BNET Industries

Market Cap:$509.5M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$267.6M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ-NTCT) is the leading provider of integrated network and application performance management solutions for organizations worldwide. Through the combination of Sniffer and nGenius technologies, NetScout enables customers to maximize the performance and efficiency of applications and content delivered across globally distributed networks. In today's highly complex and rapidly changing IT environments, NetScout's solutions play an essential role, providing the operational intelligence required to assure that critical networked applications and services run efficiently and reliably, meeting or exceeding user expectations, and increasing return on investment from the infrastructure. Headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, NetScout has approximately 800 employees and offices across the globe. NetScout serves the Global 5000 enterprise community as well as government agencies and telecommunications service providers.

Founder, President, CEO, and Chairman of The Board
Anil K. Singhal
Number of Employees 788
Contact Information

310 Littleton Rd

Westford, Massachusetts 01886-4105

netscout.com

(978) 614-4000

NAICS Code Computer Systems Design Services: 541512

Recent Events

  • Research and Markets: NetScout Goes Virtual, Adds VM Visibility

    10/29/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • NetScout Systems NTCT Reports Q2 EPS of $0.22; Guides

    10/22/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • NetScout Intros nGenius InfiniStream 2900 Series Deep Packet Capture Appliance

    9/14/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • NetScout Systems Q1 net income up

    7/27/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Bruce A. Kelley Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Bruce A. Kelly CTO & Vice President
David P. Sommers Senior Vice President, General Operations and Chief Financial Officer
Jeffrey R. Wakely Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
Ken Boyd Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President, Services
Michael Szabados Chief Operating Officer
Ashwani Singhal Senior Vice President, Research & Development
John Downing Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales Operations
Alan Fink Vice President, Corporate Development and Channels
Bruce Sweet Vice President, Business Development
James E. Frey Vice President, Marketing
Jeff Levinson Vice President
Patrick Bolger Vice President, It
Steven Shalita Vice President, Marketing
Tracy Steele Vice President, Manufacturing and Business Operations
Victor Becker Vice President, Human Resources
Catherine Taylor Director of Investor Relations
June Nugent Director, Knowledge Resources
Christine Johansen Manager, Pr
Leslie Miller Product Marketing Manager
Chris Johansen
Jim Metzler
John R. Egan *
Narendra V. Popat Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Anil K. Singhal Founder, President, CEO, and Chairman of The Board
Bryan Taylor Board of Directors
Joseph G Hadzima Board of Directors
Lane Wingate Board of Directors
Stephen G Pearse Board of Directors
Victor A. DeMarines Board of Directors
Vincent J. Mullarkey Board of Directors

Anil K. Singhal co-founded the Corporation in June 1984 and has served as the Corporation's President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Director since January 2001. Prior to this, Mr. Singhal had served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer from July 1993 to December 2000. From the Corporation's inception until July 1993, Mr. Singhal was President of the Corporation. Mr. Singhal has served as a director of the Corporation since its inception. Prior to founding the Corporation, he was a Senior Architect and Project Manager at Wang Laboratories, a provider of computer systems, from 1979 until June 1984.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Founder, President, CEO, and Chairman of The Board Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Engineering Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Director Current

Bruce Kelley, Jr. co-founded NextPoint Networks, Inc. in November 1996 and served as a Director and as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Since the acquisition of NextPoint by NetScout in July 2000, Mr. Kelley had served as Vice President, Engineering, Service Level Management of NetScout from July 2000 to December 2000. In January 2001, Mr. Kelley assumed the position of NetScout’s Chief Technology Officer. Prior to founding NextPoint, he held various engineering positions at Digital Equipment Corporation from 1982 to 1996, including Consultant Software Engineer and Network Management Technical Director within Digital’s Network Management Engineering Group.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Chief Technology Officer Current
Performance Zone Current
Next Point LLC Founder Former
NexTone Communications, Inc. Co-Founder Former

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. CTO & Vice President Current

David P. Sommers has served as NetScout’s Senior Vice President, General Operations and Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary since April 2007. Before this, Mr. Sommers served as Senior Vice President, General Operations and Chief Financial Officer for over five years. From April 2000 to December 2000 he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to NetScout he served as Chief Financial Officer at FlexiInternational Software, Inc., a publicly-held developer of financial accounting software (1998-2000), Merger and Acquisition Consultant to the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lotus Development Corporation, an IBM subsidiary, (1998), Chief Financial Officer at SystemSoft Corporation, a publicly-held developer of system level firmware (1996-1997), and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Media, Inc., a publicly-held developer of interactive multimedia systems (1993-1996). Mr. Sommers holds a BS in Physics from Harvard University and an MBA from New York University.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Senior Vice President, General Operations and Chief Financial Officer Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
FlexiInternational Software, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Systemsoft LLC Chief Financial Officer Former
Advanced Media, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
FlexiInternational Software, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Advanced Media, Inc. Vice President Former
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Enermetrix Chief Financial Officer Former
Wake Forest University Bachelor of Science In Accounting Former

