Ribbon Communications Inc. announced that Steve McCaffery has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Sales for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and APAC (Asia Pacific) regions. He reports directly to Ribbon's Chief Executive Officer and President, Bruce McClelland. Mr. McCaffery has more than 30 years' experience leading sales and marketing teams and working with global fixed and mobile operators. Before joining Ribbon, he was the CEO of consulting business GOT2, advising technology companies in the convergence, wireless, broadband and video spaces. Previously, McCaffery managed a $2.4B international business addressing both carrier and enterprise customers and was a member of the executive team at ARRIS following the acquisition of Motorola Home. Prior to his time at ARRIS, he built and developed Native Networks, a venture-backed company in the data space which was purchased by Alcatel-Lucent, where he helped manage the Optical Networks business in EMEA. McCaffery succeeds Fernando Valdivielso, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests.