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Gary B. Smith is a British-American business leader serving as president, chief executive officer and director of Ciena, a global supplier of next-generation telecommunications networking infrastructure that supports the "circulatory system" of the Internet.〔(Jim Cramer, Mad Money, April 2010 )〕 ==Ciena leadership and acquisitions== Smith joined Ciena in 1997 and has served as president and CEO since May 2001.〔(CRN: Ciena Earnings Triple Before Items; CEO Named )〕 He has served on Ciena’s Board of Directors since October 2000.〔(TheStreet.com, January 2011 )〕 Prior to serving as CEO, Smith served as Ciena's Chief Operating Officer; and prior to that, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Smith joined Ciena in November 1997 as Vice President, International Sales.〔(CEO Profile, Institutional Investor, March 2011 )〕 During his tenure as CEO, Smith has led the acquisition of seven companies.〔(Ciena Acquisition History )〕 Most recent is the acquisition of the Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet assets of bankrupt Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) for $774 million. This acquisition, which closed on March 19, 2010, doubled Ciena's size from around 2,100 to 4,000 employees and significantly increased total revenues.〔(SmartCEO Magazine, June 2010 )〕 In November 2011, Smith was interviewed by (Light Reading ) about Ciena's acquisition history. Since the first full year of Smith's tenure as CEO, Ciena's revenues have gone from $361 million in fiscal year ended 2002〔(Ciena Annual Report 2002 (PDF) )〕 to $2.1 billion in fiscal 2013.〔(Ciena Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2013 and Year-End Financial Results )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Smith (Ciena CEO)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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