A veteran telecom professional with 25 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.