[July 09, 2010] Ciena appoints James Frodsham to assume integration responsibilities of Nortel Tweet Jul 09, 2010 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- Network solutions provider Ciena Corporation (Nasdaq:CIEN) announced on Thursday that James Frodsham, senior vice president and chief strategy officer, will assume responsibility for the company's ongoing integration of the acquired optical and Carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business, effective 1 August 2010. Frodsham had led the deal team for the acquisition and has since remained central to integration planning and execution. Frodsham, who has over 20 years of experience in the communications equipment industry, joined Ciena in 2004. Prior to that he was in senior level positions with Nortel for over 10 years. The company also announced that Arthur D Smith PhD, senior vice president and chief integration officer, has resigned effective 31 July 2010, under the terms of an agreement, details of which were not available. The company said that its integration activities are proceeding well and remain on track. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]