HASSAN M. AHMED, PH.D.

Software Technology Evidence

5 mention(s) identify HASSAN M. AHMED, PH.D. as having software/technology expertise.

Company	Filing Date	Evidence	Reason
CIENA CORP	2021-02-18	Dr. Ahmed most recently served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Affirmed Networks, Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft in April 2020. Before founding Affirmed Networks, Inc. in 2010, he was a senior advisor at Charles River Ventures. From 1998 to 2008, Dr. Ahmed served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sonus Networks, Inc. Prior to that time, he served in various executive roles at Ascend Communications, Inc., Cascade Communications Corporation and Analog Devices, Inc.. He also served as President and founder of WaveAccess, Inc. and founded and served as director of the VLSI Systems Group of Motorola Codex.	Dr. Ahmed has significant industry knowledge and expertise in NFV solutions and has served as CEO of technology companies in adjacent spaces, indicating a strong technical background relevant to software and programming.
CIENA CORP	2022-02-15	Skills and Qualifications: Prior service as a Chief Executive Officer of a technology company in an adjacent space; Significant industry knowledge and expertise in NFV solutions; Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Sway AI, Inc.	Former CEO of technology companies including Affirmed Networks and Sway AI, with significant industry knowledge in NFV solutions and AI, indicating strong technical and software-related expertise.
CIENA CORP	2023-02-16	Dr. Ahmed has served as Executive Chairman and CEO of Sway AI, Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence technologies and services, since March 2021 and served as Executive Chairman of Founder SPAC, a special purpose acquisition company, from March 2021 to August 2022. He previously served as Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of Affirmed Networks, Inc., a provider of virtualized, cloud-native mobile network solutions, which was acquired by Microsoft in April 2020. Before founding Affirmed Networks in 2010, he was a senior advisor at Charles River Ventures. From 1998 to 2008, Dr. Ahmed served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sonus Networks, Inc. Prior to that time, he served in various executive roles at Ascend Communications, Inc., Cascade Communications Corporation and Analog Devices, Inc. He also served as President and founder of WaveAccess, Inc. and founded and served as director of the VLSI Systems Group of Motorola Codex. Dr. Ahmed previously served as Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering and Associate Professor of Finance at Boston University.	Dr. Ahmed has served as CEO of Sway AI, Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence technologies, and was CEO of Affirmed Networks, a provider of virtualized, cloud-native mobile network solutions acquired by Microsoft. He has extensive technical and executive experience in technology companies, including founding and directing technical groups and serving as an associate professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering.
CIENA CORP	2024-02-08	Dr. Ahmed has served as Executive Chairman and CEO of Sway AI, Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence technologies and services, since March 2021... He also served as Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering and Associate Professor of Finance at Boston University.	Dr. Ahmed has served as Executive Chairman and CEO of Sway AI, Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence technologies and services, and has significant industry knowledge and expertise in NFV solutions. He also has a background as an Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, indicating technical and programming skills.
CIENA CORP	2025-02-13	Dr. Ahmed has served as Executive Chairman and CEO of Sway AI, Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence technologies and services. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of Affirmed Networks, Inc., a provider of virtualized, cloud-native mobile network solutions. He also served as Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering at Boston University.	He has significant experience as CEO of technology companies in adjacent spaces, including AI and virtualized cloud-native mobile network solutions, and was an Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, indicating strong technical and programming skills.