Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 24, 2000
MARK SHULL is President and CEO of Digex, Inc. With more than 16 years'
experience in the technology industry combined with a talent for
strategic thinking, he has put Digex out in front in the rapidly
evolving marketplace of Web and application hosting services. An
outsourcing pioneer, Mr. Shull helped create and establish GTE
Internetworking's Network Centric Solutions (NCS) unit as one of the
industry's leading high-end Internet application development, systems
integration and hosting businesses, growing it to $22 million in revenue
with 120 professionals in less than three years. As Vice President and
General Manager at NCS, he signed and developed some of the first
significant Web outsourcing clients in the industry. His star-studded
roster included: The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston
Globe, Scudder Capital Group, GeoCities and Citysearch. Under Mr.
Shull's direction, NCS grew to three data centers in the United States
and another in the United Kingdom. Mr. Shull also spent seven years with
EDS Management Consulting where, as General Manager of EDS Japan, he
developed a strategic plan to increase EDS investments and revenues in
Japan and to focus business on outsourcing within the retail and
manufacturing markets. Under his leadership, annual revenues for EDS
Japan grew from $20 million to $50 million in less than 18 months. Mr.
Shull received his Juris Doctor from Stanford University and his
Bachelor's degree from Princeton University, where he majored in Public
and International Affairs. Profile
attracted you to Digex?
Mr. Shull: Prior to Digex, I worked at EDS for about 10 years in
numerous positions in the United States
