Gary Smith vs Fred Kornberg

Gary Smith

CEO of CIENA CORPORATION

BIO: Mr. Gary B. Smith has been Principal Executive Officer of Cyan, Inc. since August 3, 2015. Mr. Smith has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Ciena Corporation since May 2001. Mr. Smith serves as the President of CIENA Communications, Inc. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Ciena Corporation from October 2000 to November 4, 2005. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ciena Corporation from August 1999 to October 2000. He resumed primary responsibilities for Ciena Corporation.'s worldwide sales efforts in November 2002. He served as Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales of Ciena Corporation from September 1998 to August 1999 and served as its Vice President of International Sales since joining in November 1997. From June 1995 to October 1997, He served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Intelsat Investments S.A and Cray Communications Inc. He has been a Director of Avaya Inc. since December 6, 2011. He serves as a Director of Valaran Corporation. He served as a Lead Director of Commvault Systems, Inc. since May 2006 and has been its Director since May 2004. He has been a Director of Ciena Corporation. since October 2000. He served as a Director at Avaya Holdings Corp. He serves as a Director for the American Electronics Association. Mr. Smith is a member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, the Global Information Infrastructure Commission and the Center for Corporate Innovation (CCI). Mr. Smith received his master's in business administration from Ashridge Management College, United Kingdom.

Fred Kornberg

CEO of Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

BIO: Mr. Fred Kornberg has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. since September 29, 2016 and previously served as its Chief Executive Officer and President from 1976 to January 2015. Mr. Kornberg served as Executive Vice President of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. from 1971 to 1976 and served as its General Manager of the telecommunications transmission segment. He has been the Chairman of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. since September 27, 2011. He serves as the Chairman of Comtech PST Corp. He served as an Executive Chairman from January 2015 to January 2016. Mr. Kornberg has been a Director of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. since 1971.