Thomas Stanton was named our Chief Executive Officer in September 2005 and named Chairman of the Board in 2007. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of ADTRAN International, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company formerly known as ADTRAN Asia-Pacific, Inc., since September 2005. Furthermore, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Adtran Networks SE, the Company's majority-owned subsidiary and formerly ADVA Optical Networking SE ( Adtran Networks ), and a member of its management board. Mr. Stanton joined Adtran in 1995 as Vice President of Marketing for the Carrier Networks ( CN ) Division. Since that time, he has held a number of senior management positions within the Company, including Senior Vice President and General Manager of the CN Division. Prior to joining Adtran, he served as Vice President of Marketing and Engineering at Transcrypt International and held several senior management positions with E. F. Johnson Company. Mr. Stanton has served on the board of directors of a number of technology companies and is a past chairman of the board for both the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta s Birmingham Branch and the Telecommunications Industry Association. He also served on the board of Cadence Bank (NYSE: CADE), formerly BancorpSouth Bank, from October 2015 through February 2026, where he served on the Compensation Committee and as the Chair of the Risk Committee. In addition, Mr. Stanton previously served as a director of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce, the Telecommunications Industry Association, and the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. Mr. Stanton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Auburn University.