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Leadership Changecurated sourcedetected 2026-03-30 · confidence 95%

ST Engineering iDirect: Leadership Change

ST Engineering iDirect appointed Sridhar Kuppanna as CEO, succeeding Don Claussen. Kuppanna was previously CTO.

Source: PR Newswire - Technology

The leadership read

Leadership transitions often precede broader telecommunications bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.

Market context: Backdrop: a 113.4 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 13.7 on the month) with EMEA activity steady (-1.5pts).

ST Engineering iDirect: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Telecommunications median of 1 across 51 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.

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