Thomas Mock

Thomas Mock is currently Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Communications for Ciena Corporation.  In this role, he is responsible for ensuring company and product positioning, messaging and branding are delivered consistently, internally and externally. He oversees a variety of functions, including experiential marketing, Web and community marketing, public and industry analyst relations and internal communications.

Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Mock served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning; Vice President of Portfolio Management; and Senior Director of Product Management.  He also served as Product Marketing Director for Ciena’s short haul and access product lines after joining the Company in 1997 as the International Product Marketing Manager.

Prior to Ciena, Mr. Mock managed the product development organization for a T1 multiplexer company.

Mr. Mock received his B.S.E.E. from the Georgia Institute of Technology.