Kevin Sheehan

A proven, highly motivated, and innovative product and sales executive. Exceptional product management, global sales, and marketing leadership track record. Kevin has 25 years of award-winning experience leading high-performance cross-functional teams and building very successful product lines, companies and new divisions within corporations. During his past 4 + years with Ciena he was called upon to lead product management and stimulate growth in their Packet Networking division. After completing that mission, Kevin was asked to lead a newly created SW division of Ciena that was initially named "Agility". In this role, Kevin led all aspects of the new division and created organic growth and grew inorganically by acquiring Cyan Networks and their industry-leading "Blue Planet" software solution. The Agility division was re-branded as Blue Planet and Kevin moved forward leading global sales and go-to-market activities for the division. Prior to joining Ciena, Kevin was CEO of Hatteras Networks from 2003 to 2011 where he led the company from zero revenue to tens of millions of annual revenue with continuous annual growth. He led the venture-backed company from initial losses to strong profitable growth
. Along the way, Kevin and his team secured contracts with 2 of the top 5 Data and Telecom service providers in the world. 
 Kevin is well regarded in the industry as a charismatic leader, recruiting and leading high-performance teams in both large corporate and small/entrepreneurial environments. From 2009 to 2010 Hatteras' annual revenue grew at a rate greater than 50% and enabled Kevin to lead the sale of Hatteras to Overture Networks. Kevin was awarded the 'Leading Light' award for Best CEO leadership in 2006 and the prestigious American Business "Stevie Award" in 2008 for Best CEO Telecommunications. Kevin currently resides in Raleigh NC. He previously lived with his family in NY, Washington State, and Arizona.