Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 7, 2000
SUNNY C. VANDERBECK, co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Data Return
Corporation, has spearheaded the company's remarkable success in
establishing itself as a leading provider of advanced hosting services
for companies using Microsoft technologies. Before founding Data Return
in 1997, Mr. Vanderbeck served as a Technical Product Manager and Lead
Internet/Intranet Consultant at Software Spectrum, a reseller of
Microsoft products. From May 1995 to June 1996, while employed by
Software Spectrum, Mr. Vanderbeck served as an independent consultant to
Microsoft, where he served as a Team Leader for Microsoft Messaging
products and as Product Support Engineer. It was during this time that
he met his future partners and Data Return co-founders, Michelle Chamber
and Jason Lochhead. Mr. Vanderbeck's accomplishments to date were
foreshadowed by his demonstration of intellectual prowess, graduating
from high school at age 16. He attributes the development of his
leadership skills and strength of character to serving as a Section
Leader in the Second Ranger Battalion, a US Army Special Operations
Unit. He was the regional finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of
the Year award in 1999 and 2000 and has been named to the Board of
Directors for InVerge and eFanshop. Profile
Data Return?
Mr. Vanderbeck: The history of the company really starts about one year
prior to when we incorporated Data
