Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 7, 2000

Kenneth E. Hendrickson – Ancor Communications Inc (ancr)

KENNETH E. HENDRICKSON was named Chief Executive Officer of Ancor Communications on July 31,1997. Prior to joining Ancor, Mr. Hendrickson served as executive vice president and general manager for the Microcomputer Products Group at Western Digital Corp. Mr. Hendrickson's long career in computer storage applications includes serving as president of the $150 million Archive Technology Division of Archive Corp. and as vice president and general manager of the Large Disk Division of IMPRIMIS (acquired by Seagate in 1989), where he spearheaded key product improvements and exceeded sales goals for this $600 million disk drive business. Mr. Hendrickson also held management and executive positions at IBM Corp. for 18 years, including Independent Business Unit General Manager of Low End Storage, and Group Director of Manufacturing of the Americas Group. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by your giving us a brief overview of Ancor

Communications the company's history, products, services, customers,

those kinds of things.

Mr. Hendrickson: We started out in