Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 24, 2004
SHAUN MCCONNON, CEO of Q1 Labs, has guided high technology start-up
companies through successful IPOs. He has orchestrated multiple mergers
and acquisitions, and he has held senior management positions in sales,
marketing, and operations. Shaun served as CEO of Okena Inc., a next-
generation network security company. He led Okena from inception to its
successful acquisition by Cisco Systems in 2003. Also, as CEO of Raptor
Systems, he guided that firewall security company through a successful
IPO and then its sale to Axent Technologies. Prior to joining Raptor,
Shaun held various executive positions with Sun Microsystems, most
recently as managing director of Australian and New Zealand operations.
Shaun holds a bachelor of science in biology from Roanoke College. Profile
BRENDAN HANNIGAN, Executive Vice President of Marketing & Product
Engineering of Q1 Labs, brings over 16 years of industry experience to
Q1 Labs. Before joining Q1 Labs, Brendan was vice president of marketing
at Sockeye Networks where he led all marketing and product management
functions. Previously, as director of network research at Forrester
Research, he oversaw the firm's most successful practices, covering
enterprise networks, security technology and public network services.
Before Forrester, Brendan served in a variety of senior product-
development roles at Digital Equipment Corp., Wellfleet Communications
and Motorola. Brendan graduated with honors in computer science from
University College, Dublin, Ireland. Profile
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