David Rothenstein
24 - 25 September 2026
Málaga, SPAIN
Events
David Rothenstein
Ciena, Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
About the Speaker
David M. Rothenstein currently serves as Ciena’s Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Corporate Secretary.
David is responsible for leading the company’s strategic planning process and enabling and implementing its corporate strategy. This includes driving differentiated growth through corporate development activities, such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and venture capital investments, as well as through the future incubation of emerging market solutions designed to optimize existing businesses or enter new markets. He also leads Ciena’s sustainability and enterprise risk management programs as well as the corporate real estate function, and serves as the company’s corporate secretary. David is a seasoned strategist with deep industry and institutional experience, having played a critical role in Ciena’s success for more than two decades, including the design and implementation of many of its transformative growth opportunities.
Previously, David served as Ciena’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel for over 14 years, in which capacity he managed all worldwide legal matters and led the compliance & ethics and government relations functions.
Prior to joining Ciena in 2001, David practiced law as a principal at the law firm of Paley Rothman, where he concentrated his practice in the areas of corporate law, employment law, technology law and business litigation.
David holds a J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School and a B.A. magna cum laude from Tufts University.
