Cyan Optics Inc

Cyan is lead by a team of industry veterans with a history of communications innovation in both access and transport markets. The leadership team has a diverse set of experiences ranging from service provider roles in Bell Operating companies to co-founding multiple highly successful companies such as AFC (Advanced Fibre Communications), Cerent, Calix and Turin, to key roles in larger companies such as AT&T, Cisco and others. The combination of diverse experiences and a track record of working together in creating and scaling innovative companies has enabled Cyan to recruit top talent throughout the organization.

Michael Hatfield - President and Chief Executive Officer

Co-Founder, President and CEO
 
Michael Hatfield is a veteran of three successful communications systems start-ups. Most recently Michael was founder and CEO of Calix, a privately held communication systems company. Calix is a leading producer 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 acquired by Cisco Systems 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.
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.

Steve West - Chief Technology Officer

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Steve is responsible for product development and product management at Cyan.
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.
 

Eric Clelland - Vice President of Sales

Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales
Eric is responsible for sales and systems engineering at Cyan.
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 Systems, 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