Ken Boyd is CIO for NetScout and is responsible for Worldwide Customer / Technical Support. He has over 28 years of experience in Information Technology. Prior to the acquisition of Network General by NetScout, Mr. Boyd was responsible for Information Technology, R&D and Product Operations. Prior to joining Network General, Mr. Boyd served as a senior executive at Remedy over a period of 5+ years, where he held various key roles, including CIO, Vice President of Product Operations and Vice President, Product Management/Product Marketing. Prior to joining Remedy, Mr. Boyd held numerous senior roles at Adobe Systems where he was strategic in architecting client server solutions and evolving Adobe's intranet with Web and Adobe technologies. Previously, Boyd held roles of CIO at Read-Rite Corporation and Group Information Technology Director for Unisys Corporation, supporting a $2 billion business unit.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President, Services Current

Michael Szabados is Chief Operating Officer and has been with NetScout for more than ten years. Prior to this he was Senior Vice President, Product Operations overseeing product development, manufacturing, customer support, and marketing since January 2001. Before that, he was VP, Marketing since he joined in August 1997. A veteran of the enterprise networking industry, Michael held product and marketing management positions at a number of industry leaders, and has developed a close working relationship with many of the world's leading IT/network organizations. Prior to NetScout, he served as VP of Product Management at UB Networks (1994-97), Director Product Marketing at SynOptics/Bay Networks (1991-1994), and Marketing Director, Networking at MIPS Corporation (1989-1991). Michael holds a BSEE from UC Irvine and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Senior Vice President, Prod Operations Former
UB Networks Vice President of Product Management Former
The Mips Marketing Director Former
University of California, Irvine Bsee Former

Ashwani Singhal has served as Vice President, Engineering and Product Development since January 2001. Mr. Singhal joined NetScout in 1987 and served as a Senior Software Engineer and Project Manager from 1987 until February 1997, as Director of Engineering from February 1997 until October 1998 and as Vice President, Engineering from October 1998 through December 2000. Prior to joining NetScout, he was a Senior Software Engineer at Symmetrix, an artificial intelligence systems company, from 1982 until 1987. Mr. Singhal is the brother of Anil Singhal, NetScout's President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Director.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Senior Vice President, Research & Development Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Symmetrix, LLC Senior Software Engineer Former

John Downing has served as NetScout’s Vice President, Sales Operations since September 2000, when he joined the Corporation. Prior to joining NetScout, he was Vice President of Sales at Genrad Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic testing equipment and production solutions, from April 1998 until September 2000 and was Vice President of North American Sales from January 1996 until March 1998.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales Operations Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Sales Operations Current
GenRad Vice President of Sales Former

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Corporate Development and Channels Current

Bruce Sweet co-founded NextPoint Networks, Inc. in December 1996 and served as a Director and as Vice President of Engineering and Product Development. Since the acquisition of NextPoint by NetScout in July 2000, Mr. Sweet had served as Vice President, Engineering, Capacity Management, from July 2000 to December 2000. In January 2001, Mr. Sweet assumed the position of Vice President, Engineering Services and Customer Satisfaction. Currently, he serves as Vice President, Business Development. Prior to founding NextPoint, he was the Director of Network Management within Digital Equipment Corporation’s Network Business Unit from 1995 to 1996. Mr. Sweet held various engineering positions of increasing responsibility within Digital Equipment Corporation beginning in 1983.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Business Development Current
Capacity Management Vice President, Engineering Former
Next Point LLC Founder Former
NexTone Communications, Inc. Co-Founder Former

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current

Jeff Levinson is NetScout's Vice President and General Counsel, responsible for global legal strategy and legal operations. Mr. Levinson brings over 15 years of legal and strategic experience to NetScout. Before joining the company in 2005, he served four years as corporate counsel at Nuance (formerly Scansoft and Speechworks). Before that he was General Counsel at an internet startup and a division counsel at a global publishing company. Mr. Levinson holds degrees from Harvard and Boston University School of Law and an MBA from Babson.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President Current
Nuance, Inc Corporate Counsel Former

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, It Current
Brooks Automation, Inc. CIO Former
Helix Technology Corporation Chief Information Officer Former
Brooks Automation, Inc. Vice President Former
Motorola, Inc. Manager Former

Steven is Vice President, Marketing, and leads our global marketing activities. He is an experienced marketing strategist with more than 20 years of technology marketing leadership experience in the voice and data networking and telecommunications industries. He has a proven track record of delivering results and growing revenues by connecting technology with business needs to deliver customer value. Mr. Shalita returned to NetScout in July of 2008, and was previously Director, Product Marketing at NetScout from 1997 through 1999. During his time away, he held marketing leadership positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Redback Networks, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems. At Alcatel-Lucent, he led the product marketing and strategy efforts for the company’s $1.2 Billion service provider router and network management portfolio. At Redback Networks, he led product and technical marketing activities, including the introduction of the company’s entrance into the metro Ethernet market. During his nearly six years at Cisco Systems, he served in a series of increasingly strategic assignments, including leading enterprise networking marketing efforts across Europe, Middle East and Africa and leading worldwide strategy and marketing activities for Cisco’s $9 billion LAN switching portfolio where he was a driving force in establishing Cisco’s global leadership position in the Enterprise network market. He has extensive global experience in a broad range of networking, and network management technologies for Enterprise, SMB and Service Provider segments.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Director Former

