Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 15, 2000

William Cadogan – Adc Telecommunications Inc (adct)

WILLIAM J. CADOGAN is Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Cadogan joined ADC in 1987 as Vice President, Private Network Marketing. He was promoted to Vice President, Product Development and subsequently was named Senior Vice President, Telecom Group. In May of 1990, he was appointed President and COO of ADC, and was elected President and CEO in July of 1991. In February of 1994, Mr. Cadogan was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Cadogan joined ADC from the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat) in Washington, DC, where he was General Manager of Business Development. His extensive background in the telecommunications industry includes 15 years with AT&T, where he held a variety of sales and marketing positions; he last served as Regional Sales Manager in the northeastern US for AT&T. Mr. Cadogan holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Mr. Cadogan has also been very active in the high technology venture capital arena. He currently serves on the Board and is an investor in Siara Corporation, a broadband Internet transmission company and Agiliti.com, an Internet applications software development company. Mr. Cadogan is a member of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and currently serves as Chairman of that organization. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA). Mr. Cadogan serves on the Board of Directors of Pentair, Inc., an industrial products company; National Computer Systems, Inc., a global information services company; the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); the Board of Overseers of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Orchestral Association Board of Directors. Profile
TWST: Give us a background summary to provide a good perspective and

context as to what you see as your business at ADC today.

Mr. Cadogan: ADC continues to sharpen its focus as a leading