Eric Cooney is President and Chief Executive Officer of Internap Network Services Corp. He also serves as a member of Internap’s board of directors. In April 1997 Mr. Cooney joined the digital video business of NDS, Inc., a News Corp. company, which was acquired by Tandberg Television in October 1999. There he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility, including VP/GM Americas and Chief Operating Officer, before assuming the role of President and CEO of Tandberg Television in June 2003. Under his leadership, Tandberg Television increased in market value from approximately $100 million to more than $1.4 billion and was acquired by the Ericsson Group in 2007. Mr. Cooney continued to oversee the global operations of Tandberg Television, which was expanded to create the television business unit within the Ericsson Group, until he left to become the Internap President and CEO in March 2009. Prior to his career in the digital video industry, Mr. Cooney spent several years working in systems engineering and sales in the computer process control industry, and also spent five years as a U.S. Navy officer. He received post-graduate education in nuclear engineering from the U.S. Navy and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He holds a B.S. from the University of Rochester.
