Board advises Ciena with unique insights on the networking needs of public sector customers

Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced the appointment of Jill Tummler Singer and John C. Johnson to the Ciena Government Advisory Board. Singer and Johnson join a group of technology leaders advising Ciena Government Solutions, Inc. (CGSI) on how best to address the unique networking requirements of public sector customers.

Key Facts:

  • Jill Tummler Singer served as chief information officer for the National Reconnaissance      Office, an integral part of the U.S. intelligence community devoted to      achieving information superiority for the U.S. Government and Armed      Forces. Previously, she served as deputy chief information officer at the      Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where she was responsible for ensuring the      CIA had the necessary technology to effectively execute its missions.      Earlier in her career, Singer also served as director of the Diplomatic      Telecommunications Service for the United States Department of State,      where she was responsible for global network communications services for      U.S. foreign missions.
  • John      C. Johnson was the first assistant      commissioner for the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition      Service - Integrated Technology Service, where he managed the largest      fee-for-service information technology procurement and services operation      in the U.S. Government. Previously, Johnson was a member of the U.S. Navy      and has served a variety of government technology organizations, including      the United States Army Signal Center, Ft. Gordon, Ga.; Headquarters 7th      Signal Command, Ft. Ritchie, Md.; the Department of the Army Staff; the      Defense Information Systems Agency; and the Office of the Assistant      Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and      Intelligence.
  • Ciena’s      Government Advisory Board provides guidance and counsel to CGSI, a wholly-owned Ciena subsidiary serving the unique      networking infrastructure needs of the U.S. federal sector, on the evolving needs of the Department of Defense,      civilian government agencies and research and education organizations. The      advisory board provides insight and analysis into the complex government      market, ensuring that CGSI’s offerings and customer support are aligned      with the requirements of its public sector customers.
  • These new appointees join the following current      Government Advisory Board members: the Honorable Arthur A. Money, former      Department of Defense Chief Information Officer; Lt. Gen. Kenneth A.      Minihan, former director of the National Security Agency; and, Richard F.      Kent, CEO of Fedforce.

Executive Comments:

  • “Ciena      technology is delivering the bandwidth needed for the next generation of      telecommunications-enabled government programs and services. Keeping our      advisory board stacked with top government talent, such as the appointees      we are announcing today, ensures that we can continue to deliver world-class      solutions and respond to the changing needs of our government customers.”­  
    - David Peed, vice president and general manager of CGSI

CGSI Background:

  • CGSI leverages Ciena’s full portfolio of advanced      products and services to provide comprehensive solutions tailored toward      U.S. federal, civilian, defense and research and education networks.
  • CGSI delivers a portfolio of tailored solutions that      address the unique realities of government including assured networking,      cloud computing, packet-optical transport, Ethernet for branch and base      connectivity and data center networking.

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About Ciena
Ciena is the network specialist. We collaborate with customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software automation to deliver solutions in alignment with OPn, its approach for building open next-generation networks. We enable a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified, virtualized environment. Investors are encouraged to review the Investors section of our website at www.ciena.com/investors, where we routinely post press releases, SEC filings, recent news, financial results, other announcements and, from time to time, exclusively post material information as with the other disclosure channels that we use. For more information, visit www.ciena.com.

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