Test and measurement vendor EXFO announced that Philippe Morin will be joining the company as chief operating officer (COO) in early November.
Morin, who has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, will leave Ciena as senior vice‐president of worldwide sales and field operations on October 31, 2015. Previously, he was Ciena’s senior vice‐president of the global products group and held a number of leadership roles at Nortel Networks including president of Metro Ethernet Networks, vice‐president and general manager of Optical Networks, as well as having held positions in sales, marketing and product management in North America and Europe.
Morin will be responsible for EXFO’s global sales leadership, market development, marketing, product management and technology strategy. All sales and product management executives, along with the chief technology officer (CTO), will report directly to Morin.