Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 16, 2001
JERRY PARRICK is President and Chief Executive Officer of Yipes
Communications, Inc. He led data businesses from established firms to
communications start-ups, responsible for running multi-billion dollar
product portfolios. Mr. Parrick built DSL, frame relay, ATM and multi-
protocol routed data integration businesses. Prior to joining Yipes he
was chairman and CEO, Nokia High Speed Access Products; President,
!NTERPRISE Networking Services, USWEST; Founding General Manager,
Datacomm Group, Pacific Bell. Mr. Parrick has an MMS from Stanford
University and was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow at Stanford University. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and overview of YipesCommunications?
Mr. Parrick: We are about 26 months old. We were formed in July 1999.
Essentially our target was to bring Gigabit