
	Michael serves as Calix&#39;s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer through February 28, 2014 and a member of the board of directors through February 11. He will continue in an advisory capacity for six months following his departure as an employee of the company. Prior to Calix, Michael was vice president of finance at Cisco, with responsibility for financial planning and investor relations. Michael joined Cisco in 1999 as a result of the acquisition of Cerent Corporation, where he was CFO. Prior to Cerent, Michael was executive vice president and CFO of Ascend Communications (later purchased by Lucent). Earlier, Michael was vice president and CFO at Pacific Telesis Enterprise Group, a division of Pacific Telesis Group, Inc. (later purchased by SBC Communications). Michael has also held the executive management positions of CFO, president, and CEO at Network Systems Corporation, and CFO of Teradata Corporation. Michael currently serves on the Board of Directors and chairman of the audit committee of Canary Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted exclusively to early detection of cancer.
