Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAV)
Who runs Viavi Solutions Inc.
Officers and directors as they report to the SEC on Forms 3, 4 and 5, named as filedOleg Khaykin has been president and chief executive since February 2016, and sits on the board as well. He came to Viavi from private equity, where he was a senior advisor at Silver Lake Partners, and before that ran International Rectifier, a chip maker, from 2008 until Infineon bought it in January 2015. Earlier he was chief operating officer of Amkor Technology, which packages and tests chips, ran strategy and business development at Conexant Systems, spent eight years at The Boston Consulting Group and started out as an engineer at Motorola. On the insider record this site holds, he first filed in 2016 and still files. 123
Six other executive officers are named. Ilan Daskal, the chief financial officer, joined in November 2023 from Bio-Rad Laboratories, where he had been finance chief since April 2019; he had also been finance chief of International Rectifier from 2008 to 2015, the same company Khaykin ran. Paul McNab, chief marketing and strategy officer, joined in September 2014 after sixteen years at Cisco Systems. Mike Petrucci, the chief operations officer, joined in April 2025. Luke Scrivanich, who runs the optical security and performance products business, joined in April 2008 and took that unit over in June 2012. Kevin Siebert, the general counsel, joined in September 2007 and took the legal role in February 2015. Gary Staley, who leads global sales for the network and service enablement business, joined in February 2017. 4567891011
Richard E. Belluzzo has been a director since February 2005 and independent chair of the board since November 2012, and ran the company himself as interim chief executive from August 2015 through February 2016, the stretch just before Khaykin arrived. Before Viavi he was chair and chief executive of Quantum Corporation from 2002 to 2011, president and chief operating officer of Microsoft, and chief executive of Silicon Graphics. On the insider record this site holds, he and Masood Jabbar both first filed in 2006, the earliest year that record reaches. 12131415163
Viavi counted about 4,100 employees worldwide at the end of fiscal 2026, working across 34 countries, and reports a total recordable injury rate of 0.19 injuries per 100 full-time workers a year. In the third quarter of fiscal 2026 it announced a restructuring plan that cuts staff, closes sites and writes off assets; it expects about 5% of the global workforce to be affected and estimates annualized gross cost savings of about $30.0 million once the plan is done. The company anticipates the plan will be substantially complete by the end of calendar year 2026. 17181920
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| Name | Title as filed | First filing | Latest filing | Sales, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khaykin Oleg | President & CEO | Feb 2016 | Sep 23, 2026 | 19 · $36.0M |
| Daskal Ilan | EVP, CFO | Nov 2023 | Sep 23, 2026 | 5 · $5.0M |
| Mcnab Paul | EVP, Chief Mktg & Stgy Officer | Sep 2014 | Sep 23, 2026 | 8 · $1.1M |
| Petrucci Anthony Michael | SVP, Chief Operations Officer | May 2025 | Sep 23, 2026 | none |
| Scrivanich Luke M | SVP General Manager OSP | Aug 2012 | Sep 23, 2026 | 6 · $3.3M |
| Siebert Kevin Christopher | SVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary | Mar 2015 | Sep 23, 2026 | 5 · $1.7M |
| Staley Gary W | SVP Global Sales NSE | Feb 2017 | Sep 23, 2026 | 7 · $2.3M |
| Name | Role | First filing | Latest filing | Sales, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Laura A. | director | Feb 2018 | Aug 18, 2026 | 1 · $3.3M |
| Solomon Joanne | director | Feb 2022 | Aug 14, 2026 | 1 · $400,000 |
| Gilstrap Doug | director | Nov 2022 | May 6, 2026 | 1 · $600,000 |
| Belluzzo Richard | director | Nov 2006 | May 4, 2026 | 4 · $3.6M |
| Colvin Donald A | director | Oct 2015 | Feb 26, 2026 | 3 · $1.4M |
| Burns Richard John | director | Aug 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 | 1 · $100,000 |
| Corrales Eugenia | director | Aug 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 | 1 · $100,000 |
| Barnes Keith | director | Oct 2011 | Nov 13, 2025 | 4 · $3.1M |
| Jabbar Masood | director | Mar 2006 | Nov 10, 2025 | none |
A person is listed as reporting now after a filing in the last fifteen months. The record shows when someone last filed; it does not say why they stopped. Each name links to the filings on sec.gov.