Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 23, 2003

Clifford Young – Clearpath Networks

CLIFFORD YOUNG, President and Chief Executive Officer of ClearPath Networks, brings over 20 years of entrepreneurial and executive leadership to the company. Prior to joining ClearPath, Mr. Young was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of InternetConnect, Inc., a venture backed national broadband network services provider focused on the multi-site small business. Founded by Mr. Young in 1996, InternetConnect was a recognized leader in network based VPNs and broadband access. The company was the first to provide affordable ATM/MPLS private network solutions to smaller multi-site retailers, builders and engineers, and medical and professional services companies, and was later sold to Covad Communications. Prior to founding InternetConnect, Mr. Young was President of CDC Development Corp., where he developed e-commerce applications for small-to-mid-sized retail companies. Mr. Young began his career as a real estate developer, completing multi-tenant office, luxury condominiums and estate home projects. Mr. Young is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles and has attended the California State University at Northridge Master's of Business Administration program. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and overview of ClearPath?

Mr. Young: ClearPath was founded to enable small to mid-market companies

to deploy a distributed application wide area network