Technology >> CEO Interviews >> December 15, 2003
DARREN SPOHN is President, CEO, of Spohn & Associates, Inc., is a board
member of several high-tech companies, and serves as a Venture Partner
of Adams Capital Management LLP. Mr. Spohn is also author of popular
McGraw-Hill technology books. Prior to founding Spohn & Associates in
1998, Mr. Spohn served as the Chief Technology Officer and Vice
President of Engineering and Development at NetSolve, Inc. in Austin.
There he managed NetSolve's engineering, product and software
development, information systems, and business channel development
efforts. Mr. Spohn has held a number of critical engineering, marketing,
and management positions at MCI Communications including Manager of Data
Product Marketing & Development and Manager of Data Network Engineering
and Design where he was responsible for internal data networks, as well
as customer-switched and multiplexed network design. While at MCI he
also lead the design efforts of four intelligent national data networks,
including an NET intelligent multiplexer network and the frame
relay/cell switch network that formed the technology platform for MCI's
first generation HyperStream Data Services. Prior to MCI, Mr. Spohn co-
founded Design Consultants, a consulting firm that manufactured and
marketed personal computers, as well as provided LAN/WAN consulting. Mr.
Spohn started his communications career as a non-commissioned officer in
the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. In his eight years of service he
spent the majority of his time on international telecommunications
projects in both the United States and Germany. Mr. Spohn holds a B.S.
in Telecommunications Engineering from Capital College, and has added to
his bachelor's degree an M.S. in Engineering Management from Southern
Methodist University, where he has completed work toward a Doctorate in
Engineering. Profile
some of your areas of expertise?
Mr. Spohn: Sure. Spohn and Associates, Inc., founded in 1998,
specializes in network
