Company - Management Team

Mark Floyd is Cyan’s chief executive officer.

Mark joined the Cyan board as its first independent director in 2007 and was named chairman in January 2012.

Mark has had a long and successful career in the telecommunications and software industries. Most recently he was CEO at SafeNet, board chairman at NetSocket, and a director at Riverbed. Previously, Mark was CEO at Entrisphere, a leading broadband access supplier that was sold to Ericsson in 2007. He was also founder and CEO of broadband pioneer Efficient Networks, which went public in 1999 and was ultimately sold to Siemens for $1.5 billion 2001.

Mark has also worked within the venture-capital industry as a partner at El Dorado Ventures and an executive at Crosspoint Ventures. He has also held executive positions at NetWorth, Interphase, Scott Instruments, and Texas Instruments.

Mark attended University of Texas where he received a B.B.A. in finance.

Michael Hatfield runs overall product and market strategy

Michael is a veteran of three successful communications systems start-ups. Most recently Michael was founder and CEO of Calix (NYSE: CALX), a publicly held communication systems company. Calix is a leading provider of high-speed access systems for communications service providers.

Prior to Calix, Michael was co-founder and COO of Cerent, a leading provider of high-speed fiber-optics systems which was acquired by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) for $7B. Michael's initial start-up success came as an early team member and vice-president of marketing for Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC). During his tenure, AFC went from start-up to a publicly traded enterprise and was subsequently purchased by Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB).

He has also served in management roles at DSC Communications and Ameritech. Michael has a BSEE in Electrical Engineering and Mathematical Economics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an MBA in Finance from Indiana University.

Scott is responsible for financial operations, legal and IT at Cyan.

Scott is a seasoned finance executive bringing nearly 20 years of experience building both private and publicly traded technology companies. Scott has a diverse background with experience in financial operations, mergers and acquisitions, business development, international operations and securities offerings.

Most recently, Scott was Chief Financial Officer for Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc. a leading provider of managed Ethernet services to the enterprise. While at Yipes, Scott drove the company’s revenue growth as well as expansion of margins, culminating in its acquisition by Reliance Communications, Inc.

Prior to Yipes, Scott served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller of Ask Jeeves Inc. and During his tenure with the publicly held search portal, Bauer was responsible for worldwide external reporting, treasury and accounting and related finance functions. He was part of the management team that oversaw the company’s return to profitability and transition to a high-margin company. Ask Jeeves was acquired by IAC/Interactive Corporation in 2005.

Scott has also held various leadership roles at Barclays Global Investors, an asset management firm, and Arthur Andersen LLP, a professional services firm. Scott holds a bachelor's degree in business economics from the University of California-Santa Barbara and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He is a CFA® charterholder and a certified public accountant (CPA).

John Halliwell runs worldwide field operations.

John has over 20 years experience in senior mangement roles at both public and private technology companies. Prior to joining Cyan, John was a general manager of enterprise and partner business for Microsoft. In that capacity, John was resonsible for sales, service, and marketing and was essential in Microsoft's growth during that period. Prior to Microsoft, John was vice president of global accounts and business development at Avaya. Before that, he held the positions of vice president of media and communications for Salesforce.com, and development of a new go-to-market strategy for its launch of software platform as a service.

John has also held various leadership positions with Sun Microsystems, 3Com, Telecom New Zealand, and Apple, New Zealand.

Eric Clelland is responsible for sales and systems engineering for Cyan's North American markets.

Eric has an extensive background ranging from sales to systems engineering and business development for companies including Ameritech, Caymas, Cerent, Cisco and DSC Communications.

Most recently, Eric was an officer of Caymas Systems where he managed sales and business development.
Prior to joining Caymas, Eric was a senior sales executive at Cisco, leading a national sales operation selling all Cisco products. Eric joined Cisco through the acquisition of Cerent Corporation where he was the initial sales leader and helped drive customer requirements, secure Cerent’s initial design wins, and build the national sales team as the director of sales.

