CenturyLink CTO joins MEF board

Nov. 28, 2018
Andrew Dugan, chief technology officer at CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL), has joined the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) board of directors. Dugan ...

Andrew Dugan, chief technology officer at CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL), has joined the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) board of directors. Dugan takes the place of former CenturyLink CTO Aamir Hussain on the MEF board. The current MEF board was elected in July.

Dugan recently became CenturyLink's CTO after serving as the company's senior vice president of technology planning, network architecture, and security. Prior to joining CenturyLink, he served in CTO and other roles at Level 3 Communications. Dugan has more than 30 years of experience in building communications networks and services platforms.

"We are thrilled to see Andrew quickly join the MEF board of directors so soon after accepting his new role at CenturyLink. The board will be able to leverage his industry knowledge and expertise to gain a new perspective on how MEF 3.0 will impact the worldwide adoption of assured services across automated networks," said Nan Chen, president, MEF. "We look forward to seeing the advancements that the vibrant MEF community will achieve in the coming year with the guidance and support of our world-class board and leadership team."

"As a a global leader in SDN-enabled Ethernet devices and dynamic services, CenturyLink is strongly committed to working with MEF to enable next-generation network services that help businesses and their customers excel in the digital economy," said Dugan. "I look forward to working with the board to advance the MEF 3.0 framework."

The MEF board of directors is focused on expanding MEF's ecosystem of service providers, technology vendors, and other companies committed to building a global ecosystem of MEF 3.0 automated networks to advance on-demand, cloud-centric services with user- and application-directed control over network resources and service capabilities.

The MEF board of directors consists of:

  • Nan Chen, CENX Advisor, Ericsson
  • Frederick Chui, Senior Vice President, Global Data Sales and Presales, PCCW Global
  • Andrew Dugan, Chief Technology Officer, CenturyLink
  • Shawn Hakl, Senior Vice President Business Products, Verizon
  • Kevin O'Toole, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Comcast Business
  • Roman P. Pacewicz, Chief Product Officer, AT&T Business
  • Ralph Santitoro, Head of SDN/NFV/SD-WAN Services, Fujitsu Network Communications
  • Michael Strople, President Allstream, Managing Director - Canada, Zayo Group
  • Mirko Voltolini, Global Head of Network on Demand, Colt Technology Services
  • Rami Yaron, Senior Director SDN/NFV Solutions, NEC/Netcracker
  • Jean-Claude Geha, SVP International Services & Technology Delivery, Deutsche Telekom AG; Chairman Deutsche Telekom Pan-Net (Advisory Director)

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