Ribbon Communications this week announced that Bruce McClelland has been appointed as its President and CEO.
McClelland has served in numerous leadership roles throughout his three-decades long career, which includes twenty years at ARRIS International, where he most recently served as its CEO and led the sale of ARRIS to CommScope for $7.4 billion in April 2019.
While at ARRIS, McClelland managed the successful acquisition and integration of the Ruckus Wireless and Brocade ICX Campus switching businesses from Broadcom, a major step in diversifying the ARRIS business beyond the service provider market into the broader enterprise market, while strengthening the company’s wireless technology capabilities. Following the acquisition of ARRIS by CommScope, McClelland served as the COO of CommScope, where he was responsible for the combined portfolio of products and services.
Previously, McClelland spent eleven years at Nortel Networks and Bell Northern Research. He began his career with BNR in Ottawa, Canada and was responsible for the development of Nortel's SS7 switching products immediately prior to joining ARRIS.
McClelland earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.
Richard Lynch, Chairman of the Ribbon Board of Directors
We believe Bruce is the right person to lead Ribbon forward into our next chapter as a combined company with ECI Telecom Group
McClelland, In-Coming CEO, Ribbon Communications
I am honored to lead the Ribbon team during this exciting time in the Company’s history with the transformational merger with ECI on the near-term horizon.
