Richard Piasentin is Chief Marketing and Chief Strategy Officer at Accedian. He is responsible for the company's strategic planning process and investment priorities, plus global product pricing, solution marketing and business development.Richard began his career at Nortel Networks in 1992 as a test engineer for its public carrier switching division. From there, he segued into focusing on the wireless industry, taking on a variety of senior roles at Nortel within sales, operations and the supply chain during his 17 years at the company. After Nortel, he was vice president and general manager for BlackBerry's North American business, and general manager of Viavi's Visibility, Intelligence and Analytics (VIA) business unit.