Vinicius (Vini) Santos is part of Ciena's Global Solutions Marketing team, responsible for business development involving advanced solutions like Next Generation Broadband and Private 5G. He has over 25 years of experience supporting the telecommunication market in Brazil, Italy, Germany and Canada performing functions in network design, planning, operations, sales, pre-sales, marketing, and business development. He also supported the implementation of several Regional Service Provider start-ups in Brazil. Vini holds a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and a Master's in Business Administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil.Sol