8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported)         August 6, 2002

TELLABS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-9692	36-3831568
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. Employer  Identification No.)

One Tellabs Center, 1415 W. Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois	60563
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (630) 378-8800

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 5. Other Events.

Tellabs reorganizes to strengthen customer relationships, product development and international business.

Tellabs Chairman and CEO Michael J. Birck announced a reorganization designed to strengthen Tellabs’ relationships with customers, speed development of new products and grow the company’s international business. Further details are contained in the press release of Tellabs, Inc., dated August 2, 2002, attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

   (c) Exhibits
     Exhibit 99 - Press Release of Tellabs, Inc., dated August 2, 2002.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 

                       TELLABS, INC.
                      (Registrant)
 
 

                             /s James A. Dite
                         James A. Dite
                                                 Vice President and Controller
                                                   (Principal Accounting Officer)

August 6, 2002
(Date)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99	Press Release of Tellabs, Inc., dated August 2, 2002.

EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2, 2002Tellabs reorganizes to strengthen customer relationships, product development, international business

Naperville, Ill. — Tellabs Chairman and CEO Michael J. Birck announced a reorganization designed to strengthen Tellabs' relationships with customers, speed development of new products and grow the company’s international business.

“We have a strong and deep management team that is now better structured to lead us into the future,” Birck said. “When the industry turns around, we expect to be first out of the gate with innovative bandwidth management solutions for our customers.”

The changes, effective Aug. 5, include:

• Edward Kennedy, 47, continues as senior vice president – metro networking group, will lead the dev elopment of the Tellabs® 6400 transport switch and will add to his responsibility the Tellabs® 5000 series of digital cross-connects. Kennedy joined Tellabs in January and previously was founder and CEO of Ocular Networks, which Tellabs acquired.
• Stephen McCarthy, 48, is named senior vice president – optical networking group and will lead the development of the Tellabs® 6500 transport switch and the Tellabs® 7100 optical transport system. McCarthy previously served as senior vice president of global marketing.
• Robert Pullen, 40, is named senior vice president – marketing and sales for North America and will focus on building intimacy with U.S. and Canadian customers. He also has responsibility for global strategy and product portfolio planning. Pullen has worked directly with customers throughout his 17 years with Tellabs, including his most recent position of senior vice president – optical networking.
• Anders Gustafsson, 42, is named president – T ellabs International, a new organization that will focus on international product development, marketing and sales for the Tellabs® 6300 transport switch, the Tellabs® 7200 optical transport system and the Tellabs® 8000 managed access series. He also will be responsible for international customer service and support. Gustafsson previously served as president of global sales.
• Thomas Gruenwald, 54, is named senior vice president – operations, Tellabs International, and is responsible for development of the Tellabs® 2000 telephony distribution system, the Tellabs® 3000 voice-quality enhancement systems, the Tellabs 6300 and 7200 SDH platforms in Copenhagen, and the Tellabs 8000 managed access systems in Finland. Gruenwald previously served as senior vice president and general manager of Tellabs' broadband access group.
• John C. Kohler, 49, continues as senior vice president – global business operations and is responsible for global manufacturing and customer serv ice and support in North America.
• Joan Ryan, 46, continues as executive vice president and chief financial officer and adds to her current responsibilities the global information systems organization, led by Catherine Kozik, chief information officer and senior vice president – global information systems.

Kennedy, McCarthy, Pullen, Gustafsson, Kohler and Ryan will report to Birck, while Gruenwald will report to Gustafsson, and Kozik will report to Ryan.

Tellabs provides innovative bandwidth management solutions to help carriers around the world move communications most efficiently and effectively. The world communicates through Tellabs – most telephone calls and Internet sessions in several countries, including the United States, flow through the company’s equipment. Tellabs employee-owners develop and deploy solutions that provide aggregation, grooming and business services in metro/regional networks in more than 100 countries (NASDAQ: TLAB; www.tellabs.com).

CONTACTS:
Jean Medina
+1.630.798.2509
jean.medina@tellabs.com
Robin Urbanski
+1.630.798.2508
robin.urbanski@tellabs.com

 

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