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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$23.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Fiber Optics Communications Equipment

President and Chief Executive Officer
Carl Russo
Number of Employees 380
Contact Information

16305 36th Ave N Ste 300

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55446

www.opticalsolu...

(763) 268-3300

NAICS Code Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing: 334210

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Carl Russo President and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Ashby CFO
John Colvin Calix Vice President, Field Operations
Michael Oquist Vice President, Manufacturing
Ray Savona Calix Vice President of Field Marketing
Dave Russell Solutions Marketing Director
Donovan Prostrollo Ioc Solutions Marketing Director
Manny Dasneves Caribbean Regional Manager
Michael T. Everett Director
Michael T. Flynn Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Don Listwin Chairman
Wayne Nemeth Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Vital Network Services, Inc. President & CEO, Calix Current
Optical Solutions Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Current
Norwest Venture Capital Current
Vital Network Services, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Calix CEO Former
Cerent Corporation CEO Former
Cerent Corporation president Former
Calix President Former
Network Systems Company Senior Vice President Former
Cisco Systems, Inc. group vice president Former
Network Systems Company General Manager Former
Swarthmore College Former

Canary Audit Committee Chair Michael has been working in the technology sector for the last 20 years and is currently CFO of Calix Networks and a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Calix he was VP of Finance at Cisco Sytems which he joined as a result of the acquisition of Cerent where he was CFO. Previously he was CFO of Ascend Communications and before that CFO of Pacific Bell. Earlier Michael was CEO at Network Systems and CFO at Teradata Corporation. Michael is a US citizen but was born and educated in the UK. He lives in the San Francisco East Bay with his two teenage children. Michael has a very strong interest in the early detection of cancer and has himself had prostate cancer on two occasions. He has been cancer free for over three years now, and counting.

Organization Position Status
Calix Networks Inc. CFO Current
Calix Cfo Current
Optical Solutions Inc. CFO Current
Canary Foundation Board of Directors Current
Optical Solutions Inc. Board of Directors Current
Network Systems Company CEO Former
Cisco Systems, Inc. vice president of finance Former

Organization Position Status
Optical Solutions Inc. Calix Vice President, Field Operations Current

Organization Position Status
Optical Solutions Inc. Vice President, Manufacturing Current

Organization Position Status
Optical Solutions Inc. Calix Vice President of Field Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Optical Solutions Inc. Solutions Marketing Director Current
Ftth Council NA. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Optical Solutions Inc. Ioc Solutions Marketing Director Current

Organization Position Status
Optical Solutions Inc. Caribbean Regional Manager Current

Don Listwin is a distinguished networking veteran with more than 25 years of industry experience. During the past two decades, he has served in senior executive roles at Cisco Systems and Openwave Systems. Listwin is Founder and Chairman of Canary Foundation, a public non-profit organization focused on advocating and funding the development of a Biomarker Discovery Platform (BDP) to provide for the early detection of cancer. The Canary Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of molecular diagnostics and applying the Internet collaboration model to the development of the BDP. Listwin serves on the Board of Directors of Sana Security, Calix Networks, GenoLogics, and the Listwin Family Foundation. Don is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle Washington. A native of Canada, Listwin holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Saskatchewan.

Organization Position Status
Canary Foundation Founder Current
Genologics Genologics Board Member and Founder of US Current
Canary Foundation Chairman Current
Optical Solutions Inc. Chairman Current
Calix Networks Inc. Board of Directors Current
Calix Board of Directors Current
Plos Co Board of Directors Current
Etek Board of Directors Former
TIBCO Software Inc. Board of Directors Former
University of Saskatchewan Doctorate Former
University of Saskatchewan B.S. In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Optical Solutions Inc. Director Current
Netro Corporation Cfo Former
WebEx Communications, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Bivio Networks, Inc. Cfo Former
Raychem Former
Webex, Inc. Former
University of Pennsylvania Law School J.D. Former
Dartmouth College B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Airspan Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Optical Solutions Inc. Director Current
Calix Director Current
Antelecom, Inc. Director Current
Standard Renewable Energy Board of Directors Current
Seapoint Ventures Board of Directors Current
WebEx Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
ALLTEL Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
Sb&C, Ltd. President Former
AT&T Inc. President Former
Southwestern Bell Telephone President Former
ALLTEL Corporation President Former
ALLTEL Corporation officer Former
BayPackets Board of Directors Former
Webex, Inc. Director Former
Texas A&M University Bachelor of Science Degree In Industrial Engineering Former
Airspan Networks, Inc. member Former

Organization Position Status
Sprout Group Partner Current
Lefthand Networks, Inc. Current
Parama Networks, Inc. Current
Calix Current
Optical Solutions Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Boeing Company engineer Former
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Former
Bachow & Associates, Inc. Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania MBA Former
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