Jay Alexander, Chief Technology
Officer, to Retire in Late 2021
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS)
today announced that Satish Dhanasekaran has been appointed chief operating
officer (COO), effective immediately. Dhanasekaran has been president of
Keysight’s largest business, the Communications Solutions Group, since 2017.
In his
role as COO, Dhanasekaran has responsibility for growing orders and increasing
annual recurring revenue for the company. He oversees the functions that
contribute to these objectives, including market and technology research;
development of new technologies, products, and solutions; services; marketing;
and sales. He will continue to report to Ron Nersesian, chairman and chief
executive officer. The COO organization will bring together key functions of
the company, taking a holistic and end-to-end approach to best serve Keysight’s
customers and deliver results.
As head of
the Communications Solutions Group, Dhanasekaran led Keysight’s $3.2 billion
global business that addresses the communications ecosystem, including wireless
and wireline, as well as aerospace defense and government customers. He and his
team secured Keysight’s leadership in 5G and made significant contributions to
accelerate technology adoption in other key areas, including 400GE and
electromagnetic spectrum operations.
Dhanasekaran
joined the company in 2006. Prior to leading the Communications Solutions
Group, he managed the company’s wireless business where he drove the
transformation of Keysight's portfolio to provide design and test solutions
across the full communications stack, including both hardware and software
layers, and positioned the business for leadership in 5G. He has over 20 years
of experience in the communications industry spanning business leadership,
product, sales, marketing, and business development.
Keysight
also announced that Jay Alexander, chief technology officer (CTO), has chosen
to retire in late 2021. Until his retirement, he will support the success of
Dhanasekaran in his new role and help determine the go-forward leadership of
the critical teams within the CTO organization.
Alexander has been with the
company since 1986. He spent many of those years working in the company’s
oscilloscope business, in roles ranging from R&D engineer to vice president
and general manager. As Keysight’s CTO since 2014, Alexander has been
responsible for central hardware and software technology development, including
the PathWave software platform and other facets of Keysight’s software-centric
solutions strategy. He holds 24
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