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2019: Our favorite pictures from the last year
Enjoy our favorite pictures from 2019 that highlight what we love about life at Ciena.

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Leader insights: Rebecca Smith on embracing change
Rebecca Smith, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, shares how embracing change has led to incredible oppo ...

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Celebrating one year of collaboration with Barefo ...
Ciena celebrated one year of collaboration with Barefoot, working together to close the digital disparity among students in North ...

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Year in Review: Our 9 Best Pictures from 2016
One of the best parts of our social media program is all the great pictures we get from the Ciena team around the world. Here are ...

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Career insights: Evolving your career to align wi ...
At Ciena, we encourage our people to actively guide and facilitate their career paths while we support them with the learning exp ...

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A Peek Inside Ciena’s New Ottawa Campus and R& ...
The Ciena team turned out for a day of celebration as we officially moved into our new 425,000 square foot Ottawa campus.

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Student perspectives – Ciena interns share their ...
Internships and student programs offer early professionals the opportunity to apply their knowledge and gain valuable work experi ...

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Career insights: Helping to drive innovation thro ...
From an engineer to a team leader, Vivek Goyal, Senior Director of Hardware Engineering, has grown his career and empowered other ...

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Year in review: Ciena’s 7 biggest announcements o ...
As we close out an unprecedented year, let’s look back at some of the biggest Ciena news and announcements from 2020.

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Building a digital future for students across the ...
Through Ciena’s Digital Inclusion program, we aim to do our part to close the digital divide and provide underserved students aro ...

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Ciena Cares in Action: Our Response to Natural Di ...
Mark Stevens, Ciena’s Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, reflects on how Ciena and its employees are responding to help ...

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Career insights: Enabling a culture of support an ...
Astha Dixit, Associate of Talent Acquisition, sat down with her colleagues to discuss Ciena’s workplace culture and how it has su ...

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Leader insights: David Rothenstein on evolving yo ...
David Rothenstein, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, shares how his curiosity and drive for continuous learning h ...

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Ciena Cares: Supporting volunteerism isn’t just a ...
Mark Stevens, Ciena’s Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, shares his thoughts around the community matching program that ...

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Women@Ciena join forces to celebrate Internationa ...
March 8, 2016 is International Women’s Day.At Ciena, we run an initiative called ‘Women @ Ciena’. This is an internal networking ...
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Women at Ciena explore leadership styles at annua ...
Our Women at Ciena employee resource group held its annual networking event with our partners and customers in London
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Employee-run annual golf tournament is making an ...
On August 16, 2022, after a two-year hiatus, our people came together at the Greensmere Golf and Country Club in Ottawa for the a ...

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Meet the leaders of our Black and African Heritag ...
Todd Chapman and Terry Miller, the leaders of our Black and African Heritage employee resource group share what inspired them to ...

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Our Global Products & Services team doing goo ...
From park clean-up events to helping local food banks, Ciena was on the ground making a positive impact in their local communitie ...
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Collecting toys for children in need at annual To ...
Our people in London got together and volunteered in the Toy Fair's Trolley Dash to support KidsOut, a charity helping children a ...

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Leader insights: Sheela Kosaraju on making the mo ...
Sheela Kosaraju, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, shares how she has been successful by making the most of every opport ...

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Career insights: From intern to leader, Pradap sh ...
Pradap Rajagopal began his career as an intern and has grown his experience in engineering and sales over the years. Now, he emba ...

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Unearthing New Ways to Partner
Sondra Smith of Level 3 details the Giving Garden project undertaken by an enthusiastic team of volunteers, the Level 3 Foundatio ...