Kim Roberts | VP, Wavelogic Science
Ciena

Kim Roberts has been a major force in the field of digital signal processing for optical transmission in developing the first coherent 40, 100, 400, 800, and 1600 Gb/s optical systems. Today Kim is Vice President at Ciena, leading an R&D team focused on pushing the optical boundaries even further with WaveLogic-7.
Kim is a passionate evangelist of new optical technologies and holds more than 190 patents with many more pending.
Kim was named an IEEE Fellow, a Nortel Fellow, a Ciena Fellow, and in 2008 the Outstanding Engineer by IEEE Canada. Kim is the 2019 recipient of the Tyndall Award. In 2024 Kim was honoured with the Photonics Award.