Claudio Zugno is currently Senior Director of Optical Subsystems Product Line Management within the Optical Subsystems Product Unit of Optics Business Group. He has over 32 years of professional experience spent at Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel and Telettra, working in Optical groups. Claudio held positions in Advanced Research, Product Development, Pre-Sales, Product Strategy and Product Line Management. Over the course of his career, Claudio has developed expertise in Digital Signal Processing, Audio-Video Coding and relevant networking, Optical Propagation, DWDM/OTN technology, Systems, Subsys-tems and networking including relevant Engineering and Planning Tools.