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

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ST Engineering iDirect: Leadership Change

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

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The leadership read

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

Market context: Backdrop: a 111.1 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 5.2 on the month) with EMEA activity easing (-4.4pts).

ST Engineering iDirect: 0 signals in the last 90 days — below the Telecommunications median of 1 across 49 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.

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