Lorraine Twigg is the Global Vice President of Channel Partners for the optical transport networking provider Infinera.  In this position she is responsible for Sales, Strategy, and Development of the partner business worldwide as well as ownership of the  Partner Plus program in support of the partner business.  Partners play a key role in Infinera’s reach and coverage both from a market and vertical standpoint.  Prior to this Lorraine was Vice President of Partners EMEA also at Infinera

She is a strong believer in collaboration as the key to success, helping to build the best eco-systems for us all to thrive in, and is excited to be part of developing a new wave of partnerships which will play an intrinsic part of enabling open optical networks for the worlds largest customers of optical networks.

Lorraine has held various roles previously in the Telecom’s and IT industry that have seen her leading sales and business development both direct and indirect across Carrier and Enterprise sectors and have included various disciplines from Voice, Networking, Mobile, CPaaS and IoT throughout her career. 

She has a Masters Degree in Business Administration and is passionate about supporting equality and diversity in the Telecoms and IT sector having spent 30 years in this industry.