(VEN) Ciena (NYSE: CIEN), a network strategy and technology company, recently appointed Dion Leung as Regional Managing Director of Asia, where he leads the company’s strategy and execution in the region’s emerging markets. Based in Singapore, Dion reports directly to Rick Seeto, Ciena’s Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ). Dion Leung – Ciena’s Regional Managing Director of Asia Dion Leung joined Ciena from Coriant, where he was Vice President of Business Development in Asia and responsible for identifying and cultivating opportunities in the region for the company’s connectivity solutions. Prior to that, he led sales and development of Tellabs’ optical business in Asia and the U.S. Dion holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta. Asia’s emerging markets present many opportunities for Ciena as network operators look to transform their networks to meet rapid growth and future demand. Ciena has brought on new regional experts who boast a wealth of experience in Asia’s emerging markets: Wong Kian Soon, based in Malaysia, was recently appointed Sales Engineering Manager for North Asia supporting Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Thailand and Vietnam in addition to Malaysia. With more than 15 years of network architecture design experience, he is responsible for positioning Ciena’s industry-leading converged packet-optical, packet networking and automation software portfolios with customers in these countries. KokChen Lim joins as a new Sales Engineer also based in Malaysia. He helps identify sales opportunities in both Malaysia and Singapore, two important emerging markets for Ciena… [Read full story]
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