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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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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@Ciena cook for heart health

During International Women’s Day, Ciena hosted Chef Stephanie from The American Heart Association for a virtual cooking segment a ...

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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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What we can all be grateful for

Ciena’s Vice President and General Manager for the Americas, Bruce Hembree, reflects on what he is thankful for and how his team ...

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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 ...

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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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Reflecting our People’s Passion for Good: Gary Sm ...

Ciena CEO Gary Smith details the efforts of Ciena's volunteer groups around the world, and how the company's Ciena Cares program ...

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Recognizing our heroes

In honor of World Humanitarian Day, we share the stories from some of our Ciena heroes who helped those in need in India during t ...

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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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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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Our people making a difference on Earth Day

For Earth Day this year, our people demonstrated their passion for helping the planet through volunteer events across the globe a ...

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Our mission: to expand opportunities for students ...

Ciena's Sam Paone explains why partnership is critical to progress.

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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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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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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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Looking back: Life at Ciena in 2020

Ciena's Molly Winans takes a look back at a few bright spots from the Ciena team during a year of virtual connectedness.

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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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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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Leader insights: Scott McFeely – Inspired by and ...

Scott McFeely, Senior Vice President of Global Products & Services, has been a guiding force behind numerous network solutions an ...

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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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Leader insights: Joe Cumello on the importance of ...

Joe Cumello, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Blue Planet, shares how his passion for writing and communication has g ...

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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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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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