Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 4, 1999
STRATTON D. SCLAVOS, joined VeriSign as President and Chief Executive
Officer in July of 1995. Under his guidance, the company has undergone a
successful IPO in January 1998. During the past three-and-a-half years
as President and CEO, Mr. Sclavos led the company to maintain its
leadership position in providing Digital Ids for Web servers, e-mail
packages, enterprise PKI solutions, and secure payment digital
certificates to service a variety of markets including, financial
services, government, healthcare, legal and manufacturing. VeriSign has
forged marketing and product integration relationships with the premier
companies involved in Internet commerce including, Cisco, Hewlett-
Packard, Microsoft, Netscape, Network Associates and VISA International.
In 1998, Mr. Sclavos was awarded the Entrepreneurial Award of the Year
from the San Jose Business Journal. He is often asked to present keynote
addresses to executives at industry events including NACHA, Bits and RSA
Data Security. Prior to joining VeriSign, Mr. Sclavos held executive
management positions with several Silicon Valley technology companies.
From 1994 to 1995, he was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and
Sales for Taligent Inc., a joint venture of Apple, IBM, and Hewlett
Packard. Mr. Sclavos served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and
Business Development for GO Corporation, a mobile computing company,
from 1992-1993 culminating in the company's eventual sale to AT&T. Prior
to that he spent five years at MIPS Computer Systems in various
executive positions and as a member of the senior management team during
the company's successful IPO in 1989 and subsequent merger with Silicon
Graphics Inc. in 1992. Mr. Sclavos also held executive positions at
Megatest Corporation, a semiconductor equipment firm from 1982 through
1987. Mr. Sclavos holds a B.S. in electrical and Computer Engineering
from the University of California, Davis. Profile
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