Andrew B. Szafran joins as Tellabs CFO

Andrew Szafran has joined Tellabs has chief financial officer (CFO) and executive vice president. Szafran would report to Robert W. Pullen, Tellabs chief executive officer (CEO), and would be responsible for all of Tellabs' global finance operations, including finance, accounting, treasury, audit, financial planning, risk management, tax and investor relations.

Prior to joining Tellabs, Szafran served as senior vice president and CFO at APAC Customer Services, a leading BPO (business process outsourcing) firm, since 2008. Szafran previously served as vice president and CFO for Communications Supply Corp., a distributor of IP infrastructure products and solutions. He was senior vice president – finance for Alliant Foodservice (now U.S. Foodservice), and started his career at Chemical Banking Corporation (now JP Morgan Chase & Co.).

Szafran holds an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, and a Bachelor's degree in government and international relations from Cornell University.