Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 16, 2001

Jerry Parrick – Yipes Communications Inc

JERRY PARRICK is President and Chief Executive Officer of Yipes Communications, Inc. He led data businesses from established firms to communications start-ups, responsible for running multi-billion dollar product portfolios. Mr. Parrick built DSL, frame relay, ATM and multi- protocol routed data integration businesses. Prior to joining Yipes he was chairman and CEO, Nokia High Speed Access Products; President, !NTERPRISE Networking Services, USWEST; Founding General Manager, Datacomm Group, Pacific Bell. Mr. Parrick has an MMS from Stanford University and was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow at Stanford University. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and overview of Yipes

Communications?

Mr. Parrick: We are about 26 months old. We were formed in July 1999.

Essentially our target was to bring Gigabit