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Foundry Networks Inc.

(FDRY) is in the Technology Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$607.2M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Foundry Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security, and application traffic management solutions including edge and backbone Ethernet switches, Web and content-aware application switches, network-wide security solutions, wireless LAN and access points, wide area access routers and internet provider edge and service provider core MPLS routers. Foundry's 10,400 customers includes the world's premier ISPs, Metro service providers, and enterprises including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, healthcare, government, financial, manufacturing companies, technology, and high-performance computing (HPC) sites.

Chairman, President & CEO

Robert W. Johnson

Number of Employees 981

Contact Information

4980 Great America Parkway

Santa Clara, California 95054

www.foundrynet....

408-207-1700

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing: 334119

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News & Analysis

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Calendar of events

- 2008-03-01

March March 13-15--AFS Northwest Regional Conference, Hilton Portland & Executive Tower Hotel, Portland, Ore. March 16-18--Casting Industry Suppliers Association Spring Conference, Hilton El Conquistador, Tucson, Ariz. March 31-April 3--WESTEC 2008, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles. April April 7-11--SAE 2008 World Congress, Cobo Center, Detroit....

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Calendar of events

- 2008-02-01

February February 18-19--AFS Foundry Environmental 101, The Crown Plaza Atlanta Airport Hotel, Atlanta. March March 4-6--AFS Cast Iron Filling, Feeding & Gating Workshop, Hilton Garden Inn O'Hare, Des Haines, Ill. March 9-12--ICI Spring Management Meeting, Hilton Hotel and Resort, Orlando, Fla. March 9-12--NADCA Executive Conference,...

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Calendar of events

- 2008-01-01

February February 7-8--AFS Wisconsin Regional, The Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee. February 7-10--68th World Foundry Congress, Chennai, India. February 10-13--AFS 6th International Conference on Permanent Mold Casting of Aluminum and Magnesium, Embassy Suites, Frisco, Texas. February 18-19--AFS Foundry Environmental 101, The Crown Plaza Atlanta Airport Hotel, Atlanta. ...

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The 18th American Foundry Society Environmental, Health, and Safety Conference featured keynote speaker Rick Otis, deputy associate administrator for the Office of Policy, Economics & Innovation at the EPA.(RULINGS & REGULATIONS)(awards)(Brief art

- 2006-11-01

The 18th American Foundry Society Environmental, Health, and Safety Conference featured keynote speaker Rick Otis, deputy associate administrator for the Office of Policy, Economics & Innovation at the EPA. In addition, the 2005 AFS Div. 10 EHS Service Awards were presented to Jeff Willman (McWane, Inc.),...

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AFS Foundry Executive Conference

- 2002-08-01

Make plans now to attend the AFS Foundry Executive Conference, October 6-8, 2002 at the Hilton Sandestin Beach & Golf Resort in Destin, FL. This year's theme is "Finding a Healthy Balance in Life and Business." We will be taking a look at wellness, work/life balance and government regulations...

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Midwest regional to rock in Cleveland

- 2001-09-01

Anonymous Foundry Management & Technology 09-01-2001 Midwest regional to rock in Cleveland Byline: Anonymous Volume: 129 Number: 9 ISSN: 03608999 Publication Date: 09-01-2001 Page: 14 Type: Periodical Language: English Evolution of the Foundry Industry will be the theme of the AFS Midwest Regional Conference, to be held at...

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KILL BW1356, PA INVESTOR BROADCAST and KILL BW0514, CQN PA INVESTOR BROADCAST

- 1999-10-27

Please KILL BW1356, (PA-INVESTOR-BROADCAST) Foundry Networks, Chesapeake Energy, VidaMed, and ImaginOn Conference Calls to be Broadcast by Investor Broadcast Network Over the Internet, which ran on Business Wire at 11:18 a.m. ET on 10/27/1999. Also KILL the CORRECTION, BW0514, (CQN-PA-INVESTOR-BROADCAST) Investor Broadcast Corrects the Subject of ImaginOn, Inc.'s Conference...

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Foundry industry's fate hinges on customer satisfaction

- 1993-01-01

"If your customer is in trouble, then you're in trouble too." This message, relayed by Richard Donnelly, GM Powertrain Div., tied in with the theme of this year's annual Foundry Educational Foundation FEF College-Industry Conference, "Engineering for Customer Satisfaction."Held November 19-21 in Chicago, the conference drew 318 students, educators and...

