SVP and CFO · CIENA CORP (CIEN)

Marc Graff

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Marc Graff as a named executive officer of CIENA; the record below is that year, complete. 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

$12,997,299

2nd of 6 named executive officers at Ciena by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for CIENA, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed February 12, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Marc Graff compensation by year

CIENA Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as CIENA reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$165,000
Bonus$1,950,000
Stock awards$10,485,993
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$280,055
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$116,251
Total$12,997,299

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CIENA CORP DEF 14A filed February 12, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-047977, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CIENA CORP filed document, accession 0001193125-26-047977. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed February 12, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU118,312$22,469,815—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

9 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed February 12, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-01Tax withholding—3,759$320.72103,377
2026-10-01Sale10b5-197$355.19107,136
2026-09-20Tax withholding—286$348.80107,233
2026-08-14Sale10b5-14,995$430.72107,519
2026-08-01Tax withholding—14,441$377.05112,514
2026-07-01Sale10b5-1126$466.20126,955
2026-06-24Sale10b5-1126$449.36127,081
2026-06-20Tax withholding—199$428.22127,207

The 8 most recent of 9 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

CIENA’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Gary SmithPresident and CEO$18,530,396
Marc Graff · this pageSVP and CFO$12,997,299
Jason PhippsSVP, Global Customer Engagement$5,242,937
David RothensteinSVP, Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary$4,231,335
Dino DiPernaSVP, Global R&D$3,797,684
James Moylan, Jr.SVP and CFO (former)$1,427,067

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