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Michael Frendo (engineer)
Canadian engineer and investor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Joseph Frendo is a Canadian engineer and investor. Frendo is the former Vice President for Systems and Software Engineering at Cisco and the former Executive Vice President of Polycom.
 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (October 2025) |
Career
Cisco Systems
Frendo was Vice President for Vice President for Systems and Software Engineering for Cisco's Voice Technology group.[1]
Infinera
In 2010, Frendo joined the optical transmission equipment manufacturer Infinera as Vice President of Architecture. Working for Infinera, he headed the team responsible for developing systems and optical architecture,[2] as well as their implementation over the long-term.[3]
Polycom
In May 2014, Frendo assumed the position of executive vice president of worldwide engineering at Polycom, a multinational voice and video communication technology company. He later helped complete the deal of HP purchasing the company in an all-cash transaction of $40 per share, implying a total enterprise value of approximately $3.3 billion, inclusive of Poly's net debt.[4][5][6]
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