Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) Q1 2021 Earnings Conference Call March 4, 2021 8:30 AM ET
Company Participants
Gregg Lampf - Vice President of Investor Relations
Gary Smith - President and Chief Executive Officer
James Moylan - Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Scott McFeely - Senior Vice President of Global Products and Services
Conference Call Participants
Rod Hall - Goldman Sachs
George Notter - Jefferies
Simon Leopold - Raymond James
Meta Marshall - Morgan Stanley
Paul Silverstein - Cowen and Company
John Marchetti - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company
Tal Liani - Bank of America
Alex Henderson - Needham & Company
Amit Daryanani - Evercore ISI
Samik Chatterjee - JPMorgan
Fahad Najam - MKM Partners
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. And welcome to the Ciena Fiscal Q1 2021 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Gregg Lampf, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Gregg Lampf
Thank you, Sharon. Good morning, and welcome to Ciena's 2021 fiscal first quarter results conference call. On the call today is Gary Smith, President and CEO; and Jim Moylan, CFO. Scott McFeely, our Senior Vice President of Global Products and Services is also with us for Q&A.
In addition to this call and the press release, we have posted to the Investors section of our website an accompanying investor presentation that reflects this discussion, as well as certain highlighted items from the quarter. Our comments today speak to our recent performance, our view on current market dynamics, and drivers of our business, as well as the discussion of our financial outlook.
Today's discussion includes certain adjusted or non-GAAP measures of Ciena's results of operations. A detailed reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to our GAAP results is included in today's press release.
Before turning the call over to Gary, I'll remind you that during this call, we'll be making certain forward-looking statements. Such statements, including our quarterly and annual guidance and, discussion of market opportunities and commentary about the impact of COVID-19 on our business and our end results are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions regarding the company and its markets, which include risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements discussed today.























