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TMCNet: Infinera Appoints James Laufman as General Counsel

[October 24, 2014]

Infinera Appoints James Laufman as General Counsel

(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/24/14 -- Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), a leading provider of Intelligent Transport Networks™, announced today that it has appointed James Laufman as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary as of October 20, 2014.



Mr. Laufman most recently served as Vice President and General Counsel of Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, which he joined in 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Laufman served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Integrated Device Technology, Inc., a semiconductor company, from 1999 to 2008. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and General Counsel of Rohm Corporation from 1994 to 1998. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Laufman worked as an Associate Attorney at the Berliner Cohen and Popelka Allard law firms specializing in the litigation and resolution of commercial transaction matters. Mr. Laufman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Finance (cum laude) from California State University, Chico and a Juris Doctorate degree from Santa Clara University School of Law.

"We are very excited to add Jim to our executive team with his significant experience working in the technology industry and look forward to his contributions to Infinera," said Tom Fallon, Infinera's Chief Executive Officer.

About InfineraInfinera (NASDAQ: INFN) provides Intelligent Transport Networks for network operators, enabling reliable, easy to operate, high-capacity optical networks. Infinera leverages its unique large scale photonic integrated circuits to deliver innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding network environments. Intelligent Transport Networks enable carriers, cloud network operators, governments and enterprises to automate, converge and scale their data center, metro, long-haul, and subsea optical networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com, follow us on Twitter @Infinera and read our latest blog posts at blog.infinera.com.

Infinera and the Infinera logo are registered trademarks of Infinera Corporation. All other trademarks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.

Contacts: Infinera Media: Anna Vue Tel. +1 (916) 595-8157 [email protected] Infinera Investors: Bob Jones Tel. +1 (408) 543-8140 [email protected] Source: Infinera

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