Mory Ejabat

Who is Mory Ejabat?

Mory Ejabat is a co-founder of Zhone and has served as Chairman of the

Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer since June

1999. Prior to co-founding Zhone, from June 1995 to June 1999, Mr.

Ejabat was President and Chief Executive Officer of Ascend

Communications, Inc., a provider of telecommunications equipment which

was acquired by Lucent Technologies, Inc. in June 1999. Previously, Mr.

Ejabat held various senior management positions with Ascend

Communications and Micom Systems. Mr. Ejabat holds a B.S. in Industrial

Engineering and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from California State

University at Northridge, and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.