Prior to Cerent, Eric worked at DSC Communications in multiple sales and systems engineering roles. He started his career as an engineer at Ameritech in network planning and design. Eric holds a BSEE from Oakland University and a MSEE from the University of Michigan.
 

Rick Johnston is responsible for customer service and business operations at Cyan.

Rick has a long history in the region known as Telecom Valley, with roles ranging from customer service to business development and executive management with four highly successful communications start-ups.

Most recently, Rick was a co-founder and vice president of business development at Calix. His responsibilities included creating and fostering key partner relationships for Calix. He also served as the company's Chief Communications Officer where he was responsible for the company's communications, infrastructure, and personnel.

Prior to Calix, Rick was vice president of customer service at Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC). Rick joined AFC while it was still a young start-up and built a pre- and post-sales technical support organization. Rick was also an early participant in the first Telecom Valley start-up, Optilink Corporation. Optilink was later acquired by DSC and then Alcatel. Rick held management positions at DSC Communication and Rockwell Communications. Rick has a BS in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University.

Steve West is responsible for Cyan's technical direction.

Steve has a track record of telecom development innovation with Cyan as his third communications systems start-up. He was previously a member of the founding team at Turin Networks, Inc. where he was responsible for product architecture. Steve was also an early employee at Advanced Fibre Communications Inc. (AFC) where as the Director of Engineering, he was responsible for development of all international features.

Prior to arriving in the US, Steve developed ASIC's for use in telecommunications and mining blasting. Steve has an MSc (Engineering) and BSc (Engineering) (Cum Laude) from The University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Frank Wiener is responsible for marketing at Cyan.

Frank has a diverse professional background ranging from engineering to product management, marketing, sales, business development, general management and executive management for companies including Nortel, AT&T / Paradyne and Calix.

Most recently, Frank ran product development for Calix – leading product strategy, engineering and product management. Prior to this role, Frank founded Calix's field marketing team, wrote the Calix publication The Book on Video and was the lead author of The Book on Network Transformation. His initial role with Calix was leading business development where he founded the CalixCompatible partnership program.

Prior to joining Calix, Frank lead marketing, product strategy, product management, engineering and sales teams for Paradyne Corp. and AT&T Paradyne. He started his career as a network engineer supporting fiber transmission systems for Nortel Networks. Frank holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida.

Norm Foust is responsible for manufacturing operations at Cyan.

Norm brings 20 years of general management, manufacturing, strategic sourcing, supply chain management, and quality experience from industry leading telecommunication companies.

Prior to joining Cyan, Norm was vice president of operations at Dilithium Networks, a leading 3G telephony equipment provider, where he was responsible for the design and implementation of manufacturing outsource solutions.

Prior to Dilithium Networks, Norm was the director of operations and director of supply chain at Calix, where he was responsible for the global manufacturing outsource strategy, including the scalable expansion of manufacturing operations internationally in China and Mexico.

Prior to Calix, Norm held various supply chain and operations management roles with Advance Fibre Communications (AFC), Digital Switch Communications (DSC), and Fujitsu (FNTS).

Norm started his career as a manufacturing engineer for Texas Instruments in the Defense Systems Electronics Group. Norm holds a BSIEE from Penn State University.

Tom Corker is responsible for product management and business development at Cyan.

Tom is a veteran of three successful communications systems start-ups. Tom co-founded Calix in 1999 and held the position of vice president and general manager of access products. Tom was responsible for guiding all aspects of Calix product development, product marketing, and product line management during his tenure. Calix is now a publicly traded company. 

Prior to Calix, Tom was vice president of product marketing at Cerent Corporation, an industry leader in high-speed optical transport that was purchased by Cisco for $7B in 1999. Prior to Cerent, Tom was director of product marketing at Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC). During his tenure, AFC went from start-up to a publicly traded enterprise. Tom also has held development roles working on next-generation access products at DSC, acquired by Alcatel in 1998, and Nortel Networks. Tom holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.