Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 4, 2004
TIM SULLIVAN is President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of
CebaTech Inc. He is a seasoned executive whose career has spanned both
startups and large corporations. Most recently, Mr. Sullivan was the
President of Lucent's Optical Networking division with P&L
responsibilities exceeding $3 billion in revenue. Prior to that, he
served as Chief Operating Officer for Lucent's Optical Networking Group
after joining Lucent in 1998 as VP/GM Optical Area Networking, where he
led the establishment of a new business involving edge and server-based
products. In 1993, he founded Connectware, Inc., an ATM application
solutions company, where he served as CEO/President, and grew revenues
to $50 million. Beginning in 1985, he spent eight years as Vice
President at Northern Telecom (Nortel), first directing the Bell
Northern Research customer premise, inter-exchange carrier and wireless
development operations in the US, and later ran the Nortel data
networking business where a worldwide data network win resulted in
revenues exceeding $500 million. He began his career with IBM and his
responsibilities included product development and Marketing leadership
roles in IBM's Data Networking business as well as the leadership and
introduction of the network management portfolio. Mr. Sullivan holds a
BSEE degree from the University of Notre Dame. Profile
Mr. Sullivan: CebaTech was incorporated in March of this year and
basically focuses on intellectual property-based tools and modules
