Kevin Sheehan serves as CTO of the Americas and VP of Sales Engineering and Strategic Solution Sales for Ciena. In this role, he leads a large team of Sales Engineers and Strategic sellers across the Americas region and is responsible for selling and positioning all products and services. He has more than 25 years of experience leading high-performance cross-functional teams and building very successful product lines and early-stage companies.

Prior to his current role at Ciena, Kevin was General Manager of Ciena Agility, where he was responsible for building and leading Ciena’s software business. Prior to that, Kevin was a key leader and strategist within one of Ciena’s fastest-growing business segments while serving as Ciena’s Vice President of Product Line Management for packet networking solutions.

Before his time at Ciena, from 2003 to 2011, Kevin was CEO of Hatteras Networks, where he led the company from zero revenue to strong profitable growth with global deployments and an eventual exit with what is now Adtran. Before joining Hatteras, Kevin held senior leadership positions with Alcatel, Packet Engines and SMC.

Kevin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and a Master of Science degree from Stony Brook University in New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Dowling College. Kevin has been globally recognized with American Business Awards “Stevie Award” as Best Telecommunications CEO in 2008 and Light Reading’s Leading Lights CEO of the Year Award in 2006.