Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000
DOUGLAS C. SPRENG is President and CEO of MMC Networks, Inc. Mr. Spreng
joined MMC Networks from 3Com Corporation where he was most recently an
Executive Vice President. Of his more than 30 years of industry
experience, the last seven were spent leading the growth of 3Com's
Client Access Business Unit, from $200 million to $2.8 billion in
revenue. In his tenure at 3Com, he also directed the creation of the
Company's Fast Ethernet program, personally led 3Com's winning efforts
to build relationships with major personal computer OEMs, and developed
a major strategic relationships with Microsoft, amongst many other
accomplishments. Mr. Spreng started his career with Hewlett Packard
Company, where he held various marketing, manufacturing and general
management positions for more than 23 years. In the early 1990s, he was
president and chief operating officer of CellNet Data Systems, a
communications system company. He holds a BSEE degree from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Profile
set the stage for the readers?
Mr. Spreng: MMC was founded in 1992 as an ATM switch company but in
1995, changed their
