Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 7, 2001
MARIA A. CIRINO is Chief Executive Officer and co-Founder of Guardent,
Inc. Ms. Cirino brings 15 years of experience in high technology
leadership positions, including executive experience in worldwide sales,
marketing, and business development. Prior to founding Guardent, Ms.
Cirino served as a key member of the executive teams at Shiva
Corporation (now Intel Corporation) and i-Cube, Inc. (now Razorfish,
Inc.). In her management roles at Shiva and i-Cube, she prominently
effected rapid growth and success by building new sales and distribution
channels and consistently growing revenues beyond expectations. Ms.
Cirino's leadership experience extends to successful mergers,
acquisitions and IPOs, having played a principal role in building these
companies into successful, publicly held enterprises. Highly regarded in
the industry, she also offers advice to many other high technology
ventures. Profile
Ms. Cirino: I am one of Guardent's three Founders. We founded Guardent
in March 2000. The founders had worked together
