Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 15, 2005

Marc Nussbaum – Lantronix Inc (ltrx)

MARC NUSSBAUM joined Lantronix, Inc., as Chief Executive Officer and President in May 2002. He is responsible for managing the company's operations and executing its business strategy. He brings more than 22 years of experience as a technology leader with strong business and product development, strategic planning and operations management skills. Prior to joining Lantronix, Mr. Nussbaum served in senior management positions at Western Digital Corporation and MTI Technology Corporation, where he led new business, technology, marketing and product development activities. At Western Digital, his positions included Senior Vice President (responsible for business and technology development), Senior Vice President, Product Development, and Chief Technical Officer of the desktop hard drive division. He played a key role in leading Western Digital's transition from LSI and controller board supplier to an industry leader in PC components and hard drives. As the originator of the Caviartm hard drive product line, Mr. Nussbaum helped grow the business from less than $20 million in annual revenues to more than $4.1 billion in sales by the late 1990s. Mr. Nussbaum also held the positions of Senior Vice President, Product Development and Chief Technical Officer at MTI, a $130 million enterprise storage networking, software and subsystem business. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the State University of New York where he graduated cum laude. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of Lantronix and

a picture of the things you're doing at the present time.

Mr. Nussbaum: Lantronix was founded in 1989 and went public