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Ben Cardwell is the senior vice president and segment lead for CommScope’s Connectivity Solutions and Mobility Solutions businesses. He is responsible for leading the global business units that develop innovative wireline and wireless solutions for use in service provider and business enterprise networks around the world. Prior to his current role, Mr. Cardwell was senior vice president of sales and marketing, and was senior vice president of global wireless sales, responsible for leading all CommScope customer-facing activities for the wireless group globally. 

A 25-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, Mr. Cardwell also served as vice president of wireless sales for CommScope Asia Pacific, where he worked closely with US and Asia Pacific service providers in developing and deploying radio frequency and data communications infrastructure for voice and data services over mobile networks. Prior to joining CommScope, Mr. Cardwell served in various leadership positions in research and development, product management, systems engineering, and field sales with UTStarcom, Ericsson, and 3Com.

Mr. Cardwell graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina with a bachelor of science degree in physics. He holds an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.