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Spirent Communications CEO and leadership

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Spirent Communications CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Eric Allen Updyke is the Spirent Communications's CEO. Spirent Communications has 1,505 employees, of which 25 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Spirent Communications executive team is 32% female and 68% male.
  • 58% of the management team is White.
  • 10% of Spirent Communications management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Eric Allen Updyke

CEO

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David Larson

Chief Technology Officer

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Paula Bell Fcma Cgma

Board Member

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Paula has extensive FTSE 250 board experience as both an Executive and Non-executive Director. From 2013 to 2016 she was Chief Financial Officer of support services group John Menzies plc and between 2006 and 2013 was Group Finance Director of the advanced engineering group Ricardo plc. Prior to that Paula held senior management positions at BAA plc, AWG plc and Rolls-Royce plc. Paula was a Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the global engineering and technology group Laird PLC from 2012 until its acquisition and delisting in July 2018, including a period as Senior Independent Director. Paula is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Balaji Ratakonda

Vice President

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Cheryl Ragland

Board Member

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Ann Menard

Global Head of Human Resources

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Doug Roberts

Board Member

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Jim Klaassen

Vice President

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Manuel Zepeda

Executive Vice President

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Martin Foulger

General Manager

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Eric Allen Updyke

CEO

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David Larson

Chief Technology Officer

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Paula Bell Fcma Cgma

Board Member

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Paula has extensive FTSE 250 board experience as both an Executive and Non-executive Director. From 2013 to 2016 she was Chief Financial Officer of support services group John Menzies plc and between 2006 and 2013 was Group Finance Director of the advanced engineering group Ricardo plc. Prior to that Paula held senior management positions at BAA plc, AWG plc and Rolls-Royce plc. Paula was a Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the global engineering and technology group Laird PLC from 2012 until its acquisition and delisting in July 2018, including a period as Senior Independent Director. Paula is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Balaji Ratakonda

Vice President

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Cheryl Ragland

Board Member

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Ann Menard

Global Head of Human Resources

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Doug Roberts

Board Member

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Jim Klaassen

Vice President

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Manuel Zepeda

Executive Vice President

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Martin Foulger

General Manager

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Spirent Communications leadership demographics

Spirent Communications gender distribution in management team

  • The Spirent Communications executive team is 32% female and 68% male.
  • Spirent Communications is 26% female and 74% male company-wide.
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Company-wide: 74%
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Company-wide: 26%

Spirent Communications executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Spirent Communications executive officers is White.
  • 58% of the management team is White.
  • 12% of Spirent Communications's management is Asian.
  • 10% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 45% of employees are White.
  • 23% of employees are Asian.
  • 14% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
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What employees say about the executives at Spirent Communications

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Pros of working at Spirent Communications

Performing the quality assurance tasks I was hired to do.

Cons of working at Spirent Communications

Too much management, hindering employee empowerment and flexibility. Micro managed into submission.

Spirent Communications benefits

In house gym

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Updated November 18, 2022

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