Technology >> Analyst Interviews >> August 9, 2004
John Rooney, in his role as President of Viola Networks, is responsible
for sales and operations throughout the Americas as well as worldwide
business development and marketing. He has previously spearheaded the
successful exit strategies of three technology startups: Soft-Switch,
PTS and Quadritek. In his 18 years of experience in high-level sales
management and operations, he has built world-class sales organizations
for several leading companies, including Avaya, Lucent Technologies,
Quadritek, PTS Learning Systems and Soft-Switch. Immediately prior to
joining Viola Networks, Mr. Rooney served as Vice President, Northeast
Region for Avaya, Inc., a Lucent spinoff. Prior to Avaya, he was Vice
President, World Wide sales for the IP Services Product Group at Lucent
Technologies, where he grew sales year over year during his two year
tenure. He arrived at Lucent via the acquisition of Quadritek, Inc.,
where he grew revenues from $2 million to $20 million in 18 months,
making it a viable company for Lucent to acquire. As Vice President of
the Software Product group at PTS Learning Systems, he was able to grow
revenues 196%. PTS has ultimately been acquired by Global Knowledge
Networks, Inc. Mr. Rooney started his career in the startup software
market in 1983 with Soft-Switch Inc. At Soft-Switch, he grew the
business from a $600,000 consulting company to a $40 million software
company which Lotus Development purchased in 1994. Profile
Mr. Rooney: The company was founded in 1998 by two professors from the
Technion Institute of Technology in Israel. We've been in
