Massimo Leo currently holds the position of Product Marketing Director for Alcatel-Lucent’s Optics Division in Vimercate, Italy. He has worldwide responsibility for marketing and positioning for the global Optics product portfolio, including photonic systems, optical cross-connects and multi-service packet transport aggregation platforms.
Prior to his current position, Massimo was Product Marketing responsible for the portfolio of optical aggregation products at former Alcatel’s Optical Networks Division, with focus on technologies such as SDH, Carrier Ethernet and MPLS.
He started his professional career in 1991 as software developer for transmission network management at Marconi in Italy.
In 1996 he joined Alcatel’s optical networking activities in Germany with responsibility for technical validation and integration for SDH networks. In 2000 he held the position of sales manager for cross-connect systems. In 2001 he moved back to Italy at Alcatel’s Optical Networks Division headquarters in Vimercate, where he was Product Promotion manager for the SDH portfolio.
Massimo holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Genoa, Italy.