Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 2002
LES CRUDELE, Chief Executive Officer of Banderacom, Inc., joined the
company as CEO effective, November 15, 2000. Mr. Crudele served on the
Board of Directors of Quantum Effect Devices (QED), a fabless
semiconductor company focused on high-performance MIPS-embedded
microprocessors for the networking industry. He helped to oversee QED's
management operations and played a key role in all aspects of the
company's corporate strategy. Prior to QED, Mr. Crudele served as Vice
President and General Manager of the Workstation Division, Enterprise
Computing Group, at Compaq Computer in Houston, Texas. Under Mr.
Crudele's leadership the workstation business grew from $40 million to
over $400 million in revenue and went from a point product to a full
line of workstations. Mr. Crudele also held several positions at
Motorola, Inc., in the Semiconductor Product Sector and in the
Communications Division: Vice President and General Manager of the RISC
Division that developed the PowerPC processors; Assistant General
Manager of the High End Computing Division for MC68000 and MC88000; and
Chief Architect for 68008, 68010 and 68020 products. Profile
of Banderacom?
Mr. Crudele: Banderacom is a two-year old company that's venture funded
and still private. It was formed
