QUEBEC CITY – EXFO Inc. has named Ciena exec Philippe Morin as its chief operating officer, effective early November.
Morin (pictured) will leave Ciena as SVP of worldwide sales and field operations on October 31, 2015. Previously Ciena's SVP of the global products group, Morin also held a number of leadership roles at Nortel Networks including president of metro Ethernet networks, VP and GM of optical networks, as well as positions in sales, marketing and product management in North America and Europe.
At EXFO, Morin will be responsible for the company’s global sales leadership, market development, marketing, product management and technology strategy. All sales and product management executives as well as the chief technology officer will report directly to him.
"I am delighted Philippe will be soon joining EXFO's executive team, given his wide-ranging experience and proven capabilities as a senior executive both at Ciena and Nortel," said EXFO founder, chairman and CEO Germain Lamonde, in the announcement. "His exceptional execution track record, as demonstrated by the strong sales growth he spearheaded at Ciena, along with his extensive background in delivering systems and integrated solutions to Tier-1 network operators and to fixed, wireless, cloud, data center and web-scale service providers, are well aligned with EXFO's core strategies. Philippe's leadership will clearly help EXFO drive top and bottom-line growth in fiscal 2016 and beyond, while strengthening my C-suite and succession plans."