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Washington conference emphasizes foundry industry involvement

- 1991-05-01

Foudaries must join other industries in curbing federal legislation that would create more stringent environmental regulations, two U.S. senators warned attendees of the recent Foundry industry Government Affairs Conference. Speaking to the more than 100 conferees at the March gathering in Washington, D.C., Sens. Orrin G. Hatch RUT)...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Karl Triebes	Chief Technical Officer, Vice President, Engineering
Timothy D. Heffner	CFO & Vice President, Finance, Admin
Woody Akin	Senior Vice President, Sales, Worldwide
Bob Schiff	Vice President & General Manager, Security
Ivy Hsu	Vice President & General Manager
James Brear	Vice President, US Sales
John Burger	Vice President, Engineering
Ken K. Cheng	Vice President, Marketing
Lisa McGill	Vice President, HR
Neal M. Harris	Vice President, Layer 4, 7 Application Switching & Management Sales, North America
Paul Twombly	Vice President-Customer Service-IT
Richard Bridges	Vice President, Operations
Terry N. Wright	Vice President, Sales, Western Reg, North America
Herr M. Mogl	Director, Sales, Marketing
Philippe Levy	Director, Marketing
Smita Deshpande	Director, Marketing
Michael Iburg	Treasurer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Robert W. Johnson	Chairman, President & CEO
Alan L. Earhart	Board of Directors
Alfred J. Amoroso	Board of Directors
Andrew K. Ludwick	Board of Directors
C. Nicholas Keating	Board of Directors
J. Steven Young	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Chairman, President & CEO	Current
Arc Rubber	Current President	Current
Mimix	Vice President, Worldwide Sales	Current
Robert W. Johnson & Associates	Owner	Current
Customer Manufacturing Group	Consultant	Current
Arc Rubber	Arc Rubber	Current
The Scholar Group, Inc		Current
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP		Current
ViaSat, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Link-16 and International	Director	Current
Viasat	Director	Current
Hifn Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.	Chief Executive Officer	Former
Tri-Data, Inc.	CEO	Former
Tri-Data, Inc.	president	Former
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.	General Manager of Internetworking	Former
International Business Machines Corporation	developer	Former
Dartmouth College	tenure, track professor	Former
Hifn Inc.	Accountant	Former
The Dial Corporation		Former
Lakeview Technology, Inc.		Former
Harvard Law School	J.D.	Former
Stanford University	PhD	Former
Columbia Business School	M.B.A.	Former
University of Toledo	MBA program	Former
Harvard Business School	M.B.A.	Former
University of California, Berkeley	MBA	Former
San Jose State University	Master of Arts degree in Applied Economics	Former
Stanford University	M.S. Degrees In Electrical Engineering	Former
University of San Francisco	BSBA degree in Finance	Former
University of Michigan	BBA degree	Former
Baruch College	Bba Degree In Economics	Former
Stanford University	B.S.	Former
Santa Clara University	degree in economics	Former
University of Toledo	Degree In Mechanical Engineering	Former
Arc Rubber	Vice President	Former

Karl Triebes is responsible for overseeing the company's technology roadmap and leading our engineering team. Triebes has a successful track record of driving the development of enterprise networking and next-generation telecommunications products, including Layer 4-7 switches. Prior to joining F5, Triebes was CTO and Vice President of Engineering at Foundry Networks in San Jose, where he was responsible for the strategic direction of corporate product architectures, including the technology roadmap. Triebes received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University

Organization	Position	Status
F5 Networks, Inc.	Srvp Product Development & Cto	Current
F5 Networks, Inc.	CTO & Senior Vice President	Current
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Chief Technical Officer, Vice President, Engineering	Current
San Diego State University	B.S in Electrical Engineering	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	CFO & Vice President, Finance, Admin	Current
Dg Fastchannel, Inc.		Former
Tri-Data, Inc.		Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Sales, Worldwide	Current
University of Colorado	BS degree	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President & General Manager, Security	Current
Lantern Communications, Inc.	senior director	Former
Stanford University	MSEE	Former
Cornell University	BSEE	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President & General Manager	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President, US Sales	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President, Engineering	Current
Silicon Graphics, Inc.		Former
Arizona State University	B.S. in Electrical Engineering	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President, Marketing	Current
Dg Fastchannel, Inc.	Chief Operating Officer	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President, HR	Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers		Former
Pepperdine University	Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Management and plans to begin her MBA program	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President, Layer 4, 7 Application Switching & Management Sales, North America	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President-Customer Service-IT	Current
NICE Systems Ltd.		Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President, Operations	Current
Plantronics, Inc.		Former
Stanford University	bachelors degree	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Vice President, Sales, Western Reg, North America	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Director, Sales, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Director, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Director, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Treasurer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Zebra Technologies Corporation	Board of Directors	Current
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Foundry Networks, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

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