Michael Frendo (engineer)

Michael Joseph Frendo is a Canadian engineer and investor. Frendo is the former Vice President for Systems and Software Engineering at Cisco and the former Executive Vice President of Polycom.

Career

Cisco Systems

Frendo was Vice President for Vice President for Systems and Software Engineering for Cisco's Voice Technology group.

Infinera

In 2010, Frendo joined the optical transmission equipment manufacturer Infinera as Vice President of Architecture. Working for Infinera, he headed the team responsible for developing systems and optical architecture, as well as their implementation over the long-term.

Polycom

In May 2014, Frendo assumed the position of executive vice president of worldwide engineering at Polycom, a multinational voice and video communication technology company. He later helped complete the deal of HP purchasing the company in an all-cash transaction of $40 per share, implying a total enterprise value of approximately $3.3 billion, inclusive of Poly's net debt.