Prior to ADVA Optical Networking, Christine spent time as an Account Director at SheaHedges Group in Northern Virginia (now Speakerbox Communications), where she provided strategic communications counsel to both public and venture-funded telecom and technology clients. Before that, Christine did marketing, international trade policy and international development work with the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) and U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO).
Christine holds bachelor’s degrees with honors in mathematics and German from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and a master of business administration from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. She is fluent in both German and French.