JOS COLLAZO, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Infonet
Services Corporation, has been a major influence in the development of
Infonet as a leading company in the market for global data
communications and services. Operating a worldwide data communications
network, Infonet maintains a sales and support organization providing
value-added services in more than 70 countries around the world. Prior
to assuming the Chairman, President and CEO position at Infonet in 1988,
Mr. Collazo held a variety of management positions at Computer Sciences
Corporation (CSC), a NYSE listed company. At CSC since 1969, his
assignments included Director of Product Development, Director Industry
Planning and Development, General Manager of various international
subsidiaries, Director of International Operations, and President of the
International Division. In 1986, he was named head of all CSC’s network
services activities in the international, US commercial and US
government marketplace. In 1988, Mr. Collazo was elected Chairman of the
Board, President, and CEO of Infonet Services Corporation. In 1999, Mr.
Collazo oversaw Infonet Services Corporation’s initial public offering,
which raised over $750 million for Infonet. It was the second largest US
telecom IPO and the largest telecom offering in the US in 1999. During
the last 25 years, Mr. Collazo has been a member of the Board of
Directors in a variety of high technology companies around the world. He
is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Beach
Aquarium of the Pacific and Pepperdine University. Mr. Collazo has been
quoted as an industry expert in a series of top-tier publications. He
has also spoken at a variety of leading industry conferences. In
addition, Mr. Collazo received the 2002 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of
the Year Award and was named a finalist in the World Communication
Awards 2002 Anderson Lifetime Achievement category. In addition, in 1990
he was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award by Pepperdine University. A
US citizen by birth, Mr. Collazo has lived in a number of countries and
is fluent in Italian, Spanish and speaks conversational French. He
received his BS degree from Northrop University in aeronautical and
astronautical engineering and received an MBA from Pepperdine
University. Mr. Collazo is also a graduate of Stanford University’s
Graduate School of Business and Management Executive Program.
