Carl Russo

Carl has served as chairman since July 2021. Carl previously served as Calix’s chief executive officer from December 2002 through September 2022 and as Calix’s president from December 2002 until January 2021. As Calix’s chairman of the board, Carl brings substantial expertise and knowledge regarding our business strategy, markets and operations to Calix’s board of directors. He also brings to the Board an extensive background in the telecommunications and networking technology industries.

From November 1999 to May 2002, Carl served as vice president of optical strategy and group vice president of optical networking of Cisco Systems, Inc. From April 1998 to October 1999, he served as president and chief executive officer of Cerent Corporation, which was acquired by Cisco. From April 1995 to April 1998, Carl served in various capacities, including as chief operating officer, at Xircom, Inc., which was acquired by Intel Corporation. Previously, he served as senior vice president and general manager for the hyperchannel networking group of Network Systems Corporation and as vice president and general manager of the data networking products division of AT&T Paradyne Corporation. Carl served on the board of directors of Vital Network Services, Inc., a privately-held company delivering network lifecycle services, and Xirrus, Inc., a privately-held company providing products that enable high-performance wireless networks.

Carl attended Swarthmore College and previously served on its board of managers.

Michael Weening

Michael was promoted to President and CEO of Calix in September 2022. He brings more than 20 years of experience leading growth, strategy and transformation to his role as President and CEO.  Michael most recently served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2021. Michael joined Calix from Salesforce where he served as the senior vice president of Global Customer Success and senior vice president, Japan and Asia-Pacific Customer Success, Services and Alliances.

Over the span of his career, Michael has held executive positions in North America, Europe and Asia. Previously, Michael held leadership roles at Bell Mobility in Canada, where he was vice president of business and consumer sales. Michael also held sales leadership roles at Microsoft, in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, from Brock University supported by ongoing executive education at Queens, Wharton and USC.

Cory Sindelar

Cory is Chief Financial Officer at Calix, and has an extensive 25-year track record as a senior financial leader working for technology companies. He joined Calix from Violin Memory, where he was Chief Financial Officer. He also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Ikanos Communications, leading several strategic transactions during his tenure. Cory also held various finance positions at EMC Corporation. Prior, Cory was vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer at Legato Systems, Inc., which was acquired by EMC. Cory holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from Georgetown University.

Martha Galley

Martha is the executive vice president of our customer engagement and services organization at Calix. The Calix customer engagement and services team is responsible for helping customers successfully use and derive value from their investments in our strategic products and platforms, and includes the global Support, Customer Success, Education and Professional Services teams along with Renewals. Martha has held technology leadership positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, Microsoft and Salesforce during her career. She joined us most recently from Salesforce where her team built the Global Programs, Services and Content Assets for Customer Success, driving adoption for over 200K customers world-wide for Sales, Marketing, and Support cloud products as well as developer tools, and a renewal portfolio over $800M annually. At Microsoft, Martha ran enterprise sales for the majority of her tenure as GM of the business with Verizon, then leading the sales teams for the western US portfolio of telecommunications, media and entertainment companies. Among others her teams covered AT&T, Cisco, T-Mobile, Disney, Newscorp and Viacom, with full P&L responsibility of sell-to and sell-through business. In her last role with Microsoft, Martha built the Telco Partner Channel and Go-to-Market strategy for launching Office365 as part of Value-Added bundles to Small Business customers across all major markets in Latin and South America. She is a graduate of Smith College where she serves on the Presidential Board and is a published scientific author.

