$CIEN

Gary B. Smith

Ciena

President & CEO • Since 2001 • Information Technology

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2025 vs FY2024 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

85/100

Blend of this company's year-over-year free-cash-flow and profit improvement, each ranked as a percentile against every scored company in the three indexes.

Free cash flow: $378M → $665M (+76.1% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024
Profit (net income): $84M → $123M (+46.9% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024

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Overview

Gary B. Smith is the president & ceo of Ciena since 2001. Ciena is a Information Technology company headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, founded in 1992, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

Gary holds the chief executive role at Ciena with the title President & CEO — in post since 2001. This page is the concise leadership record for Ciena in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format.

At a Glance

Sector: Information Technology
Ticker: $CIEN
Headquarters: Hanover, Maryland
Founded: 1992
CEO since: 2001
Index: S&P 500 (#103 of 500)