Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 4, 1999

Greg Reyes – Brocade Communications System Inc (brcd)

GREG REYES has 15 years of industry experience. He has extensive management experience ranging from servers and workstations to data communication, hardware, software and silicon. Mr. Reyes joins Brocade from Wireless Access, Inc., a pioneer in wireless data messaging platforms and integrated circuits, where as President and CEO, he led the company from a virtual start-up through its subsequent rapid growth and acquisition. Prior to Wireless Access, Inc., Mr. Reyes was a Divisional Vice President for Norand Data Systems; a developer of wireless data networks and hand held terminals. At Norand, he was a member of the management team that took the company public. Previously, Mr. Reyes was Vice President of Sales and Support for Banyan Systems, a data communications software company, and Convergent Technologies, an OEM supplier of workstations and Unix servers. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of Brocade Communications.

Mr. Reyes: Sure. Brocade was founded in 1995 and it was founded with a

very specific focus which was we saw a new emerging market