2017 MILCOM

Bob Kimball
Chief Technical Officer
Ciena Government Solutions


Mr. Kimball is the CTO of Ciena Government Solutions responsible for identifying technology directions and product positioning for sales of Ciena optical networking products in the DOD, Civilian Government, and Research and Education market segments. Recent projects include integration of command and control between SatCom space and ground architectures, advances in the physics of network resiliency, enhanced network security, and the impact to Green initiatives from the evolution of optical transport and switching technologies. Mr. Kimball is a recognized expert in the security of network infrastructure and automated response to cyber-events and has authored numerous papers in this area. Prior to coming to Ciena, Mr. Kimball held positions at the Defense Information Systems Agency, MITRE, and AT&T Bell Laboratories where he was a subject matter expert and engineering manager in transmission engineering for both submarine and terrestrial optical networks. He has a background in nonlinear optics and modeling complex optical systems.

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