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Infinera Names Chris Champion VP of Sales, EMEA
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - November 5, 2009) - Infinera (NASDAQ : INFN ) has named Chris
Champion Vice President of Sales, EMEA with responsibility for leading
Infinera's sales activities in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa markets.
Since joining Infinera in 2003, Mr. Champion has played a key role in
building Infinera's European business. He was integral in securing
Infinera's initial European customers such as Flag Telecom (now Reliance
Globalcom). Since then, with Mr. Champion playing a key role, Infinera has
been awarded networks by leading Tier One operators including Deutsche
Telekom, OTEGLOBE, Telefonica International Wholesale Services, and
TeliaSonera, as well as some of Europe's fastest-growing alternative
operators like COLT and Carphone Warehouse Networks. As reported on Oct.
20th, Infinera's international revenue reached a new peak in Q3 of 37% with
success in the EMEA market driving much of that growth.
"I am pleased to announce that Chris Champion has taken on the
responsibility of leading our sales effort in Europe, Middle East, and
Africa," said Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh. "We look forward to his
continuing to drive growth and success in these crucial markets."
Mr. Champion's previous experience includes sales, marketing, and business
development roles at Corvis Corporation and Nortel Networks. He started his
career at the Yankee Group Europe as a telecommunications market research
analyst. Chris has an MBA from the EDHEC business school in France and a
BSc and BA from the University of Manitoba.
"Forward-looking telecom operators in Europe are looking for innovative
ways to be faster, more agile, and more competitive, and that's why
Infinera has enjoyed such success in this market," said Chris Champion. "I
look forward to the opportunity to continue to drive growth and success in
EMEA, and deliver excellent service to our customers."
The Infinera family of optical solutions includes the Infinera DTN, the
first optical system based on large-scale photonic integrated circuits, and
the Infinera ATN, a compact metro edge platform that extends the benefits
of Infinera's Digital Optical Networks to the metro edge.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
customers with simpler and more flexible engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated services
without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more information,
please visit http://www.infinera.com/.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and
uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to
Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially
from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Infinera's
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expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include aggressive
business tactics by our competitors, our dependence on a single product,
our ability to protect our intellectual property, claims by others that we
infringe their intellectual property, our manufacturing process is very
complex, product performance problems we may encounter, our dependence on
sole or limited source suppliers, our ability to respond to rapid
technological changes, our ability to maintain effective internal controls,
the ability of our contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, a new
technology being developed that replaces the PIC as the dominant technology
in optical networks, general political, economic and market conditions and
events, including war, conflict or acts of terrorism; and other risks that
may impact Infinera's business are set forth in our annual report Form
10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 17, 2009, as well as
subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These statements are based on information available to us as of
the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update the
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result of new information, future events or otherwise.