Chief Financial Officer · CALIX, INC (CALX)

Cory Sindelar

A named executive officer of CALIX in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$8,215,668

FY2024: $6,594,628

5th of 5 named executive officers at Calix by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Cory Sindelar compensation by year

CALIX Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CALIX reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$73,846$336,000$352,000$352,000$394,552$421,875$478,112$485,700$485,975
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Option awards$1,026,959$383,670$1,808,261$1,820,745$5,168,384$6,381,678$4,893,830$5,493,030$7,212,556
Non-equity incentive$0$86,800$158,400$609,418$288,381$336,823$613,440$604,766$504,721
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$102,215$6,979$8,400$8,550$8,693$8,975$9,900$11,132$12,416
Total$1,203,020$813,449$2,327,061$2,790,713$5,860,010$7,149,351$5,995,283$6,594,628$8,215,668

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CALIX, INC DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001406666-26-000006, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CALIX, INC filed document, accession 0001406666-26-000006. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 27, 2026.

$1.2M
$813K
$2.3M
$2.8M
$5.9M
$7.1M
$6.0M
$6.6M
$8.2M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option5,000—$55.96
Option99,352—$34.26
Option25,000—$68.40
Option340,000—$39.68
Option50,000—$37.80
Option17,032—$51.55

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CALIX, INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments CALIX discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$850,500$3,192,383$28,882$4,071,765
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,215,000$7,139,906$28,882$8,383,788

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in CALIX, INC's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

CALIX’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael WeeningPresident and Chief Executive Officer$10,820,080
J. Matthew CollinsChief Commercial Operations Officer$9,527,039
John DurocherChief Operating Officer$9,338,490
Shane EleniakChief Product Officer$9,238,285
Cory Sindelar · this pageChief Financial Officer$8,215,668

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