secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CIENA CORP (CIEN)
CIK:        0000936395
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000936395-23-000037
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ciena appoints DiPerna and Gage to executive team; McFeely transitions to advisory role
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- Scott McFeely resigns as SVP Global Products & Services, effective Oct 27, and moves to advisory role on exec leadership team.
- Dino DiPerna promoted to SVP Global R&D, previously VP of R&D for optical portfolio including WaveLogic coherent tech.
- Brodie Gage promoted to SVP Global Products and Supply Chain, overseeing product line management, supply chain, and SE&I.
- Both DiPerna and Gage report to CEO Gary Smith; appointments effective Oct 27, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000093639523000037/0000936395-23-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000093639523000037/cien-20231002.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936395-23-000037

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