Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 2, 2000

Kenton Chow – Cobalt Networks Inc (cobt)

KENTON CHOW has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Office since April 1998 and as Secretary since September 1999. From October 1996 to January 1998, Mr. Chow served as the Director of Finance at OpenTV, Inc., an interactive software developer for digital television. From January 1995 to October 1996, Mr. Chow served as Controller, Worldwide Sales of Symantec Corporation. Mr. Chow served as Senior Manager, Financial Reporting at Bay Networks, Inc., a networking company, now part of Nortel Networks, from November 1991 to January 1995. Prior to that time, Mr. Chow was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Chow is a certified public accountant. He holds both a BS in Finance and a MBA from Santa Clara University. Mr. Chow also serves as the President of the Leavey School of Business Alumni Board at Santa Clara University. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of Cobalt Networks.

Mr. Chow: Cobalt Networks was incorporated in 1996 and really started

operating in 1997. We shipped our first product in 1998, early part