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Celebrating our families
Ray Gabriel, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, shares his story of starting a family through surrogacy and what it meant to h ...
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Meet the Ciena Cares Champions
We’re shining a light on our Ciena Cares Champions—the people who drive our workplace giving and volunteering programs for their ...
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A look back on doing good in 2023
We’re looking back on all the good our Ciena team members did for our communities and our planet in 2023.
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Helping kids walk with the CHEO Foundation
Learn how our Ciena team in Ottawa donated a life-changing robot walker and continue to support CHEO, a global leader in pediatri ...
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Innovation and Collaboration: Researching AI with ...
Discover how a collaboration between our research and development team and the University of Ottawa led to innovative new breakth ...
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Career insights: Supporting our people in explori ...
At Ciena, we encourage and support our people in pursuing their passions. Carla Martinez, Leader of Diversity, Equity, and Inclus ...
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Leading as your true self
In honor of Pride Month, Nicky Martin reflects on being a role model for others by being her true self at work and in every aspec ...
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Announcing the Ciena Solutions Challenge Sustaina ...
Thank you to all students and educators who participated in this year’s Ciena Solutions Challenge.
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Closing digital gaps and empowering students in t ...
Ivan Polizzi, Regional Managing Director of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific, shares how we are teaming up with companies acro ...
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Reaching your career potential
As an experienced leader and professional, Kailem Anderson, VP, Portfolio and Engineering, reflects on his career journey and pro ...
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Mentorship: how these unique relationships can bo ...
Ciena loves mentorship! Read about the mentoring resources available to team members and see several mentorship success stories.
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Working at Ciena as a US Army Senior Officer: How ...
Fahad Digankar is a technical account manager on the Ciena government sales team who shared his experience balancing his military ...
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From big lasers to small lasers: How Ciena helped ...
Algonquin College is home to the only photonics lab of its kind in the world all thanks to a substantial upgrade and sponsorship ...
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Our Ottawa team members reconnecting again
In this video, see how our team members in Ottawa reconnected at our office reopening BBQ.
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CienaLife: Career insights for new grads
Members of Ciena’s Marketing and Sales Development Program share their tips and experiences.
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Creating an inclusive workplace for all
Pragya Gupta, an Embedded Software Engineer, shares her story of joining Ciena and the tools we created to support her in her rol ...
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Making an impact with Pride at Ciena
Leaders from our Pride at Ciena employee resource group share how they are providing support and advocacy for LGBTQ+ individuals ...
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Helping our people find happiness
Happiness might not be a term you hear many companies use beyond customer service, but at Ciena it’s also part of a commitment we ...
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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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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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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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Providing flexibility for when, where, and how we ...
Ciena is embracing flexible working and here, we discuss the benefits that it brings to both individuals and the company.
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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 ...