Dr. Ransom has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and held several executive roles in addition to governing central functions as CTO of Alcatel, where he was responsible for business growth, development of specifications, product strategy, corporate research, standards representation, M&A strategy and intellectual property. During his tenure at Alcatel, his product strategy resulted in Alcatel achieving the No. 1 position worldwide in wireline access, optical networks, contact center solutions, IP-PBX, and telecommunications satellites, as well as achieving the No. 2 position in edge routers. Dr. Ransom’s background also includes serving as president of Ransomshire Associates and working as senior director for the Advanced Technology Systems Engineering Center at BellSouth.
Dr. Ransom holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering form the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Dr. Ransom also serves on the boards of Overture Networks, a leading developer of converged packet access platforms, and Teknovus, the leading provider of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) chipsets for the deployment of Triple Play in broadband access networks. |