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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

NAICS Code Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing: 334119

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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

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San Diego State University B.S in Electrical Engineering Former

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

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

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Foundry Networks, Inc. Vice President & General Manager Current

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Foundry Networks, Inc. Vice President, US Sales Current

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

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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

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

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Stanford University bachelors degree Former

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

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Foundry Networks, Inc. Director, Sales, Marketing Current

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Foundry Networks, Inc. Director, Marketing Current

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Foundry Networks, Inc. Director, Marketing Current

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