Patrick Joggerst is the Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development for Ribbon Communications, a secure real time communications company. Previously, Patrick was EVP of Global Sales & Marketing for GENBAND.

He has an accomplished career in communications spanning three decades, having managed sales and marketing organizations for both telecommunications service providers and technology suppliers. Prior to GENBAND, Patrick served as Vice President of Global Sales for BroadSoft, a leading provider of software and services that enable service providers to offer Unified Communications over their IP networks.

Patrick also served as the Executive Vice President & General Manager for the Carrier Services & Solutions business unit at Aricent Group, a systems integration and software solutions provider owned by KKR. Earlier positions held by Patrick included: Senior VP of World-Wide Sales at NextPoint Networks (formerly NexTone), EVP of Global Sales and Marketing at Telcordia Technologies, President of PrimeCo PCS, President of Carrier Service at Global Crossing, as well as several executive positions at AT&T.

Patrick is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.