Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 7, 2000
STEVEN J. HAMERSLAG is Chief Executive Officer and President of j2
Global Communications, Inc. Prior to his position at j2 Global
Communications, Mr. Hamerslag served as CEO and President of
SureTalk.com (formerly known as Fax4Free.com, Inc.) and, before joining
the team at Fax4Free.com in July 1999, Mr. Hamerslag served as CEO of
MTI Technology, a leading international provider of data storage
management products and services. Mr. Hamerslag assumed control of MTI
in 1987 from Summit Ventures. At MTI, he developed two key products that
drove growth in just four years from $2.5 million to $82 million and led
the company through an initial public offering in 1994 at a $180 million
valuation. He also started Lexcel, a subsidiary that developed the first
SNMP-based network management software in the industry. Additional
accomplishments include successfully defending the company from a patent
infringement lawsuit with Digital Equipment Corporation and obtaining a
cross-licensing and intellectual property transaction with the company's
principle competitor, EMC Corporation, for $50 million cash to MTI. Mr.
Hamerslag holds a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley. He was recognized as
the High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year for Orange County in 1990 and as
the National Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 1990 by sponsors Ernst
and Young, Merrill Lynch and Inc. Magazine. Mr. Hamerslag also serves on
the Board of Corvel, Inc. (CRVL) a medical cost-containment company. *j2
Global Communications' ticker symbol will be changing to (JCOM) in the
third quarter. Profile
Communications.
Mr. Hamerslag: j2 Global Communications is a company that was started in
1995, as JFAX.COM so we are considered
