A veteran telecom professional with over 20 years in the industry, Ryan leads the team working with communications service providers of all sizes to develop and spread Adtran’s vision for the fiber-driven and software-managed access networks of today and tomorrow.
Prior to this role, he served in a variety of sales and product management capacities for its market-leading fiber- and copper-based product lines. Prior to joining Adtran in 2010, he held engineering and technology management roles at Paradyne and AMD. Ryan holds a master’s degree from Georgia Tech and a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Tech, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering.