Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 5, 2004
HARRY QUACKENBOSS is President and CEO of 3UP Systems. He joined 3UP in
2002 and has led the company through the development and introduction of
the 3UP CMS modular computing system family. He has worked for leading-
edge server and networking companies. Most recently, Mr. Quackenboss was
CEO of BrightLink Networks, which produced the world's largest SONET
transmission system. Prior to that he was on the board of directors of
XLNT Inc., a Gigabit Ethernet switch manufacturer that was acquired by
Intel. Before that, he was a general manager for Cisco Systems Inc. and
vice president of worldwide sales and service with Crescendo
Communications Inc., an Ethernet switching and FDDI company, which was
Cisco's first acquisition. Mr. Quackenboss was vice president and
general manager for Sequent, a provider of high-end multiprocessor Unix
systems, and marketing director at MIPS, a pioneer in RISC
microprocessors. Before MIPS, he was with Honeywell where he worked with
advanced computing and factory automation systems. He holds a bachelor's
degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of
Michigan. Profile
TWST: If you would, as an entry point for our audience, so, what is 3UPSystems?
Mr. Quackenboss: 3UP Systems is a provider of network-integrated blade
server systems and Ethernet switching