* Enterasys appoints CTO, executive VP of R&D
Enterasys last week made some executive changes, appointing a new CTO and a new executive vice president of R&D.
Leon Woo, who had been Enterasys’ executive vice president of engineering since 2003, is the company’s new CTO. He will focus on the long-term product and technology direction for Enterasys.
Simultaneously, Enterasys appointed Chris Crowell executive vice president of R&D, and of course will be responsible for the company’s engineering activities.
Enterasys, a spinoff of the old Cabletron, is now privately owned by The Gores Group, which had purchased Aprisma Management Technologies from Enterasys in 2002. Mark Stone, president of operations for The Gores Group, said in a statement that “Chris played a key role in helping Aprisma move from a product-centric focus to become a customer-centric company with products and solutions that meet the business needs of enterprises worldwide. He will play the same pivotal role at Enterasys as the company continues its momentum as a leader in the secure networking market.”
In another statement, Stone called Woo “one of the great visionaries in the networking industry.” Woo joined Enterasys in 2003 when it acquired Tenor Networks, a company that Woo co-founded to make products based on IP/MPLS. Before that, Woo was vice president of R&D at 3Com’s switching division.
To put the changes into context, Network World’s Phil Hochmuth earlier this month sat down with Enterasys’ CEO, Michael Fabiaschi. In the interview, he talks about how the company will focus internally, how it has put the SEC investigations behind it, how going private has its advantages, and how being at a hardware company differs from software.
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