Glenn Laxdal — Senior Vice President of Product Management at Infinera Corporation

Mr. Glenn Laxdal is the Senior Vice President of Product Management at Infinera Corp. since January 2018. As senior vice president of product management, he is tasked with driving profitable growth of Infinera's industry-leading optical networking portfolio with an expanded go-to-market approach. Previously, Mr. Laxdal was head of Ericsson North America's multi-billion dollar network products business, overseeing strategy, product management and solution development. Mr. Laxdal also served as chief technology officer and head of strategy for Ericsson North America. Prior to Ericsson, Mr. Laxdal served as vice president of global product management at Research in Motion. He served as Vice President of Femtocell Product Management at Airvana, Inc. since January 2009. In this role, Mr. Laxdal drived global product strategy for Femtocell Product Management's HubBub(TM) CDMA and UMTS femtocells as Airvana advances toward global deployments with mobile operators and through its multiple OEM partners. He has more than 15 years of experience in wireless infrastructure and telecom. He served as Vice President of Global Product Management for Nortel's CDMA and LTE Carrier Business where he contributed to the growth and success of that unit -- today a multi-billion dollar business. Previously, he held roles with Nortel in marketing, finance and operations. Mr. Laxdal holds a BA in Economics and BComm from the University of Saskatchewan, and an MBA from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.