Gary Smith

Chief Executive Officer at CIENA CORPORATION

Net worth: 156 M $ as of 2026-05-30

65 year

73 connections

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Presently, Gary B. Smith is President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Ciena Corp. and Chief Executive Officer at Cyan, Inc. (a subsidiary of Ciena Corp.). He is also on the board of Commvault Systems, Inc. and Member of Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc., Member of Global Information Infrastructure Commission and Member of The Wall Street Journal CEO Council. In his past career Mr. Smith was Vice President-Sales & Marketing of Cray Communications, Inc. and Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Intelsat General Corp. He received an MBA from Ashridge Business School.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
CIENA CORPORATION 0.19%	2026-06-14	266,605 ( 0.19% )	155 M $	2026-05-30
PLANET LABS PBC CLASS A 0.01%	2025-11-10	32,468 ( 0.01% )	2 M $	2026-05-30

Latest news about Gary Smith

06-04	Ciena CEO Rejects Dot-Com Bubble Comparisons	MT
05-19	Lycra Company says to successfully complete comprehensive financial restructuring	RE

Gary Smith active positions

Companies	Position	Start
CIENA CORPORATION	Chief Executive Officer	2001-04-30
CYAN INC	Chief Executive Officer	2015-08-02
PLANET LABS PBC	Director/Board Member	2025-05-29
Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc. Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consulting and executives roundtable discussions services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Global Information Infrastructure Commission Global Information Infrastructure Commission Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as non profit organization which provides information, communication, technology, cyber security, policy, governance, cyber policy, economy, and internet	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
The Wall Street Journal CEO Council	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Former positions of Gary Smith

Companies	Position	End
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.	Director/Board Member	2021-08-18
Intelsat General Corp. Intelsat General Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Provides communications solutions	Sales & Marketing	1996-12-31
Cray Communications, Inc. Cray Communications, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Develops local area network computer systems	Sales & Marketing	1994-12-31
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Private companies	13
Ciena Corp. Ciena Corp. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Provides communication network equipment, associated software and professional services	Electronic Technology
Cyan, Inc. Cyan, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Operates as an automation software to accelerate 5G services	Technology Services
Cray Communications, Inc. Cray Communications, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Develops local area network computer systems	Technology Services
Commvault Systems, Inc. Commvault Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides data and information management software applications and services	Technology Services
AeA NJ-PA Council
Intelsat General Corp. Intelsat General Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Provides communications solutions	Communications
Ashridge Business School Ashridge Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc. Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consulting and executives roundtable discussions services	Commercial Services
Global Information Infrastructure Commission Global Information Infrastructure Commission Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as non profit organization which provides information, communication, technology, cyber security, policy, governance, cyber policy, economy, and internet	Commercial Services
Avaya Holdings Corp. Avaya Holdings Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud based contact center, communication and collaboration SaaS platforms	Technology Services
The Royal Photographic Society
The Wall Street Journal CEO Council
Planet Labs PBC Planet Labs PBC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Designs, builds and operates the earth observation fleet of imaging satellites	Technology Services