Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 4, 2001
Romulus Pereira is President & CEO of Riverstone Networks, Inc.
Before joining the company, he was Chief Operating Officer at
Cabletron Systems. He was responsible for directing Cabletron's
engineering, sales, services and marketing organizations. In
addition, Mr. Pereira served as General Manager of Cabletron's
service provider business. Along with Piyush Patel, Cabletron
Chairman and CEO, he was one of three founders of YAGO Systems,
where he served as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of
Engineering. Prior to co-founding YAGO, Mr. Pereira was at Cisco
Systems and Kalpana, where he was instrumental in driving
hardware interface specifications and designing hybrid-switching
engines that maximized performance and minimized cost. Mr.
Pereira holds an MS degree in Computer Engineering from Santa
Clara University. Profile
Riverstone Networks?
Mr. Pereira: Riverstone Networks is a spin-off of Cabletron Systems. We
completed our IPO this year on
