Paul McNab
Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer
Lonergan Partners is pleased to announce that Paul McNab has been named Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at JDSU. The search was led by Dotty Schaffer and Mark Lonergan.
About Paul
During a 16-year career with Cisco Systems, Paul held executive marketing, strategy and engineering positions. In these roles, he worked closely with some of the leading public and private data center operators and spearheaded corresponding strategic initiatives and product roadmaps for next-generation network architectures, including software-defined networking. He also led the enterprise marketing organization, with an associated $25 billion product portfolio, and built and managed an architecture team that delivered cross-portfolio solutions for the service provider and enterprise markets. Paul most recently founded a start-up that developed a disruptive software-based network solution, managed as portable code, for global public and private cloud providers and enterprise customers.
Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from North West University in Manchester, England.
About JDSU
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) innovates and collaborates with customers to build and operate the highest-performing and highest-value networks in the world. JDSU’s diverse technology portfolio also fights counterfeiting and enables high-powered commercial lasers for a range of applications.
Placement Update
In 2015, JDSU became two independent companies, Viavi Solutions Inc. and Lumentum Operations LLC. Paul has assumed the role of Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer for Viavi Solutions.
Dynamic, exciting change is taking place in our markets, creating new opportunities for JDSU and making it a great time to add a strategist of Paul’s caliber to our team. Paul brings a depth of networking background and extensive experience identifying and developing solutions for the software-defined network architectures of the future.The Lonergan team did an outstanding job in identifying, screening, and introducing us to a number of highly qualified candidates that fit our specifications. We are extremely pleased with the overall process and the end result.
Tom Waechter, President & CEO, JDSU
Increased network connectivity and extension of the network edge beyond the access switch all the way to the application adds enormous complexity for JDSU’s customers. JDSU brings unique expertise addressing the need for increased capacity and deeper visibility into network and application performance. It’s an exciting time to join JDSU.
Paul McNab, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, JDSU
Paul is one of the preeminent leaders in the networking industry. He is an outstanding technologist, a proven marketer and business leader. With the bold transformation ahead for JDSU, Paul is an excellent addition to the executive team.
Dotty Schaffer, Partner, Lonergan Partners