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Philip Koen Joins Infinera Board
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - February 11, 2010) - Infinera (NASDAQ : INFN ) announced today that
Philip Koen has joined the Infinera board of directors. Mr. Koen brings his
substantial experience from the service provider industry to the Infinera
board of directors.
Philip Koen was CEO of SAVVIS, a global leader in IT infrastructure
services for business applications, from March 2006 until January 2010.
Prior to joining SAVVIS, Mr. Koen served for more than four years as CEO of
Equinix, one of the world's largest operators of data centers and carrier
hotels. Mr. Koen holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A.
from the University of Virginia.
Mr. Koen joins outside directors Reed Hundt, formerly chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission and now with Charles Ross Partners, Ken
Goldman, Dr. Dan Maydan, Carl Redfield, and Kambiz Hooshmand.
"We are pleased to welcome Phil to our board," said Infinera CEO Tom
Fallon. "His deep experience with service providers at the cutting edge of
technology will provide Infinera with a valuable perspective."
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
customers with simpler and more flexible engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated services
without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more information,
please visit http://www.infinera.com/.
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uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to
Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially
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business tactics by our competitors, our dependence on a single product,
our ability to protect our intellectual property, claims by others that we
infringe their intellectual property, our manufacturing process is very
complex, product performance problems we may encounter, our dependence on
sole or limited source suppliers, our ability to respond to rapid
technological changes, our ability to maintain effective internal controls,
the ability of our contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, a new
technology being developed that replaces the PIC as the dominant technology
in optical networks, general political, economic and market conditions and
events, including war, conflict or acts of terrorism; and other risks that
may impact Infinera's business are set forth in our annual report Form
10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 17, 2009, as well as
subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These statements are based on information available to us as
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result of new information, future events or otherwise.