Helen Xenos

Senior Director, Portfolio Marketing at Ciena

Helen Xenos is Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena. She is responsible for introducing Ciena’s converged packet optical solutions and technologies to market, including Ciena’s industry leading WaveLogic high-capacity coherent optical solutions.  She is a frequent blogger and speaker and enjoys rendering technical speak into the exciting implications it means for network providers.

With >20 years in the telecommunications industry, Helen has held a variety of positions that have included product management for the optical and packet optical portfolio, customer program management, systems engineering and manufacturing test engineering. Helen joined Ciena from the Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) acquisition.