Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 5, 2003

Kevin Walsh – Calix

KEVIN WALSH, Vice President of Marketing at Calix, brings over 20 years of data networking and telecommunications experience to the company. Previously, he was President and Chief Operating Officer at Irvine Networks, which was purchased by Simple Technologies in 2002. Prior to Irvine Networks, he was Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Accelerated Networks, which went public in 2000 and was subsequently purchased by Occam Networks in 2002. Before Accelerated Networks, Mr. Walsh was Vice President of Marketing at Xylan, which went public in 1996 and was purchased by Alcatel in 1999. Prior to Xylan, he held various marketing and product management positions at Timeplex. Mr. Walsh has a BS in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Profile
TWST: Would you start out with some background on Calix?

Mr. Walsh: The company was founded in late 1999 by Mike Hatfield

and a small group of other industry veterans. If you think back

to