Tracy Steele has served as Vice President, Manufacturing and Business Operations since January 2001. Mr. Steele joined NetScout in November 1995 and served as Director of Manufacturing from November 1995 until May 1997, and as Vice President, Manufacturing from May 1997 to December 2000. Prior to joining NetScout, he served as Director of Manufacturing for Scope Communications, a developer of hand-held network tools from 1993 to November 1995. He also served in various manufacturing and management positions at NBase-Xyplex, Inc., a computer networking company, from 1985 to February 1993.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Manufacturing and Business Operations Current
Scope Communications Director of Manufacturing Former

Organization Position Status
Phase Forward Incorporated Vice President, HR Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Vice President, Human Resources Current
Authoria, Inc. Vice President of Human Resources Former
InaCom Corporation Director of Human Resources Former
Entex Information Services Director of Human Resources Former
Data General Corporation Human Resources Manager Former
Phase, Inc Former
Providence College Bachelor of Science Degree In Business Administration and Management Former

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Director of Investor Relations Current

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Director, Knowledge Resources Current

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Manager, Pr Current

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Product Marketing Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Current
The Business Forum Online Current
Telco, Ltd. Engineering Manager Former
Boston University Ph.D. In Numerical Analysis Former

Organization Position Status
Egan-Managed Capital Founding Managing Partner Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. * Current
Egan, Flanagan and Cohen Current
EMC Corporation Board of Directors Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Monetrics, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Epicon Board of Directors Current
HighGround Systems, Inc. Board Member Current
Centerstone Software, Inc. Director Current
Platform Computing, Inc Director Current
Highroads Board of Directors Current
Antec, Inc. CEO Former
EMC Corporation Executive Vice President, Products and Offerings Former
EMC Corporation Executive Vice President, Operations Former
EMC Corporation Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing Former
Egan-Managed Capital Co-founder Former
Western New England College School of Law Former
Boston College B.S. degree in Economics Former
Boston College degree in marketing and computer science Former

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Plumchoice, Inc. Managing Director of Main Street Partners Current
MIT Sloan School of Management Senior Lecturer Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, Inc Board of Directors Current
National Association of Corporate Directors Board of Directors Current
Sullivan & Worcester Llp Partner Former
Harvard Law School Jd Former
MIT Sloan School of Management Masters of Science In Management Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Masters of Science in Management Former
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, Inc Sb Former
Harvard University Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Director Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Founder, Advisor To the CEO Former
Netscout Systems, Inc. Chairman Former

Organization Position Status
Emerson Hospital Principal Current
CommonAngels Principal Current
Openairboston.Net Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
C4RJ Board of Directors Current
Sereniti, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Emerson Hospital Board of Directors Current
Intrusic, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Cyras Systems CEO Former
Bay Networks Executive Vice President Former
tw telecom inc. Senior Vice President of Engineering Former
Bay Networks General Manager Former
MIT Sloan School of Management MBA Former

Organization Position Status
The Stone Store Current
The Mitre Corporation Board of Directors Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Verint Systems, Inc. Director Current
Gvi Security Solutions, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Nro Board of Directors Current
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Board Member Current
The Mitre Corporation Chief Executive Officer Current
Department of Transportation Presidential Executive Former
The Mitre Corporation Executive Vice President Former
The Mitre Corporation General Manager Former
United States Air Force Lieutenant Former
Gl.Com design engineer Former
Towne Park Ltd Employee Former
Hanscom Air Force Base Former
Internal Revenue Service Former
National Reconnaissance Office Former
Federal Aviation Administration Former
Northeastern University Master of Science Degree In Electrical Engineering Former
The Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Science Degree In Aeronautical Engineering Former

Vincent J. Mullarkey has been a director of the Corporation since November 2000. Mr. Mullarkey was the Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Digital Equipment Corporation from 1994 until his retirement in September 1998. From 1971 until 1994, Mr. Mullarkey held various positions within Digital Equipment Corporation, including Vice President, Corporate Controller. Since leaving Digital Equipment Corporation, Mr. Mullarkey has also been involved with several companies in the real estate industry.

Organization Position Status
Netscout Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
webMethods, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Netscout Systems, Inc. Chairman Former

Executive News

  • NetScout Systems Reports Financial Results for First Quarter

    Business Wire via MSN Money - 7/23/09 - View Story

  • NetScout Systems Reports Financial Results for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010

    Business Wire - 7/23/09 - View Story

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     NTCT $12.53 -0.12 (-0.95% )
Average Volume 363,822
Shares Outstanding 40.36M
Market Cap 505.7M
Year High 14.99
Year Low 5.69
Earnings Per Share 0.64
P/E Ratio 19.58
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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