Ciena Corporation announced the appointment of Marc D. Graff as Senior Vice President, effective August 1, 2025. Reporting to President and CEO Gary B. Smith as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, he will be based at Ciena?s corporate headquarters in Maryland. Mr. Graff has nearly 30 years of global finance experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), tax and trade matters, and accounting, including more than nine years in Asia.
Before joining Ciena, he served as Senior Vice President and CFO at Altera Corporation, where he was instrumental in executing the majority sale of Altera from Intel Corporation. Prior to Altera, Mr. Graff served as CFO and Chief Operating Officer for Intel?s Data Center and Artificial Intelligence Group, and previously held other executive finance roles across various manufacturing and business units at Intel. Mr. Graff holds a Bachelor of Science in finance and economics from the University of Colorado and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
Ciena previously announced the retirement of James E. Moylan, Jr., Senior Vice President, effective August 28, 2025. Until that time, Mr. Moylan will assist in the transition of his responsibilities to Mr. Graff.
