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DOUGLAS BRENT JOINS PACKET DESIGN AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 3, 2002 - Douglas Brent has joined Packet Design, LLC as chief operating officer, reporting to CEO and co-founder Judy Estrin. He is responsible for the company's day-to-day operations, including product development, business development and Packet Design's CNS product unit.
Brent comes to Packet Design from Andes Networks, a developer of ASIC-based web security products, where he spent a year as vice president of engineering and was also acting as CEO. From 1996 to 1999 he was vice president of engineering at Internet appliance vendor Whistle Communications; when Whistle was acquired by IBM in 1999, he became general manager for small business services in IBM's Global Small Business Division. Previously Brent had spent four years at Taligent, the Apple/IBM/HP joint venture, as vice president of product development. He also held several engineering management positions at Apple, and was part of the team that negotiated the formation of Taligent.
"Over the past year we've seen a number of our network technology projects move past the conceptual stage to become full-fledged development programs, and we've formed a separate, product-oriented business unit, Packet Design CNS," Estrin said. "It was time to bring someone on board who could focus full time on managing these multiple simultaneous projects. Doug's history of spearheading successful technical development efforts, notably at Whistle and Taligent, makes him an excellent fit whose operational skills will complement our strategic research efforts."
"It's exciting to be part of a team that is not just looking for success as a traditional high-tech startup but also aiming to create something of lasting value to the industry," Brent said. "Packet Design has set its sights farther out on the horizon than a typical product company, but not so far as many blue-sky research efforts that have failed to achieve practical results. This is a group of very smart people applying themselves to find tangible solutions to today's most pressing networking problems."
A resident of Portola Valley, Calif., Brent, 47, holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
About Packet Design
Packet Design was founded in May 2000 to develop technologies that enhance the performance, scalability and manageability of the Internet infrastructure for telecom carriers and enterprises. The company conducts research and development through the product prototype stage, with marketing done through separate venture-funded spin-out companies (e.g., wireless LAN management vendor Vernier Networks); technology licensing agreements; or directly through the Packet Design CNS business unit, whose first product is Route Explorer, a layer 3 visualization, diagnostic and analysis tool for IP networks.
Packet Design is the fourth networking company started by husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Judy Estrin and Bill Carrico. The pair founded Bridge Communications in 1981, Network Computing Devices in 1988 and Precept Software in 1995. Estrin served as Cisco Systems' chief technology officer from 1998-2000, and Carrico was senior vice president of Cisco's small and medium line of business. Estrin, who sits on the boards of directors of The Walt Disney Company, The Federal Express Corporation and Sun Microsystems, has been named three times to Fortune Magazine's list of the 50 most powerful women in American business.
Packet Design has raised $29 million in private funding from Foundation Capital, Sun Microsystems and individual investors, including former Netscape CEO James Barksdale and Sun Microsystems Chief Scientist Bill Joy. For more information, visit http://www.packetdesign.com.
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