WATERLOO, Ontario - Thursday, 16. January 2025
Carol Tate will serve as CCO following her tenure as Chief Compliance Officer at Intel
Former President & CEO of Human Rights First, Michael Breen, appointed as Advisor to the Board of Directors
(BUSINESS
WIRE) -- Today, Sandvine (the “Company”), a market-leading provider of
Over-the-Top (OTT) Application Classification and Quality of Experience
(QoE) solutions, announced the appointments of Carol Tate as Chief
Ethics & Compliance Officer, effective February 3, and Michael Breen
as Advisor to the Board of Directors, effective January 1. Working
closely with teams across the Company and in collaboration with its
Board of Directors, Tate will spearhead compliance and due diligence
initiatives to help facilitate Sandvine’s transition into a technology
solution leader for democracies. Working directly with the Company’s
Board of Directors, Breen is advising on human rights matters, including
its engagement with non-governmental organizations to inform the
Company’s human rights due diligence.
With decades of legal,
risk, and compliance experience in the public and private sectors, Tate
brings extensive experience embedding ethics and compliance into
technological deployment and innovation on a global scale. She most
recently served as Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Intel
Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) (“Intel”), where she led the organization’s
global ethics and compliance function, which included driving
initiatives to promote the company’s values and ethical culture,
encourage open reporting, and reinforce Intel’s commitment to product
responsibility in connection with Intel’s technology.
Prior to
Intel, Tate held senior leadership roles within the ethics and
compliance functions at McCarthy Holdings, Inc., Flextronics
International Ltd., and Motorola. She also served as a senior attorney
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division.
“As
we operate in an increasingly complex digital environment, Sandvine’s
focus on driving technological innovation while promoting internet
freedom and digital rights could not be more critical,” said Tate. “I am
excited to join a team and organization focused on providing
high-quality products and premier customer service while facing these
challenges head-on through close and productive partnerships with all
stakeholders.”
Breen, an executive leader, strategist, policy
expert and former military officer, has diverse experience leading
complex organizations at the intersection of technology, global
security, human rights, politics, and markets. He previously served as
President & CEO of Human Rights First, a US-based organization
confronting global human rights abuse, authoritarianism, and extremism
through technology innovation and deployment, crisis response, policy
development and advocacy, research, and legal services. Prior to leading
Human Rights First, Breen acted as President & CEO of the Center
for National Policy and the Truman National Security Project, served in
the Obama administration’s Office of White House Counsel, and co-founded
the International Refugee Assistance Project. He began his career as a
decorated US Army officer, leading soldiers in combat in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
“At a critical inflection point, Sandvine worked
diligently to rechart its course, commit to being a positive and
material contributor to the protection of human rights around the world,
and double down on its mission to help people work, learn, entertain,
and communicate. That resilience speaks to the Company’s potential to
build itself into a values-driven technology solutions market leader,”
said Breen. “I look forward to working closely with the Sandvine Board
of Directors and the Company’s executive leadership team to help
Sandvine navigate the challenges of today’s digital landscape.”
“Sandvine’s
appointments of Carol and Michael are a direct reflection of the
Company’s strengthened commitment to internet freedom and both digital
and human rights, and we are honored to welcome them aboard,” added
Carney Hawks, Chairman of the Board of Sandvine. “Carol’s extensive and
successful track record collaborating with government and regulatory
stakeholders, customers, trade groups, NGOs, and colleagues to deliver
technological excellence governed by the highest ethical standards,
combined with Michael’s exceptional background leading organizations
dedicated to mitigating the world’s most complex issues across
technology, human rights, global security and political dimensions, will
be immensely valuable to Sandvine in this new chapter.”
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