Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 15, 2003
JOHN WHITESIDE is the Founder, President & CEO of netASPx. John has
over 20 years of experience in working with some of the world's most
successful IT and networking companies. Beginning his career with IBM
upon graduating from Yale University, John subsequently pursued
strategic consulting and mergers and acquisitions upon graduating from
Harvard Business School. John then joined MCI as the SVP of Alliance
Management and Mergers and Acquisitions. John led the BT/MCI Concert
alliance and completed over 15 transactions during his tenure at MCI. He
left MCI to rejoin IBM as the General Manager of IBM Global Network.
John led the team that grew that business to over $3 billion in revenue
with 7,500 employees operating in over 80 countries. He was subsequently
recruited to form ServiceNet, a joint venture between Andersen
Consulting and GTE, the first true ASP in 1997 as the President and CEO.
John grew ServiceNet to over $85 million in ASP revenue through its
eight global data centers. Profile
Mr. Whiteside: We were founded in May of 1999 with the objective of
going to the mid-market and effectively offering them a
