Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 10, 1999
EarthLink Network President and CEO GARRY BETTY oversees the company's
day-to-day operations. Mr. Betty has played an instrumental role in
managing the exponential growth of the company. Mr. Betty has created
top-to-bottom management and operations processes which have given
EarthLink the confidence to aggressively pursue it's organizational
goals and the structural groundwork to set new benchmarks within the
high-growth Internet industry. Previously, he was president and CEO of
Digital Communications Associated, Inc. (DCA), and the youngest CEO on
the New York Stock Exchange. At the helm of DCA, he led the company out
of a two-year slump, reporting 1993 FY revenues of $242 million, and he
successfully reorganized the company, including three divestitures and
three acquisitions. From 1984 to 1989, Mr. Betty served as senior vice
president for sales, marketing and international operations at Hayes
Microcomputer Products, and has been credited with turning the modem
into a consumer commodity. Mr. Betty's career began at IBM, where he
gained experience in purchasing, materials management, corporate
contracts, product management and management of subcontracted
manufacturing operations. He received IBM's prestigious President's
Excellence Award in 1982 for his work in developing and announcing the
IBM Personal Computer. Mr. Betty graduated in 1979 from the Georgia
Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in chemical
engineering. In 1993, he was named the institute's Young Alumnus of the
Year, was included on the 'Top 40 Under 40' list in Atlanta's business
community, and was named Outstanding Young Person by the 'Atlanta
Business Chronicle.' He was also 1993 chairman of 'Georgia's High Tech
Month,' which focused on technology and its achievements statewide.
Currently, he sits on the boards of TSi Power, Inc., and Physician's
Data Corp., and the external advisory board of the Georgia Tech School
of Chemical Engineering. Profile
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