Infinera of Sunnyvale, Calif., has appointed Satoshi Fujita as president of Infinera Japan. Fujita, who will focus on expanding Infinera’s sales and marketing in Japan, brings extensive experience in the Japanese telecommunications industry, including more than 30 years working for both service providers and systems vendors. He spent 30 years at NTT, Japan’s incumbent telecom service provider, serving for a time as head of NTT Communications’ global services business, which he grew from its launch to a billion-dollar business. Following his tenure at NTT, Fujita served as president of Lucent Technologies Japan and, subsequently, president of Alcatel-Lucent Japan.