 Sudipta Bhaumik Head - Applications and Standards Engineering, Optical Networking Business, Sterlite Technologies Ltd (STL)
Vice Chair ITU-T SG15 and WP2/15
Sudipta Bhaumik, possesses over 28 years of experience in telecom field. An architect of STL’s fiber and cable manufacturing plants, his expertise spans Quality Assurance/ control, Process Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Management Systems, Business Development, Pre-sales, Applications and Standards Engineering. Sudipta serves as Vice Chair of ITU-T SG15 and WP2/15, a Liaison Officer for IEC TC86 (Fibre Optics), and project leader/ editor for nine international standards. His contributions earned him prestigious IEC 1906 Award and a Guinness World Record for the most viewers of a live-streamed telecommunications lesson. Sudipta holds an M.Tech degree from IIT-BHU, India, has published over 40 papers, holds multiple patents, and is a two-time recipient of the Urbain J.H. Malo Award for most meritorious research paper at the WAI convention in Atlanta.
 Paul BottorffNetwork System Architect, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
For over 45 years Paul Bottorff has innovated and developed Ethernet technologies starting with the earliest Ethernet products at Bridge/3Com up to the present-day Ultra Ethernet for AI datacenter. Paul is currently a Network System Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. His current focus is on high performance data center Ethernet technologies for artificial intelligence training and inference. He holds an MS in Math and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Throughout his carrier Paul has been awarded over twenty-five patents in networking technologies. Paul is currently a draft editor at IEEE 802.1 for quantum cryptography device identifiers and for network discovery. He is also an editor at UEC for the UEC link negation standard and contributor to the ongoing UEC development of Congestion Signaling (CSIG).
Paul is an inventor of multiple network technologies including Link State Group Based Policy, MAC Chaining, Provider Backbone Bridging, Provider Backbone Transport, and Shortest Path Bridging. He is a founder of the Metro Ethernet Forum (now called the Mplify Alliance) and served both as MEF Technical Committee chair and MEF Board Member. Paul also was a principal contributor to the IEEE standards for 10 GE Fiber, Provider Bridging, and Data Center Bridging.
Lihao Chen Principal Engineer, Ethernet Lab, Huawei
Lihao Chen is a Principal Engineer at Huawei Ethernet Lab, with nearly a decade of expertise in TSN technology research, standardization, and industrial deployment. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Tsinghua University in 2014 and 2016, respectively, and joined Huawei upon graduation. His research has recently expanded to data center networking, focusing on the implementation and standardization of high-performance, low-latency networking technologies optimized for AI data center deployments. He has actively contributed to the IEEE 802.1 Working Group. He is also the founder of "TSNLAB," a widely followed technical platform dedicated to TSN knowledge sharing and ecosystem development.
Liping Chen Senior Technical Standards Engineer, China Information Communication Technologies Group (CICT)
ITU-T Q14/15 Rapporteur
Liping Chen has over 17 years of standardization work experience in the field of network management and control, ever contributing to multiple SDOs, including 3GPP SA5, ETSI NFV, ETSI ZSM and CCSA TC6/TC7. She is the rapporteur of Question 14 (Management and control of transport systems and equipment) of ITU-T SG15 and also participates in Question 12 (Transport network architectures) of ITU-T SG15 as the editor of Recommendation G.7701 (common control aspect). After graduating from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) with an M. Eng., she started her career at ZTE and is currently a senior technical standards engineer for China Information Communication Technologies Group (CICT), focusing on the management and control of optical networks.
