New CTO Concannon, who will report to CEO Barry Napier, will oversee the software product roadmap and innovative growth strategy at Cubic Telecom, as well as focusing on network, test, product, and security functions and innovation.

The roadmap in particular is set to be implemented across the automotive, agriculture, energy, and wider transportation sectors.

Bringing over 20 years’ software engineering experience to Cubic’s leadership team, Concannon has previously served as CTO at ClavisInsight (now part of Ascential), LogEntries (now part of Rapid7), and most recently, Edge by Ascential.

In addition, he operated within the cyber security space while serving as director of platform & IT/Ops solutions at Rapid7.

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“I am delighted to join and be part of a great team at Cubic focused on helping to deliver new opportunities and even better value to our clients across multiple industries.” said Concannon. “I look forward to bringing my experience to an innovative company that is actively impacting industries’ digital transformation across the world.”

Barry Napier, CEO of Cubic Telecom, commented: “The arrival of Marc as our new CTO positions Cubic for continued growth in all of our verticals.

“Alongside our senior leadership team, Marc will drive growth in our product portfolio for our global clients using his extensive experience in IT innovation.

“Marc is perfectly positioned to elevate Cubic’s technology and offer our customers new software and analytics solutions, leveraging our 5G, LTE, VoLTE and Satellite technologies.”