Rodney Boehm

Senior Vice President

Rodney Boehm is currently a Senior Vice President of Fujitsu Network Communications, headquartered in Richardson, Texas. With over 25 years of experience in telecommunications, Rodney is responsible for developing partnerships with leading network technology providers and driving marketing efforts for optical, access and data products developed by Fujitsu.

Along with Yau Chow Ching, Rodney conceived (and wrote the standards for), the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) architecture, which served as the base for today’s North American telephone network. Rodney was Chairman of the T1X1 Technical Sub-Committee (the organization responsible for SONET standardization) from 1990 though 1994. He has been active in SONET’s National and International Standardization since 1985. In addition, Rodney has published numerous papers and presentations on SONET.

Rodney began his career with Fujitsu Network Communications in 1989 as the Director of Strategic Planning. He has also held the positions of Director of Transport Product Planning, Vice President of Business Management, Senior Vice President of Sales Management and Senior Vice President of Manufacturing before being transferred to Senior Vice President of Business Development and Product Marketing.

Before joining Fujitsu, Rodney worked for Bell Laboratories, Bellcore (now Telcordia), and Rockwell International. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering at Texas A&M University.