Infinera Appoints Engineering VP

• By The WHIR, August 25, 2006

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Infinera Appoints Engineering VP

August 25, 2006 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Digital operator network provider Infinera (infinera.com) announced on Friday that it has appointed Rusty Cumpston as vice president of systems engineering.

Cumpston joins Infinera from XenSource, where he served as senior vice president of engineering. He has extensive experience in engineering and senior management in the optical networking and software industries in private and public companies, having previously served as VP of engineering and then COO at ONI Systems.

As VP of systems engineering, Cumpston will manage hardware and software engineering for the Infinera DTN system and future extensions of the platform. The Infinera DTN has established a strong market presence in long-haul and metro networks worldwide and Infinera intends to leverage its unique technology to broaden the Infinera DTN's features and capabilities.

"I'm excited to be part of the Infinera team," says Cumpston. "Infinera’s business is growing, a great team is in place and new opportunities are emerging where we can innovate and enable service providers to meet their expanding optical transport needs."

Tags:  EDS  Infinera  XenSource 

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