Lorenzo Ghioni

Lorenzo has more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications product management, mainly focused on Optical Transport and he is a strong advocate for Cisco Routed Optical Networking solutions. Working with Cisco since 2000, he has managed long haul and extended long haul products focusing on flexible and integrated transport networks for the last 20 years. Currently leading the Product Management and Technical Marketing teams for Optical Systems and Coherent Optics, Lorenzo was part of the original Cisco core team developing Converged Transport functionalities and ROADM solutions for multiple Cisco platforms including ONS 15454 MSTP, NCS 2000, NCS 4000 and NCS 1000. Based in Vimercate, Italy, Lorenzo obtained his master’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Politecnico di Milano university. Prior to Cisco, he was a Product Line Manager for Pirelli Optical System. He holds multiple patents in the optical transport field.