 Paul Congdon Congdon Consulting
Ultra Ethernet Consortium Principal Editor
Paul Congdon is the owner and principal consultant of Congdon Consulting, LLC, where he advises organizations on networking technology, standards development, technical strategy, and industry innovation. He currently serves as an architect and principal editor of the Ultra Ethernet Specification for the Ultra Ethernet Consortium hosted by the Linux Foundation. With more than 41 years of experience in the networking industry, Paul is a widely respected technologist, speaker, inventor, and industry leader. Prior to founding Congdon Consulting, he was co-founder and CTO of Tallac Networks, served as Hewlett Packard Fellow and Chief Technologist for HP’s ProCurve Networking Business, as well as Research Manager in HP Labs. Paul has played a significant leadership role in the development of industry standards through both the IEEE and IETF, including serving as Vice Chair of the IEEE 802.1 Working Group and editor of multiple Ethernet standards initiatives. He currently holds 28 U.S. patents related to networking technologies, with additional patents pending. Paul earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis
 John D’AmbrosiaIEEE P802.3dj Task Force Chair, Futurewei
John D’Ambrosia is a Technical Vice President with the Datacom Standards Research team at Futurewei Technologies, a U.S. subsidiary of Huawei. John has over 25 years of supporting standards development. John is currently the chair of the IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s and 1.6 Tb/s Task Force. He is also leading the IEEE 802.3 NEA “Ethernet for AI” Assessment, which is exploring 400 Gb/s electrical and optical signaling, as well as 3.2 Tb/s Ethernet. Previously, John chaired the IEEE 802.3 Task Forces that developed 40 GbE and 100 GbE, 200 & 400 GbE, and 800 GbE. Additionally, he chaired other IEEE 802.3 task forces, as well as the IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications Ad hoc. John is a Senior Member of IEEE. John is one of the founders of the Ethernet Alliance, served as its chairman from 2011 to 2019, and is, currently, its Chair Emeritus. John served as an advisor to the European Photonics Industry Consortium from 2019 to 2022. His previous work experience includes Dell, Force10 Networks, and Tyco Electronics.
 Qirui FanEngineer, Huawei
Qirui Fan is an engineer working on high-speed optical communications and their standardization. Since 2023 he has contributed to the transmitter quality metric work in ITU‑T Q6/15, where the metric first proposed as TCC grew into ETCC, co-developed with IEEE P802.3dj, validated on OIF multi-vendor plug-fest data, and now normative in draft G.698.2. He also contributed to the statistical chromatic-dispersion model for 800G engineered links adopted into ITU‑T G.652 in 2024, and participates in the work of ITU‑T SG15, IEEE 802.3 and OIF. He received his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where his research on machine learning for optical communications was published in Nature Communications, a journal he also reviews for. He joined Huawei Hong Kong Research Center in 2022.
 Vince Ferretti Senior Standards Manager, Global Technical & Industry Standards, Corning
Vince Ferretti, Senior Standards Manager, Global Technical & Industry Standards, is responsible for the development, coordination and communication of Corning’s standards strategy across Corning’s optical fiber, cabling, connectivity and wireless systems and products. Vince joined Corning in 1993 and has extensive experience in product management, engineering, sales, marketing, market development and strategy, while working in a diverse and global environment. His roles within Corning have spanned Corning’s Japan, OEM, carrier and enterprise market segments, the majority spent in FTTH, Wireless and LAN applications. He joined Corning’s Standards team in 2018. Vince currently serves as Promotion and Coordination Vice-Chair and Associate Rapporteur of Q5 for ITU-T Study Group 15. He actively participates in the following ITU-T Questions (Q2, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8). He manages Corning participation in IEEE 802.3 study groups/task forces (Optical Access and Ethernet Transport Systems). Vince also represents Corning and the United States in IEC SC86A (Fiber and Cable), IEC SC46 JW8 (Hybrid Cables) and IEC TC 108 (Distributed power systems for communications devices). He is the liaison officer between IEEE 802.3 and IEC SC86A. Vince oversees Corning participation in the Optical Internetworking Forum (Optical transport and Co-packaged optics), ORAN Alliance (X-Haul for 5G), ATIS STEP (Fault Managed Power and Underwriters Laboratories Projects (Fault Managed Power Systems and Hybrid Cable Electrical Safety). Prior to joining Corning, Vince was an US Naval officer and nuclear engineer serving in the US submarine force
 James P. K. Gilb General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Chair IEEE 802
Dr. James P. K. Gilb has over 30 years experience in a variety of areas including: RFIC design, RF system architecture, MAC protocols, and radar absorbing materials. He joined General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. in 2016 as a Principal RF Systems Engineer. Dr. Gilb has been a contributor to a variety of international communication standards for over 26 years. He has held a variety of positions in IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee and its Working Groups. He is currently the Chair of IEEE 802. Dr. Gilb has nine issued patents, been the technical editor of eleven standards and specifications, written three books, and has many papers in refereed journals and at symposia.
