Michele Prior

CALIENT Technologies Inc.

CALIENT Technologies is the global leader in pure photonic Optical Circuit Switching technology and systems. The company's 3D-MEMS switches enable dynamic optical-layer sharing, optimization, and automation of high-performance test, compute, and network resources in data centers, optical transport networks, and DevOps test automation facilities. This allows network and facility operators to deploy expensive assets more efficiently and to significantly improve operational efficiency. With more than 750,000 optical terminations shipped, CALIENT has the largest installed base of optical circuit switches worldwide. The company designs and manufactures its systems using the state of art MEMS fabrication equipment at its corporate headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.