John Mariano Partner, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of DRG, has over 40 years experience in the telecommunications industry, specializing in planning, deployment and operation of undersea fiber systems.  While with DRG, Mr. Mariano has been involved in undersea projects around the globe, including major commercial transoceanic networks and environmental sensor networks.  Prior to joining DRG, Mr. Mariano was COO of Global Photon Inc.  Mr. Mariano had a distinguished 30-year career in AT&T, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Tyco Submarine Systems Ltd., where he was responsible for a variety of technical and business developments, including new applications and marine deployment of undersea system technology for commercial systems as well as for serving offshore platform networks. Mr. Mariano has a BSCE from the University of Connecticut and MS in Applied Mechanics from the Stanford University and is a registered Professional Engineer.