing…

…That person would be Ciena President and CEO Gary Smith. In fact, 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of Gary’s appointment as CEO.  And this week at the Ethernet Expo Americas conference in New York City, Light Reading recognized Gary Smith’s long and eventful career by inducting him…

…15 minutes away from home to attend the COMPTEL PLUS event here in Grapevine, Texas, Ciena CEO Gary Smith was traveling halfway around the world to Australia.  This was the first opportunity for Gary to visit Australia since Ciena closed the MEN acquisition in March and then officially opened ANZ…