Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2004
PETER G. GEORGE is President and CEO of Crossbeam Systems. Mr. George
has more than 20 years of global networking sales and marketing
experience with leaders such as Xerox, 3Com,Wellfleet, and Nortel
Networks. With an established track record of delivering sustained
growth and profits, Peter also has significant experience in
strategically expanding market share, and in identifying critical
partnership opportunities and new sales and channel strategies. Most
recently as president of Nortel's Enterprise Solutions division in EMEA,
Peter was responsible for managing more than 5,000 employees and $2
billion in revenue. Peter came to Nortel via their 1998 acquisition of
Bay Networks where he was serving as vice president of European
operations. During his tenure at Wellfleet and Bay, Peter played key
sales executive roles in New England and in Europe. Prior to joining
Wellfleet, Peter served as the Northeast regional manager and GM of
Canada at 3Com Corporation, and also held senior management positions at
Ungerman Bass. Peter began his career as a top-performing strategic
account manager at Xerox Corporation. He received his BA from the
College of the Holy Cross, and has done graduate studies at Harvard and
Oxford University. Profile
Systems?
Mr. George: Sure. Crossbeam Systems was founded in 2000 to replace the
costly and complicated proliferation of
