Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> September 17, 2004

JOHN KEALEY – IDIRECT TECHNOLOGIES

JOHN KEALEY is President and CEO of iDirect Technologies. Kealey is an experienced senior executive with more than 20 years in the information technologies and communications networking industries. Most recently, Mr. Kealey was the founder and CEO of TenFold Communications, a subsidiary of TenFold Corporation. Prior to that he was a member of the senior team at the consulting firm CLG, where he led the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions practice. He also spent a number of years with SBC in finance, Mergers and Acquisitions and most recently the CEO of SBC's wireless data business. Mr. Kealey began his career at Coopers & Lybrand. He holds an M.B.A. from Washington University in St Louis. Profile
TWST: What is iDirect?

Mr. Kealey: iDirect is a satellite networking equipment company. Our

principal product is a satellite router. It is a piece of what people

refer to as a VSAT, a Very