Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 21, 2004

JOS COLLAZO – INFONET SERVICES CORPORATION (IN)

JOS A. COLLAZO is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Infonet Services Corporation. Mr. Collazo has been a major influencer in the development of Infonet as a leading company in the market for global data communications and services. Operating a worldwide data communications network, Infonet maintains a sales and support organization providing value-added services in more than 70 countries around the world. Prior to assuming the Chairman, President and CEO position at Infonet in 1988, Mr. Collazo held a variety of management positions at Computer Sciences Corporation, a NYSE-listed company. At CSC since 1969, his assignments included Director of Product Development, Director of Industry Planning and Development, General Manager of various international subsidiaries, Director of International Operations and President of the International Division. In 1986, he was named head of all CSC's network services activities in the international, US commercial and US government marketplace. In 1988, Mr. Collazo was elected Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Infonet Services Corporation. In 1999, Mr. Collazo oversaw Infonet Services Corporation's initial public offering, which raised over $750 million for Infonet. It was the second largest US telecom IPO and the largest telecom offering in the US in 1999. During the last 25 years, Mr. Collazo has been a member of the Board of Directors of a variety of high technology companies around the world. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and Pepperdine University. Mr. Collazo has been quoted as an industry expert in a series of top-tier publications. He has also spoken at a variety of leading industry conferences. In addition, Mr. Collazo received the 2002 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was named a finalist in the World Communication Awards 2002 Anderson Lifetime Achievement category. In addition, in 1990 he was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award by Pepperdine University. He received his BS degree from Northrop University in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and received an MBA from Pepperdine University. Mr. Collazo is also a graduate of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and Management Executive Program. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of Infonet and

then a picture of the things you're doing at the present time.

Mr. Collazo: Infonet was created in 1969 when large