Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 10, 2001

Grahame Rance – Sbs Technologies Inc (sbse)

GRAHAME RANCE was announced as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of SBS Technologies, Inc., on March 9, 2001. His work experience includes executive management responsibility at Caspian Networks in San Jose, CA, and Nortel Networks globally. Before joining SBS Technologies, Inc., Mr. Rance was President & CEO of Caspian Networks from October 1999 to March 2001. Mr. Rance held a number of key executive roles in his 17 years with Nortel Networks. His last assignment was Vice President and General Manager of Succession, Nortel's high-profile public network infrastructure. From 1993 to 1996, he served as Managing Director of Nortel South Asia, headquartered in New Delhi, and was responsible for establishing and developing Nortel's business in the region. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Rance was head of Nortel's data networking division across Asia Pacific, based in Australia and Singapore. From 1982 to 1985, he held product line management roles at Nortel's data networks division headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, with positions in technical operations and marketing. In addition, he acquired marketing expertise serving as Nortel's US data networks Marketing Director from 1986 to 1989. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief overview of the history and

evolution of SBS Technologies, Inc.

Mr. Rance: SBS was formed in the mid-1980s, and its original business

was focused on