David W. Heard is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies is on the board of Zyvex Technologies, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Infinera Corp.

In his past career he held the position of Chairman-Emeritus at The Telecommunications Industry Association, EVP, President-Network & Service Enablement at Viavi Solutions, Inc., President-Network & Service Enablement at Jds Uniphase Corp., President & Chief Executive Officer for Somera Communications, Inc., President & GM-Network Switching Division at Tekelec Global, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of Santera Systems, Inc., Chief Operating Officer at BigBand Networks, Inc., Vice President-Access Division at Lucent Technologies, EVP, President-Network & Service Enablement at Lumentum Canada Ltd., Regional Director at AT&T Corp. and Vice President for Access Networks Ltd.

Mr. Heard received an MBA from the University of Dayton, an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and a graduate degree from Stanford University.