Eric Updyke is Chief Executive Officer of Spirent Communications. In his 30+ years in the communications industry, Eric has led transformative growth programs on a global scale. As CEO, Eric is focused on driving sustainable, profitable growth as he works to make Spirent the leader and trusted partner for innovative technology test and assurance solutions.

Prior to joining Spirent in April 2019, Eric was on the Executive Management team of Amdocs. In his capacity as Group President, Services at Amdocs Ltd., he had global responsibility for the entire Managed Services, Testing and SI businesses, comprising 10,000 employees and roughly $2 billion in revenue. Previously, he was Division President for North America at Amdocs, where he managed a $1 billion P&L and was responsible for the relationship with North American communications service providers. Before joining Amdocs, Eric held executive roles at Nokia Siemens Networks and AT&T.

Eric has an MBA in Finance and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He also serves on the Board of Directors at Symend.