[May 22, 2013] TELLABS INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers Tweet (Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On May 20, 2013, Tellabs, Inc. (the "Company") announced that Andrew B. Szafran, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has resigned from the Company for personal reasons, unrelated to the Company's operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Thomas P. Minichiello, Tellabs Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as acting CFO. Mr. Minichiello, 54, previously served as acting CFO from December 2011 through April 2012. Mr. Minichiello has been Tellabs' Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer since August 2007. From 2004 to August 2007, Mr. Minichiello served as Vice President, Financial Operations. Previously, Mr. Minichiello held the positions of Vice President of Finance for Global Sales and Service, Vice President of Finance for North America, and Director of Finance for the Company's global product divisions and North American sales and marketing functions. Mr. Minichiello joined Tellabs in 2001 as Controller for optical networking products group. Mr. Minichiello holds a M.B.A. from DePaul University, a M.S. in Accounting from the University of Hartford, and a B.A. in Economics from Villanova University. Mr. Minichiello is a Certified Public Accountant. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]