Brian Lavallée, Senior Director of Solutions Marketing at Ciena, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.
At Ciena, Lavallée has global responsibility for various segments including 5G, Submarine, Edge Cloud, Satellite, and others. An industry veteran, Lavallée has more than 20 years of telecommunications experience with previous roles in Product Line Management, Systems & Network Engineering, Research & Development, Business Development, and Operations. He has worked in numerous areas related to packet and optical networks from access to submarine networks, and everything in between. Lavallée holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Concordia University and an MBA in Marketing & International Business from McGill University, both located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ciena is a networking systems, services and software company. Ciena solutions help customers create the Adaptive Network in response to the constantly changing demands of end-users. By delivering best-in-class networking technology through high-touch consultative relationships, Ciena builds agile networks with automation, openness and scale.
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