EXFO Names Wireless Sales Executive to Board of Directors

Mr. Tornes is currently Head of Sales, AT&T at Juniper Networks and previously spent more than two years at Ericsson, also working with AT&T. He spent most of his career at Nortel Networks, culminating with the position of Vice-President of Sales, GSM Americas. Mr. Tornes also served as member of the Board of Governors at 3G Americas LLC. The appointment of Mr. Tornes raises the number of people on EXFO’s Board of Directors to five, including four independent members.

“Mr. Tornes brings a deep understanding of market, technologies and trends in the highly strategic wireless industry, along with a wealth of business relationships and first-hand knowledge of the best ways EXFO can accelerate its growth with tier-1 wireless operators as they transition from 3G to 4G/LTE networks,” explained Germain Lamonde, EXFO’s Chairman, President and CEO. “Consequently, I look forward to the strategic insight and business acumen he will provide to our Board as we continue to increase our presence in the global telecom test and service assurance industry.”

“I am delighted to join the Board of a dynamic company like EXFO that has a history of outgrowing the telecom market year-in and year-out,” Randy Tornes said. “I view my role as a sounding board in helping EXFO map out global strategy and make rational business decisions, especially as it rapidly expands its wireless footprint.”

Mr. Tornes holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.