Redback Networks Appoints New Head of Engineering

Redback Networks Inc., an Ericsson company that makes broadband routers for 75 percent of the world's largest fixed and mobile networks, today announced the appointment of Lele Nardin as senior vice president of engineering.

Prior to Redback, Lele spent 15 years at Cisco Systems in a variety of product development roles. Since 2000, he served as a vice president and general manager leading engineering and product management for some of Cisco's most successful routers and modular switches used to manage multi-billion dollar businesses. These include Cisco's 7200, 7500 and 7600 product families, the Cisco 10000, and for the enterprise, Cisco's Cat6k and Cat5k switches. Lele also has a successful track record in the development of network processors.