Liuyan Han Technical Manager, China Mobile IEEE 1588.1 Vice-chair, Deputy Leader of CCSA Transport Network Working Group
Liuyan Han is working as technical manager in China Mobile Research Institute and leads the transport network research team. Her work focused on time synchronization in telecom networks, metro transport solutions, 6G backhaul etc. Liuyan serves as an editor of ITU-T recommendations on MTN and synchronization. She is also vice-chair of IEEE 1588.1 and deputy leader of Transport Network working group of CCSA (China Communications Standards Association). Liuyan received her Ph.D. and B.S. from Tsinghua University.
 John JohnsonDirector of Component R&D, Optical Systems Division, BroadcomJohn Johnson holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University and is currently Director of Component R&D at Broadcom’s Optical Systems Division, a business descended from AT&T Bell Laboratories which he joined in 1993. His research has included a wide range of optical components including DFB lasers, electroabsorption modulated lasers, tunable lasers and coherent receivers. He has been an active participant in multiple global standards development organizations and MSAs, including IEEE 802.3, OIF, ITU-T SG15 and Fibre Channel.
 Jai Kumar Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom Inc.
UEC CSIG AdHoc Chair
Jai Kumar is a Distinguished Engineer at Broadcom with more than 25 years of experience in networking, systems, and advanced computing technologies. He holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Delhi and a graduate degree in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech. Throughout his career, he has been awarded more than 20 issued patents, reflecting his commitment to innovation and technological advancement.
Jai is actively involved in industry standards and open-source networking initiatives and is recognized as one of the top 1% contributors to the OCP community. He has played a significant role in driving the development and adoption of open networking technologies across the industry.
In addition, Jai serves as the Chair of the CSIG and BTS Ad Hoc groups within the UEC. He is a key contributor to several UEC specifications, including CSIG and LLR/CBFC/CSIG SAI specifications, working closely with industry leaders to advance next-generation networking technologies, interoperability, and ecosystem collaboration.His expertise spans high-performance networking, AI infrastructure, cloud-scale systems, and industry standardization, making him a respected leader in the networking community.
 Kent Lusted
Distinguished Architect, Synopsys IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s/lane signaling study group Chair
Kent is a Distinguished Architect at Synopsys and an integral part of the company’s Ethernet IP design team. He has been an active contributor and member of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet PHY standards development leadership team for ~15 years. Prior to Synopsys, Kent worked at Intel for 30+ years, focused on designing Ethernet board products and performing Ethernet interop debug all over the world. Kent is currently the electrical track chair for the IEEE P802.3dj Task Force and Chair of the IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s/lane signaling study group.
 Jingfei Lv
Senior Engineer, Huawei
ITU-T Q13/15 editor
Jingfei Lv graduated in computational mathematics from Wuhan University, China, and has been working on synchronization and timing more than 18 years. He is a senior Engineer at Huawei. He is the editor of several recommendations (ITU-T G.781, ITU-T G.8264, ITU-T G.8275, etc) worked by the ITU-T SG15 Q13 group. He also attended IEEE 1588 meeting and contributed some presentations to it.
 Yunping (Lily) LyuHuawei
IEEE 802 Nendica AICN study item leader IEEE 802.1Qdt editor
Yunping (Lily) Lyu is a Principal Engineer in Data Communication Product Line at Huawei, focusing on data center networking standards and technology development, including flow control, congestion control, switch architecture, and other Ethernet-based technologies for AI networking. She has over 15 years of experience in networking and communication systems. She currently serves as an editor for IEEE P802.1Qdt project and leads IEEE 802 Nendica AI Computing Network (AICN) study item.
