Casa Systems Appoints Former Cisco Global Service Provider CTO Colin Kincaid as Chief Product Officer, and Phil Paro as Chief Accounting Officer
September 06 2023 - 8:00AM
Casa Systems (Nasdaq: CASA), a leading global provider of
cloud-native software and broadband access, cable and cloud
technology solutions for the world’s leading communication service
providers, today announced the appointment of proven industry
veteran Colin Kincaid as Chief Product Officer (CPO), while Phil
Paro comes aboard as the Company’s new Chief Accounting Officer
(CAO).
Kincaid joins Casa Systems by way of Cisco where he most
recently served as the Chief Technology Officer of Cisco’s Global
Service Provider business. An accomplished leader with over 30
years of global industry experience, Kincaid developed products at
scale for global distribution, driven successful business
strategies, including new business models and acquisition programs,
and led diverse global organizations and teams. During his tenure
as Chief Technology Officer for Cisco’s Global Service Provider
Business, he led the overall solutions architecture, go-to-market,
and technical teams in businesses spanning wireline and wireless
providers, cable access, and hyperscalers, over $14 billion of
revenues across product, services, and partners. Kincaid also has
significant experience with the innovation lifecycle and in
successfully scaling businesses, first working with startups such
as Octocom (acquired by Telebit then Cisco), Ascom Nexion (acquired
by Fujitsu), Maker Communications (acquired by Conexant), and then
later, at Cisco Systems, where Kincaid successfully integrated
acquisitions into the company’s portfolio.
“As we look to the next phase of growth at Casa Systems, Colin
is the right leader with a real passion for customer driven
innovation, and an impressive track record of successfully
translating market and technology trends into building market
leading products for global communication service provider
customers and leading highly effective, global teams,” said Michael
Glickman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Casa Systems.
“We’re confident his significant industry and leadership experience
will fuel our growth and innovation efforts. I could not be more
excited to welcome him onboard.”
"Over the last three decades, I've been fortunate to contribute
to various facets of the industry - from software and systems
development to strategic acquisitions and global go-to-market
strategies,” shared Kincaid. “Joining Casa Systems presents a
unique opportunity to harness this breadth of experience, driving
innovation and growth in an environment that's both challenging and
exciting. Casa Systems is poised to redefine the future of
cloud-native infrastructure, and I'm excited about my role in this
next chapter.”
In addition, the Company announced that Phil Paro joined Casa
Systems on September 5, 2023, as its new Chief Accounting Officer.
Paro joins Casa with over 20 years of private and public company
technology experience. Most recently, Paro served as Director,
Global Controller at Tomorrow.io, a global leader in weather
intelligence, where he successfully managed a global team
overseeing all financial functions, executed buy-side financial due
diligence, and collaborated with executive teams to accelerate
business growth. His career highlights include prior experience at
Fuze and Actifio, as well as several public companies
including Fleetmatics, Hologic and Acme
Packet where he proficiently managed SOX compliance,
spearheaded automation-driven process and system improvements,
managed ASC 606 implementations, supported various merger and
acquisition activity and consistently demonstrated success in
treasury and debt facility management.
About Casa Systems, Inc.Casa Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CASA) delivers the core-to-customer building blocks to
speed 5G transformation with future-proof solutions and
cutting-edge bandwidth for all access types. In today’s
increasingly personalized world, Casa Systems creates disruptive
architectures built specifically to meet the needs of service
provider networks. Our suite of open, cloud-native network
solutions unlocks new ways for service providers to build networks
without boundaries and maximizes revenue-generating capabilities.
Commercially deployed in more than 70 countries, Casa Systems
serves over 475 Tier 1 and regional service providers worldwide.
For more information, visit http://www.casa-systems.com.
CASA SYSTEMS PR CONTACTAlicia ThomasCasa
Systems, Inc.+1.817.909.8921alicia.thomas@casa-systems.com
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