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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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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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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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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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A day in Hanover with Building STEPS
Ciena hosted a group of high school students from Building STEPS at our office in Hanover to show them what it can look like to h ...
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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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2022: A year of innovation, giving back and celeb ...
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and one year ...
Read how we celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month and the one year mark of our Latinx employee resource group at Ciena.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Empowering underserved students with digital skil ...
Ciena has committed $10 million over five years towards initiatives that aim to unlock new opportunities through its Digital Incl ...
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A reflection of Ciena life in 2021
If we had to choose a word to describe 2021, it would be resilience. Collectively, our people came together with passion and inno ...
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CienaLife: Dear Young Ramona – Be proud of who yo ...
Ramona Jackson, an IT leader and member of Ciena’s D&I Council and Pride Group, recently presented at a company-wide meeting to s ...
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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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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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Our mission: to expand opportunities for students ...
Ciena's Sam Paone explains why partnership is critical to progress.