Rich Schroder is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Tellabs, where they have been overseeing operations since 2004. Prior to this role, they served as the Vice President of the Access Business Unit at Marconi and the VP of Engineering at AFC for a short period. Their earlier experience includes a Senior Director position in Switching Product Development at DSC from 1990 to 1997 and a Manager role in Product Development at Siemens Enterprise Communications from 1980 to 1990.