Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 13, 2000
STEVEN K. STARLIPER is Vice President, Marketing, for Oresis
Communications, Inc., which develops next-generation, carrier-class
switching products designed to simplify internetworking for carriers and
service providers in the global telecommunications market. He is
responsible for driving the company's positioning in the marketplace, as
well as overseeing all corporate and product marketing duties. Before
joining Oresis, Mr. Starliper spent several years at Qwest
communications, most recently as Vice President in charge of deploying
high-speed Internet services in 25 cities by year-end 2001. Before that,
he was Vice President of the Qwest Small Business Group, a $2 billion
business unit serving 800,000 customers in 14 states. In this position,
Mr. Starliper managed a budget of $200 million and 1,700 employees in
sales and service, collections, marketing, product management and
finance. He assumed this position in August 1998 after serving as Vice
President of Marketing for the Small Business Group since 1997. Mr.
Starliper joined Qwest in 1993 as Director for Data Product Management
for !NTERPRISE Networking. In 1995, he was named Executive Director of
Internet Services for !NTERPRISE and became the Vice President of
Marketing a year later. Previously, Mr. Starliper headed up wide area
networking (WAN) product management from 1992 to 1993 for Wellfleet, a
manufacturer of data communications equipment. He was also with Pacific
Bell from 1986 to 1992. His last position at PacBell was Director of
Fast Packet Services. Mr. Starliper is an active member of the Santa
Clara alumni association and volunteers in his community. He was a
member of the ATM and Frame Relay forums. He has spoken at Interop, a
major telecommunications trade show, which also published one of his
articles. Mr. Starliper received his MBA Cum Laude in Telecommunications
from Golden Gate University in San Francisco in 1988. He earned his
Bachelor of Science degree Magna Cum Laude in Marketing from Santa Clara
University in 1983. In 1991, he received a certificate in
telecommunications from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of
Beta Gamma Sigma, the business school honor society. Profile
Mr. Starliper: Simplifying Global Internetworking is the focus of Oresis
Communications, Inc., a developer of state-of-the-art switching