 Sergejs Makovejs
Corning
Sergejs Makovejs is part of the Technology Insights & Future Innovation team at Corning Optical Communications, with focus on short-, medium-, and long-reach transmission systems. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University College London, UK in 2011, where he conducted pioneering work on long-haul, high-capacity optical networks with coherent detection. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed papers on optical fiber communications and is a frequent speaker at major international conferences.
 Roger MarksNVIDIA & EthAirNet
Chair, IEEE 802 Nendica; Chair, IEEE Registration Authority Committee
Roger Marks (IEEE Life Fellow) consults with EthAirNet Associates and is affiliated with NVIDIA. An engineer/physicist, he serves as Chair of the 802 Network Enhancements for the Next Decade Industry Connections Activity (Nendica), which continues to progress work in data center networking. Marks founded the IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access in 1998 and chaired that group throughout its lifetime. He also led successful efforts to bring recognition of IEEE 802.16 within the ITU as IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced technologies. He had a 17-year career at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. His activity within the IEEE 802.1 Working Group includes serving as Technical Editor for standardization projects on local addressing. He also chairs the IEEE Registration Authority Committee. Marks earned his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Yale University. He received the 2026 IEEE Microwave Pioneer award from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society.
 Marco Mascitto
Director of Optical Standards, Nokia
Marco Mascitto is Director of Optical Standards at Nokia, where he drives interoperability and architecture for next‑generation optical networking technologies. With more than 25 years of experience in telecom and data center networking, he has led product strategy, system design, and market development across Ethernet, coherent optics, and AI infrastructure. Marco is an active contributor to the IEEE 802.3 and OIF, helping shape technologies such as coherent Ethernet and high‑speed interconnects for AI data centers. Before entering the data centre industry, he held the position of CTO and lead technology development for several companies that developed Carrier Ethernet solutions for the CSP market.
 Takashi MatsuiNTT Liaison Rapporteur between ITU-T SG15 and IEC SC86B
Dr. Takashi Matsui is currently a Senior Distinguished Researcher at Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT, Inc., working on next-generation optical fiber and cable technologies including multi-core fibers (MCFs). He has also been serving as a visiting professor at Ibaraki University.He has been actively involved in international standardization activities in ITU-T SG15 (2022-) and IEC TC86 (2009-) and particularly led the development of the new MCF Recommendation (G.smmcf) as its Editor in ITU-T Q5/SG15. He has served as a Program Chair at OFC2026 and is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of Optica, and an IEICE member. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and over 300 patent applications.
 Guangcan MiPrincipal Engineer, Ethernet Research Lab, Datacom Product Line, Huawei Technologies IEEE 802.3dj optical Editor, IEEE 802.3ds Recording Secretary
Guangcan Mi received her PhD in Silicon Photonic and Plasmonics in 2016. She has since focused her career on optical interconnect technologies and standards. Her expertise spans from optical transceiver to optical switching, for applications of data center networks and telecommunications/carrier systems. Currently her work is concentrated on the development of optical interconnect technologies and standards in IEEE 802.3 and OIF.  Kazuhide NakajimaFellow NTT
Kazuhide Nakajima joined NTT, Japan in 1994, where he was engaged in research on optical fiber design and related measurement techniques. He is currently a Fellow at NTT, Inc. Dr. Nakajima has been a Rapporteur of Q5/SG15 of ITU-T since 2009. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Optical Society (OSA), the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) of Japan, and the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
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Seizo Onoe
Director, TSB, ITU
Seizo Onoe took office as Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023.
Before his election as TSB Director by ITU Member States, he completed an over 30-year career with Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO. In 2021, he became Executive Vice President and Chief Standardization Strategy Officer for the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corporation and a Fellow of NTT DOCOMO, INC. From 2017, he served as NTT DOCOMO’s Chief Technology Architect and President of its subsidiary DOCOMO Technology.
Between 2012 and 2017, he served as NTT DOCOMO’s Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, a Member of the Board of Directors, and Managing Director of R&D Innovation Division. Earlier, he served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of NTT DOCOMO’s R&D Strategy Department and Managing Director of the company’s Radio Network Development Department.
