Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 14, 2002
Dean Polnerow is President and Founder, Switchboard Incorporated
Dean Polnerow has been the President of Switchboard since 1998.
Prior to founding Switchboard in 1996, Mr. Polnerow spent 13
years at Banyan Systems Inc., where he was the Vice President of
Advanced Development and was one of the founding members of
Banyan's engineering team. Prior to joining Banyan, Mr. Polnerow
was a senior software engineer at Data General, where he designed
and developed commercial operating systems, and helped chart the
company's distributed systems architecture. Mr. Polnerow earned a
BSE and did graduate work in electrical and computer engineering
at the University of Michigan. Profile
TWST: Could we get started with a brief overview of the history andevolution of Switchboard?
Mr. Polnerow: Switchboard started in 1996 when we first launched the
site. The company was