Founder of Calix, Inc., Carl E. Russo presently is President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at this company.

He is also Member-Managers Board at Swarthmore College.

Mr. Russo previously held the position of Vice President-Optical Strategy at Cisco Systems, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer for Cerent Corp. (a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.), Chief Operating Officer at Xircom, Inc., Senior Vice President & General Manager at Network Systems and Vice President & General Manager at AT&T Paradyne.