Company: CALX
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001406666-25-000011
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Company: CALIX, INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 was senior vice president of global marketing and go-to-market strategy at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) from September 2014 to May 2017. Over the course of his career, he has built and led marketing and strategy teams at D&B, IBM, McKinsey, and Merck. Mr. Collins received his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.

Shane Eleniak has served as Calix’s chief product officer ("CPO") since January 2023. Mr. Eleniak previously served as executive vice president of products from September 2021 until December 2022. In this role Mr. Eleniak is responsible for all of Calix’s products – appliances, platform, cloud and managed services – and leads the teams responsible for Product Strategy, Product Management, Engineering, Cloud Operations and Technology. From January 2020 to September 2021, he served as our senior vice president, Revenue Edge Products. From August 2018 to January 2020, he served as our senior vice president, Platforms. From May 2017 to July 2018, he served as our vice president, systems products. From May 2015 to April 2017, Mr. Eleniak served as our vice president, product line leadership. Prior to joining Calix, he was the group vice president of the advanced broadband solutions (ABS) business unit at CommScope, responsible for their edge, access and CPE products, from March 2010 to May 2015. Earlier in his career, he was EVP of marketing and business development for Alloptic where he was the corporate officer responsible for all product and commercial operations. He previously held several key executive management positions in marketing, product management, business development and engineering at such industry leaders as Corrigent Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, and Telus. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta.

#### Independence of the Board
The NYSE prescribes independence standards for listed companies. These standards require a majority of the Board to be independent. They also require each member of the Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Talent and Compensation Committee of the Board to be independent. No director qualifies as independent unless the Board determines that the director has no direct or indirect material relationship with us. The Board also evaluates each director’s independence to serve on our Board and committees under the applicable requirements of the SEC. On an