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Viavi Solutions Executive Compensation (FY26)

VIAV · Chandler, AZ · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Oleg Khaykin
Latest say-on-pay support
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November 12, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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Chief executive total compensation — Oleg Khaykin: $10,595,839 → $12,305,351 (16.1% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 106:1 → 149:1 (40.6% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Viavi Solutions' chief executive and what were they paid?
Oleg Khaykin was paid $12,305,351 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026. Compared with the $10,595,839 reported for fiscal 2025, Khaykin's total was 16.1% higher.
What was Viavi Solutions' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 93.8% support at the meeting held November 12, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Viavi Solutions' peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Belden Inc., Calix, Inc., Ciena Corporation and Cirrus Logic, Inc., among others.
What is Viavi Solutions' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2026, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 149:1.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Oleg Khaykin
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Henk Derksen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Gary Staley
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Network Enablement and Service Enablement
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul McNab
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Luke Scrivanich
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Optical Security & Performance Products (OSP)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Oleg Khaykin
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Henk Derksen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇————◇
Gary Staley
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Network and Service Enablement
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Luke Scrivanich
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Optical Security & Performance Products
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul McNab
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer
◇—◇————◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Oleg Khaykin
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Ilan Daskal
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Gary Staley
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Network and Service Enablement
◇—◇———◇◇
Paul McNab
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Luke Scrivanich
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Optical Security & Performance Products
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Oleg Khaykin
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ilan Daskal
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gary Staley
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Network and Service Enablement
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Luke Scrivanich
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Optical Security & Performance Products
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul McNab
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Oleg Khaykin
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ilan Daskal
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gary Staley
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Network and Service Enablement
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul McNab
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Luke Scrivanich
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Optical Security & Performance Products
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Gary StaleyPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Gary StaleyRSU◇——◇——◇
Ilan DaskalPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Ilan DaskalRSU◇——◇——◇
Luke ScrivanichPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Luke ScrivanichRSU◇——◇——◇
Oleg KhaykinPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Oleg KhaykinRSU◇——◇——◇
Paul McNabPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Paul McNabRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Gary StaleyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Oleg KhaykinRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Ilan DaskalRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Luke ScrivanichRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Paul McNabRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Gary Staley
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Network and Service Enablement · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Ilan Daskal
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Luke Scrivanich
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Optical Security & Performance Products · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Paul McNab
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Strategy Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Richard E. Belluzzo
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Eugenia M. Corrales
◇◇————◇
Richard John Burns
◇◇————◇
Donald Colvin
◇◇————◇
Laura Black
◇◇————◇
Keith Barnes
◇◇————◇
Douglas Gilstrap
◇◇————◇
Joanne Solomon
◇◇————◇
Masood Jabbar
◇—————◇
Oleg Khaykin served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
  • Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. AEIS
  • Belden Inc. BDC
  • Calix, Inc. CALX
  • Ciena Corporation CIEN
  • Cirrus Logic, Inc. CRUS
  • Commvault Systems, Inc. CVLT
  • Extreme Networks, Inc. EXTR
  • F5, Inc. FFIV
  • Itron, Inc. ITRI
  • Knowles Corporation KN
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc. LITE
  • MKS Instruments, Inc. MKSI
  • NETGEAR, Inc. NTGR
  • NetScout Systems, Inc. NTCT
  • OSI Systems, Inc. OSI
  • Qorvo, Inc. QRVO
  • Semtech Corporation SMTC
  • Silicon Laboratories Inc. SLAB
  • Synaptics Incorporated SYNA
  • Viasat, Inc. VSAT

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025November 12, 2025=◇◇◇
2024November 6, 2024=◇◇◇
2023November 8, 2023=◇◇◇
2022November 9, 2022=◇◇◇
2021November 10, 2021=◇◇◇
2020November 11, 2020=◇◇◇
2019November 13, 2019=◇◇◇
2018November 14, 2018=◇◇◇
2017November 15, 2017=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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291 figures on this page: 282 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.
282 cited to the filing
9 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001628280-26-064524
    Director Compensation
  2. 0001628280-25-052859
    Proposal 3: To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
  3. 0001628280-25-043990
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0000912093-24-000094
  5. 0000912093-24-000067
    Summary Compensation Table
  6. 0000912093-23-000061
  7. 0000912093-23-000046
    Summary Compensation Tables
  8. 0000912093-22-000072
  9. 0000912093-22-000051
  10. 0000912093-21-000154
  11. 0000912093-20-000112
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0000912093-19-000072
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0000912093-18-000066
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0001628280-17-011778
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Viavi Solutions discloses

The companies named in VIAV's own disclosed peer group.

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.Belden Inc.Calix, Inc.Ciena CorporationCirrus Logic, Inc.Commvault Systems, Inc.Extreme Networks, Inc.F5, Inc.Itron, Inc.Knowles CorporationLumentum Holdings Inc.MKS Instruments, Inc.NETGEAR, Inc.NetScout Systems, Inc.Qorvo, Inc.Semtech CorporationSilicon Laboratories Inc.Synaptics IncorporatedViasat, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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