Furqan Haq

Principal, Product Line Management at Ciena

Speaker

Furqan Haq is a Principal Product Line Manager at Ciena and is a key member of the team defining the SAOS 10.x network operating system roadmap and strategy. His primary areas of responsibility include IP routing, MPLS transport, and security. Furqan is also the lead technical architect of Ciena’s DCOM solution. With extensive experience in the networking industry, Furqan provides trusted guidance to Ciena’s broad IP customer base and helps shape Ciena’s roadmap strategy across key market segments, such as mobile backhaul, business and residential services, and IP/MPLS core networks and coherent routing.

With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Furqan previously served as a Consulting Engineer in Nokia’s IP Routing & Transport unit, specializing in core IP routing, MPLS VPNs, BNG, Carrier Ethernet, NFV, and SDN. His career also includes roles in R&D engineering, mobile backhaul support, and network design across IP and fixed-access products.