Currently, Ulrich Dopfer holds the position of Chief Operations Officer of Adva Optical Networking North America, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer for ADTRAN Holdings, Inc., President & Chief Financial Officer for ADVA Optical Networking, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer of ADVA Optical Networking SE (both are subsidiaries of ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.). Ulrich Dopfer is also on the board of ADVA Optical Networking Ltd.

He previously occupied the position of Director-Decision Support Projects at The Norcross Group, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from Verwaltungs- und Wirtschafts-Akademie München e. V.