Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 7, 2000
CORNELIUS (NEIL) FERRIS is Chief Executive Officer, President and a
Member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Ferris is responsible for the
company's strategy and all aspects of operations, including finance,
marketing, sales, engineering and manufacturing. He brings to Giganet
extensive experience in all aspects of managing high technology
companies. Prior to joining Giganet, Mr. Ferris was CEO of Netscheme
Solution, a Web-based data access company, which was sold to Accuate
Corporation. Mr. Ferris co-founded and was CEO of Fluent, a multimedia
software company, which was sold to Novell. He subsequently joined
Novell as Vice President of the Advanced Services Division, which
developed Novell's entry into the telephony market. Mr. Ferris was part
of the founding team and Vice President of Apollo Computer, which
established the workstation market, and was instrumental in growing
revenues in excess of $400M in a six-year period. Prior to Apollo, Mr.
Ferris held numerous senior management positions at Data General, where
he completed a 10-year period of record growth and earnings. Mr. Ferris
also currently holds board positions on numerous companies in the
industry. He has an MBA and a BS from Northeastern University. Profile
Mr. Ferris: Giganet develops and markets a family of networking products
that enable the creation of server farms. Server farms
