Thomas Mock

THOMAS MOCK is currently Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, for Ciena Corporation. In this role he is responsible for defining the company’s market strategy and supporting product definition, requirements and marketing of Ciena’s portfolio of networking solutions. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Mock served as the company’s Vice President of Portfolio Management and previously as Senior Director of Product Management. He also served as Product Marketing Director for Ciena’s short-haul and access product lines after joining the company in 1997 as the International Product Marketing Manager. Prior to Ciena, Mr. Mock managed the product development organization for a T1 multiplexer company. Mr. Mock received his B.S.E.E. from the Georgia Institute of Technology.