Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) has promoted Michael Weening to executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO). Weening sees responsibilities for the broadband network technology company’s Revenue EDGE portfolio to his existing responsibilities leading sales, marketing, services, customer success and product operations.
Weening previously was executive vice president, global operations at Calix, a role he had held since December 2019. He joined the company as executive vice president, field (sales, marketing, services, and customer success) in 2016 from Salesforce. His resume includes sales and management roles at Bell and Microsoft, among other companies.
“Michael joined in 2016 and has been instrumental in building our field teams to maximize the opportunity that our cloud and software platforms create,” commented Carl Russo, president and CEO of Calix. “As we accelerate, strong aligned execution will be key. Michael has demonstrated his vision, leadership skill and commitment to building teams that deliver business transformation for our customers and we look forward to the team accelerating our growth under his leadership.”
“I am excited to have the opportunity to help lead this next stage of Calix’s growth,” said Weening. “Over the last decade Calix has been building our Intelligent Access EDGE and Revenue EDGE solutions that enable our customers to innovate at a pace never before seen in our industry. These solutions are enabling hundreds of service providers of all sizes and types to build the most advanced and lowest-opex fiber network in the world while also delivering the ultimate subscriber experience. This enables our customers to transform the way they do business at a critical time as society is being reshaped by the need to work and learn from home. I look forward to supporting the teams that are making those business transformations happen every single day.”
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