[November 22, 2009] CommScope Chooses Eddie Edwards as COO Tweet Nov 18, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- CommScope announced it has named Eddie Edwards president and COO of the company effective January 1. Edwards will succeed Brian Garrett, who will retire later in 2010 after a 30-year career with the company. Until that time, Garrett will initiate and serve as advisor on several special projects within CommScope. Garrett joined CommScope in 1980 as VP of engineering. He later served as CommScope's Network Cable Division VP and general manager, a business he helped launch. Garrett was promoted to executive VP before being named president and COO in 1997, the year CommScope attained public ownership after being spun-off from General Instrument. Edwards, 60, was promoted from his role as executive VP and general manager, Wireless Network Solutions, which he has held since the acquisition of Andrew Corp. in 2007. Concurrently, he has been serving CommScope as executive VP of Business Development, a position he has held since 2005. Edwards has served in a variety of executive roles since joining CommScope in 2001. He also previously has served as acting president of CSMI, a CommScope subsidiary, and president and CEO of OFS Fitel and OFS BrightWave, a joint venture between CommScope and The Furukawa Electric. Prior to CommScope, he served as president of Radio Frequency Systems (RFS); president of Alcatel NA Cable Systems; CFO of Alcatel's Cable Operations in the Americas, and Americas area manager for Alcatel Cable. CommScope is a developer and provider of infrastructure solutions for communication networks. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]