Sector: Information Technology
Director information for CALIX NETWORKS INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Russo | Chairman of the Board | 69 | ["Chairman of the Board since July 2021", "Chief Executive Officer from December 2002 until September 2022", "President from December 2002 to January 2021", "Vice President of Optical Strategy and Group Vice President of Optical Networking at Cisco Systems, Inc.", "President and Chief Executive Officer of Cerent Corporation", "Chief Operating Officer at Xircom, Inc.", "Senior Vice President and General Manager for Hyperchannel Networking at Network Systems Corporation", "Vice President and General Manager of Data Networking Products Division at AT&T Paradyne Corporation", "Served on the board of directors of Vital Network Services, Inc.", "Served on the board of directors of Xirrus, Inc.", "Attended Swarthmore College"] | [] | 2026 |
| Christopher J. Bowick | Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; Director | 70 | ["Extensive experience in advising and managing companies in the technology and telecommunications industries", "Principal of The Bowick Group, LLC", "Former senior vice president of engineering and chief technical officer at Cox Communications", "Responsible for strategic technology planning and day-to-day technical operations at Cox", "Former group vice president of technology and chief technical officer for Jones Intercable, Inc.", "Former vice president of engineering for Scientific Atlanta", "Design engineer for Rockwell International", "Holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado", "Holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee", "Strategic Committee", "Nominating and Corporate Governance", "Talent and Compensation (Chair)"] | 2026 |
| Kathleen Crusco | Chair of Audit Committee; Independent director | 61 | ["Chief financial officer at Bonterra Tech LLC", "Executive vice president and chief financial officer at Kony, Inc.", "Executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Epicor Software Corporation", "Senior vice president and chief financial officer at Activant Solutions Inc.", "Vice president of worldwide finance at Polycom", "Financial roles at Documentum, Inc., Adaptec, Inc. and Price Waterhouse LLP", "Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from California State University, Chico"] | ["Audit Committee", "Audit", "Strategic"] | 2026 |
| Kevin Peters | Chair of Talent and Compensation Committee; Lead Independent Director | 61 | ["wealth of leadership experience", "28-year career with AT&T", "president and CEO of Titanium Software", "president and CEO of NetNumber Inc.", "executive vice president, global customer service at AT&T", "various roles in information technology, sales, engineering and finance at AT&T", "senior vice president, network engineering at AT&T", "senior vice president, global network technology program management at AT&T Labs", "chief marketing officer, business at AT&T", "providing advisory services to companies"] | ["Audit Committee", "Talent and Compensation Committee", "Strategic Committee", "Audit", "AI and Cybersecurity", "Nominating and Corporate Governance"] | 2026 |
| Kira Makagon | Member of Talent and Compensation Committee; Independent director | 62 | ["extensive experience in global platform strategy", "technology", "cybersecurity", "operations", "high technology executive leadership", "president and chief operating officer at RingCentral, Inc.", "executive vice president and chief innovation officer at RingCentral", "senior vice president of products of iCrossing", "various executive leadership roles at Red Aril, Inc.", "co-founder and president of NebuAd, Inc.", "various roles at Exigen Group", "co-founded Octane Software and Scopus Technology"] | ["Talent and Compensation Committee", "AI and Cybersecurity Committee", "AI and Cybersecurity", "Talent and Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Michael J. Berry | Independent director; Member of Audit Committee | 62 | ["More than 30 years of finance experience", "Operations experience", "General management experience in global software, cloud and appliance businesses", "CFO for MongoDB, Inc.", "Former CFO of NetApp, Inc.", "Former CFO of McAfee LLC", "Former CFO of FireEye", "Former CFO of Informatica", "Experience in leading finance for technology companies"] | ["Audit", "Strategic", "Audit Committee", "Strategic Committee"] | 2026 |
| Michael Weening | President and Chief Executive Officer | 57 | ["substantial experience and knowledge regarding business strategy, markets and operations", "extensive background in the telecommunications and networking technology industries", "served in multiple executive roles at Calix", "held various sales executive leadership roles at Salesforce, Inc.", "senior vice president of global customer success and services at Salesforce", "senior vice president of customer and sales growth in Japan and Asia Pacific at Salesforce", "vice president of business sales at Bell Mobility", "various sales leadership roles at Microsoft Corporation", "Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Brock University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Rajatish Mukherjee | Member of AI and Cybersecurity Committee; Independent director | 49 | ["more than 20 years of experience in global platform and software companies focused on the SMB market", "senior vice president of Product and Technology at PayPal, Inc.", "executive vice president and general manager for Employer at Indeed", "general manager of SMB at Indeed", "senior vice president of Product at Indeed", "senior vice president of Product at GoDaddy", "Product Management for Domains for Google Apps and Google Drive for enterprises at Google", "senior product manager for the Online Services division at Microsoft", "joint Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley & Columbia Business School", "Bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Jadavpur University"] | ["AI and Cybersecurity Committee", "Talent and Compensation Committee", "AI and Cybersecurity", "Talent and Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Wade Oosterman | Chair of Strategic Committee; Strategic Committee Chair | 65 | ["substantial experience in executive leadership roles at BCE", "expertise in wireless, residential and small business segments", "background in media including television, radio, digital", "experience in brand and marketing", "leadership in social and digital media, video streaming platforms, smart data and IoT", "president and chief executive officer of Peyden Inc.", "former vice chairman of Bell Canada", "former president of Bell Media", "former president of Bell Mobility", "co-founder of Clearnet Communications Inc."] | ["Strategic Committee", "Nominating and Corporate Governance", "Strategic"] | 2026 |