Matt Collins

Matt is executive vice president of commercial operations and chief marketing officer (CMO) for Calix. The Calix commercial operations team is responsible for supply chain operations, demand management, commercial strategy and analytics, field operations, and global process transformation. Matt also leads the Calix go-to-market team which is responsible for corporate, field, and product marketing, as well as partner operations and business development. Over the course of his career, Matt has built and led marketing and strategy teams at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), IBM, McKinsey, and Merck. At D&B Matt was SVP of global marketing and go-to-market strategy. Prior to joining D&B, he spent over a decade at IBM in senior marketing and strategy roles across IBM’s software, hardware and services businesses. While at IBM Matt also led several cross-company “Smarter Planet” growth initiatives and helped build the chief analytics officer function. While at McKinsey, he worked with many of the firm’s leading global clients to help them transform their go-to-market and operations strategies. Matt received his MBA from Harvard University and has a B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Parul Kapoor

Parul Kapoor leads the global Talent & Culture team, and operations supporting the company’s 800+ employees around the world. Parul joins us with a solid track record of developing and leading human resource programs at Cadence Design Systems where she was most recently the Human Resource Vice President for Global R&D, IT, and Marketing and Business Development. Parul had several roles during her 12 year stay at Cadence where she oversaw rapid growth, transformation and scaling processes, and prior she was an HR business partner for Sales at Google in India. Parul has a BS in Biology from the University of Delhi and an MBA from the Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development in Pune.

Shane Eleniak

Shane is the Executive Vice President of Products at Calix. In this role Shane is responsible for all of Calix’s products – Access, Premises, Cloud and Ecosystem and leads the teams responsible for Product Strategy, Product Management, Engineering, Cloud Operations and Technology. He has more than 30 years of experience creating cloud, software and networking innovation. Prior to joining Calix, Shane was the Group Vice President of the Advanced Broadband Solutions (ABS) business unit at CommScope, responsible for their edge, access and CPE products. Earlier in his career, Shane was EVP of Marketing and Business Development for Alloptic where he was the corporate officer responsible for all product and commercial operations. Shane previously held several key executive management positions in marketing, product management, business development and engineering at such industry leaders as Corrigent Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, and Telus. Shane holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta.

Doug McNitt

Doug is executive vice president and general counsel at Calix, where he is responsible for driving our legal strategy and enabling our next generation of legal leaders. He is passionate about building and leading high-performing and inclusive teams, with 30 years of experience successfully leading legal and other critical functions, including corporate development, data protection & privacy, ethics & human rights, government affairs and legal operations. Prior to joining Calix, Doug served as general counsel and secretary at Vectra AI, Inc., Sourcefire, Inc. (FIRE) and webMethods, Inc. (WEBM), and held senior legal positions at Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) and America Online, Inc. (AOL). Doug started his legal career practicing law with several leading law firms in the Washington Metropolitan Area, specializing in corporate and technology transactions. Doug received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Relations from Stanford University and his law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School.

Mark Dressler

Mark is the executive vice president of global sales for Calix and has 30 years of experience in the communications service provider industry. Mark is responsible for all sales activities at Calix leading a team working to transform our customers business and services models. Before joining Calix, Mark held a variety of executive sales, marketing, and business development roles at Nortel. Mark previously held various senior engineering and management positions in the communications industry. Mark has a BSEE from Purdue University.

Jerry Cederlund

Jerry Cederlund is senior vice president of supply chain operations for Calix. Jerry brings over 35 years of experience leading and transforming high-technology supply chains. Jerry joins Calix with a track record of developing and implementing advanced supply chain strategies. Prior to joining Calix, Jerry held senior leadership roles with Motorola, ARRIS and CommScope in manufacturing, distribution, logistics, strategic sourcing, product line management, quality, strategy leadership and operations management. Jerry has held executive positions in North America, the United Kingdom and Singapore. Jerry received his MBA from Saïd Business School, Oxford University in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor’s degree in Computing Systems from DePaul University in Chicago.

Michel Langlois

Michel is responsible for R&D strategy, product development, engineering processes, product quality, and R&D strategic partnerships. He has more than 32 years of experience in networking technologies, large-scale software development, engineering management, and methodologies. Before joining Calix, Michel was Senior Vice President, Junos software at Juniper Networks. Prior to Juniper, he served as Senior Vice President, Network Software and System Technology Group (NSSTG) responsible for the IOS software/platform at Cisco Systems. Michel has a BSEE from the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada.