ARRIS Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Tom Cloonan Elevated to IEEE Fellow
December 03 2009 - 10:48AM
PR Newswire (US)
SUWANEE, Ga., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS)
announces with pride that its Chief Strategy Officer, Dr. Tom
Cloonan, has been elevated to the rank of Fellow in the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), singled out for his
leadership in the development of Cable Modem Termination Systems
(CMTS). Recognizing the achievements of its members is an important
part of the mission of the IEEE. Each year, following a rigorous
evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select
group of recipients for one of the Institute's most prestigious
honors. Dr. Cloonan will become an IEEE Fellow effective January 1,
2010. "I am truly honored to be receiving this prestigious
appointment to the IEEE Fellow level," said Dr. Cloonan. "It is a
privilege to be able to work with great people in a company like
ARRIS and in an industry like the Cable Industry, where innovation
is the norm." As ARRIS CSO, Dr. Cloonan is involved in the
architecture and planning of next-generation CMTS/EQAM systems, as
well as providing company-wide guidance for many different
cross-business unit programs being carried out within ARRIS. Dr.
Cloonan joined ARRIS in 2001, when the company acquired Cadant®,
Inc. where he was Architect and CTO responsible for designing and
developing networking systems and leading development of the C4®
CMTS product line. Prior to his work at Cadant, Dr. Cloonan was a
Technical Manager and Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff
at Bell Laboratories. Before that, Dr. Cloonan was Architect, ASIC
Designer and Project Leader at Lucent Technologies. Dr. Cloonan
holds more than 20 U.S. patents and has written more than 80
articles for technical publications and conferences. He received
his Ph.D. from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, his
MSEE from Purdue University and his BSEE from the Illinois
Institute of Technology. About ARRIS ARRIS is a global
communications technology company specializing in the design,
engineering and supply of technology supporting quad-play broadband
services for residential and business customers around the world.
Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers
in Suwanee; Beaverton, OR; Chicago, IL; Kirkland, WA; State
College, PA; Wallingford, CT; Waltham, MA; Cork, Ireland; and
Shenzhen, China, and operates support and sales offices throughout
the world. Information about ARRIS products and services is at
http://www.arrisi.com/. DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan, ARRIS
Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, Web Site: http://www.arrisi.com/
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