|
Jesus Leon is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer for Ciena Corporation. Prior to assuming this role in August 2002, Mr. Leon served as Senior Vice President, Metropolitan Transport Division since May 2001 and had also assumed leadership of the Metropolitan Switching Division in August 2001. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Products and Technology since September 1998 and Vice President, Access Products since joining the Company in November 1996.
From December 1995 to October 1996, Mr. León served as Vice President, Engineering, for the Access Systems Division of Alcatel Standard Electrica, S.A. ("Alcatel Electrica"), a division of Alcatel Alsthom Group, where he led the product development for all access products with responsibility for more than 1,200 engineers in Europe, Australia and South Africa. Mr. León served in various other positions with Alcatel Standard Electrica from 1990-1991 and 1993-1995.
Mr. Leon holds a B.S.E.E. and M.E. from the University of Florida, an A.B.D. (all but doctoral dissertation) from the Georgia Institute of Technology and M.B.A. from Georgia State University. | 