Manuel Zepeda is Executive Vice President of Global Sales & Services at Spirent Communications, with responsibility for driving the company's worldwide sales and services organization. Manuel has 25 years' experience across communication services, IT services, and software industries, with a track record of executing quantifiable results that bring rapid growth, significant efficiency, improved profitability, and customer loyalty.

Before joining Spirent, Manuel held leadership positions at Amdocs and BusinessEdge (now part of EMC Consulting), managing sales, delivery, and partner alliances. He is recognized as a thought leader on a broad range of technologies and the business needs necessary for companies to succeed in an ever-changing digital world, and he regularly shares expertise on service provider trends, telecommunications, IT, digital transformations, sales management and mentoring for sales professionals.

Manuel attended Southern Methodist University, Texas, and the University of Texas at Dallas.