As TSB Director, he heads the part of ITU responsible for the coordination of technical standards and collaborative standardization processes that enable the interconnection and interoperability of information and communication technologies (ICTs) worldwide.
Mr Onoe is committed to facilitating open and inclusive standardization processes, along with promoting digital technologies to address global issues, building a new ecosystem that reflects evolving technologies, and strengthening cooperation and collaboration in ICT standardization worldwide.
Known in the industry as “the father of LTE” (Long-Term Evolution), he helped upgrade the wireless broadband standard for mobile devices and networks. He now aims for global outreach to bridge standardization gaps, deliver the benefits of technology widely and speedily, and ensure meaningful and affordable broadband access for everyone.Mr Onoe holds a Master’s degree in electronics from the Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering.
Mr Onoe is married and has two children.
 Eugene Opsasnick Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom Inc.
Eugene Opsasnick is a Distinguished Engineer at Broadcom Inc., where he has spent over 20 years in the Ethernet switch division. Throughout his tenure, he has served as a chip architect for several generations of Trident and Tomahawk Ethernet switch chips. Eugene has participated in the IEEE 802.3 Working Group since 2021 and currently serves as an editor for P802.3dj and P802.3dt. He is also actively involved in the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) in the PHY and Link working groups. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is an IEEE Senior Member.
 Glenn Parsons
Chair, ITU-T SG15, Contributing editor for IEEE P802.3dj, P802.3dt, and the UEC Link WG
Glenn Parsons is an internationally known expert in mobile transport and Ethernet technology. He is a principal standards advisor with Ericsson Canada, where he coordinates standards strategy and policy for Ericsson, including network architecture for 5G radio transport networks. Previously, he has held positions in development, product management and standards architecture in the ICT industry. Over the past number of years, he has held several management and editor positions in various standards activities including IETF, IEEE, and ITU-T. He is currently involved with 5G transport standardization in IEEE and ITU-T and is the chair if ITU-T SG15 as well as the working group chair of IEEE 802.1. In addition, he is a member of the IEEE Standards Association Entity Collaborative Activities Governance Board, and the chair of Public Policy for IEEE Canada. He graduated in 1992 with a B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
 Ramana Reddy
Senior Director, Timing Platforms at Rakuten Symphony
Ramana Reddy is a Senior Director, Timing Platforms at Rakuten Symphony, brings extensive expertise to the telecommunications industry. An accomplished professional with over 20 years in the field, he specializes in timing and synchronization, with a strong focus on O-RAN based networks. Prior to his current role, he served as a Timing and Synchronization Architect.
He actively contributes to O-RAN, ITU-T standard groups and is a frequent speaker on Timing and Sync at various sync forums.
He holds a Master's degree in Data Science from Deakin University, Australia. Ramana holds numerous patents in Timing & Sync, AI/ML, and Networking.
 Silvana Rodrigues Senior Principal Engineer, Huawei Study Group 15, Working Party 3 vice-chair and IEEE 802.1AS editor
Silvana Rodrigues is a Senior Principal Engineer at Huawei. She holds an Electronic and Electrical Engineering degree from University of Campinas, Brazil. She has been working on network synchronization for more than 20 years. She is currently the ITU-T Study Group 15, Working Party 3 vice-chair and editor of several recommendations at ITU-T SG15 Q13 (the synchronization experts’ group). She has been the secretary of IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Working Group since the beginning of version 2. She is the editor of IEEE 801.1ASds and IEEE 802.1AS; she participates and contributes to IEEE 802
 Stefano Ruffini
Strategic Technology Manager, Calnex Solutions
ITU-T Q13/15 Rapporteur
Stefano graduated in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Rome ” La Sapienza” (Italy) and has been working on synchronization aspects for most of his career. He is working as Strategic Technology Manager at Calnex Solution. Stefano is currently contributing to ITU-T SG15 Q13 (serving as Rapporteur), IEEE1588, and other relevant synchronization standardization bodies and forums. He has published several international journal papers and delivered talks at various conferences. He is member of the steering group of the International Timing and Sync Forum and a member of the Executive Committee of the Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunication Systems.
