Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 13, 2000

Christopher Darby – @stake Inc

CHRISTOPHER A. R. DARBY serves as President and CEO of @stake, Inc., the world's largest independent Internet security consulting company. Headquartered in Boston, @stake provides strategy, architecture and operational security services to corporations that use the internet as a business platform. Prior to joining @stake Mr. Darby served as President and CEO of Interpath. Before Interpath, he held senior executive responsibilities for telecom industry initiatives, corporate strategy and alliances at Digital Equipment Corporation. He played a major role in the creation of the Digital/MCI/Microsoft Global Alliance, the world's first example of a global cooperative initiative to address the convergence of telecommunications and computing. Mr. Darby has also held positions at Northern Telecom in both the corporate offices at Nortel and at Bell Northern Research (BNR). Working in the network architecture organization at BNR, he was involved in ISDN development as well as advanced data switching technologies. He went on to manage the company's European data consulting business. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a BA in Economics, Mr. Darby serves on the Board of Visitors for the Organization for Tropical Studies, as well as the Board of Visitors for the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Profile
TWST: Could you start by giving our readers a quick overview and history

of @stake, Inc.?

Mr. Darby: @stake was incubated approximately a year and a half ago at

Battery Ventures. Battery is,