May. 18 at 9:46 PM
The president of
$NOK Network Infrastructure has joined the
$PENG board.
Notable members include:
Penny Herscher (
$LITE chair)
Mark Papermaster (CTO of
$AMD)
Ian Colle (former Amazon Advanced Computing head)
David Heard (former CEO of Infinera, now at NOK)
Heard previously led Infinera, the photonic chip firm acquired by Nokia for
$2.3B, and brings over 40 years in optical networking from roles at JDS Uniphase, Lucent, and AT&T.
That acquisition helped Nokia shift into vertically integrated optical systems with in-house chip capability. In Q1 2026, Optical Networks grew 20% YoY, and Network Infrastructure guidance was raised to 12–14%.
Now the architect of Nokia’s optical push sits on a nine-member board alongside top figures from LITE, AMD, and
$AMZN.
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