 Stephen Shew
Principal, Network Standards, Ciena
ITU-T Q12/15 Rapporteur
Stephen Shew is Principal, Network Standards at Ciena where he coordinates standards strategy and participation, and contributes to standards development. Since 2013, he has been the Rapporteur of Question 12 (Transport network architectures) in ITU-T Study Group 15 (SG15) and is currently a SG15 vice-chair. In SG15 he has been editor of many Recommendations and has collaborated across multiple Questions. He has contributed to standards development in the Optical Internetworking Forum, Open Networking Foundation, MEF, and IETF standards bodies. His contributions include topics in media and network architecture, management and control, and software defined networking. He has over 25 granted patents. Stephen received his Bachelor of Computer Science from Carleton University and MSc from the University of Toronto, and is an IEEE Senior member
 Robert Stacey Intel IEEE 802.11 Chair
Robert Stacey is the chair of IEEE 802.11, the working group within IEEE 802 that produces the technical standard for Wi-Fi. Robert has been an active participant in the standardization effort and various industry consortia, starting with the development of the 802.11n amendment around 2002. For most of that time Robert has been employed by Intel and has worked internally on their Wi-Fi product.
 Dorothy Stanley Fellow, HP Enterprise President, IEEE Standards Association
Fellow, HP Enterprise, November 2005-PresentPresident, IEEE Standards Association January 2026. IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chair (2018 to 2024), IEEE 802.11 Vice Chair (2014-2018), Chair Several IEEE 802.11 Task Groups. Chair IEEE 802 Wireless Chairs Standing Committee (2020- 2026), Chair IEEE 802 IETF Standing Committee (2018 - 2025). Chair, Vice Chair of several Wi-Fi Alliance, Task Groups including Security Marketing, Security Technical, Mesh Marketing, Location marketing and Location joint Marketing and technical. Liaison IEEE 802.11 to IETF, Lead groups in development and publication of IEEE Std 802.11-2012, 802.11-2016, 802.11-2020, 802.11v, WFA marketing and test plans. Numerous presentations and conference talks representing HPE and IEEE 802.11. Recent: Wi-Fi Now webinar, IEEE Future Networks webinar, speaker at India CDOT 30th anniversary celebration August 2019. IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors member 2023-2025. Standards Board member, New Standards Committee Chair (2019, 2020, 2021), AudCom, ProCom, PatCom member (2015-2021). IEEE delegate to ITU-R Working Party 5A 2020-2021.
Distinguished Member Technical Staff Agere System Inc, August 2001 - November 2005: Wireless LAN Standards and Systems Engineering; IEEE 802.11, Wi-Fi Alliance, internal product development systems and performance analysis.
Distinguished Member Technical Staff, Lucent Technologies, Member Technical Staff, Lucent Technologies/AT&T Bell LaboratoriesJune 1980 - July 2001: System Architect for an early (2000) Public Wireless LAN Access system. System Engineer for Local 5ESS Digital Switching System features, including Local Number Portability and Digital Loop Carrier Unbundling. Responsibilities included system architecture, software development, capacity planning and performance analysis for Digital Switching System (5ESS and 4ESS) Electronic Switching Systems. Developed and taught “Managing for Quality” course to over 500 managers. Instructor for 5ESS Software Architecture Training Class.
 Helen Xenos
Senior Director, Portfolio Marketing, Ciena
Helen Xenos is Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, where she leads strategic marketing for the company’s optical networking and interconnect portfolios. She is responsible for shaping portfolio positioning, driving market strategy, and connecting complex network technologies into business value for network operators, cloud providers, and enterprise customers navigating the next era of AI-driven infrastructure transformation.With more than 30 years in the telecommunications industry, Helen has held roles spanning portfolio marketing, product management, systems engineering, customer program management, and manufacturing engineering. Her cross-functional background gives her a unique perspective on how technology innovation, operational realities, and market dynamics intersect to shape the future of networking. Helen joined Ciena following the Nortel Networks Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) acquisition
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