Sharat Sinha Appointed as Vice President for Tellabs Asia Pacific

MALAYSIA, 5 December 2011 - Tellabs named Sharat Sinha Vice President, Asia Pacific sales. He will be based at Tellabs’ APAC headquarters in Singapore, and report to Roger Heinz, executive vice president-global sales and service.

Sinha brings over 17 years of telecom industry experience from Cisco, Ericsson and VSNL. Most recently, he served as Cisco’s Managing Director, service provider partners/channels for the Asia-Pacific region. His background includes leading sales teams, setting sales and marketing strategy, developing channels and speaking in industry forums.
“We’re delighted to bring Sharat’s deep experience to our Asia-Pacific region,” said Roger Heinz, Tellabs Executive Vice President-global Sales and Service. “He brings the right kind of experience to help service providers and channel partners succeed in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific markets.”

Sinha holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Engineering from the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) and a Masters of Technology in Industrial & Management Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).