Meet Atit Mashruwala, Director, Global Labs Atit Mashruwala, who joined Calix in mid-July as Director, Global Labs, says leaders need to be not only visionaries, but also know how to build relationships and cultivate trust. These are traits he’s developed over 20 years in fiber optics, from product development and manufacturing to testing and qualification. “As a leader, I must work through people,” he says. At Calix labs “ this entails making strategic and tactical decisions to maintain consistency and accuracy as well as enhance efficiency, productivity, and customer experience.” Successful leadership involves both attitude and accountability. In an organizational setting the benefits of trust based relationships go beyond pleasantness—instilling a common set of values and vision, implementing positive changes and increasing organizational resourcefulness by letting leaders discuss wide-ranging issues with their teams and getting access to ideas and thoughts they may not have co...