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Leonard (Len) Hayes brings over 30 years of experience to his role as Executive Vice President, Operations for Cedar Point Communications. Len has responsibility for manufacturing, supply chain, system verification engineering, IT, and customer support. Prior to his employment at Cedar Point, Len served as the Vice President, Operations, for Tropic Networks, Inc., a privately-held company manufacturer of carried class metro optical transport devices. At Tropic Networks, Len was responsible for developing, guiding and implementing the manufacturing, order administration, supply chain, and logistics strategies to ensure competitive carrier class deployment for all Tropic Networks product offerings globally. In a career that spans over 30 years, Len has held the role of Vice President of Operations for several telecom companies including BroadBand Technologies and Overture Networks where he was instrumental in developing and implementing the manufacturing, quality, and logistics deployment strategies supporting both the RBOC and MSO channels with extensive involvement with EMS providers. In addition, Mr. Hayes has held senior level management positions in Operations and global Supply Chain Management with Data General Corporation and Commodore International. Len has a bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts and has completed an executive management program in Materials Management and Logistics at Penn State University. | 