Mark Canepa
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Mark Canepa resigned as Chief Executive Officer and as director of Extreme Networks
on 22 October 2009http://investor.extremenetworks.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=417615. He joined Extreme Networks
as CEO on August 30, 2006.
Previous to his position at Extreme, he was the former Executive Vice President, Data Management Group for Sun Microsystems
. He left Sun on May 15 2006 and was replaced by David Yen.
Canepa's educational background includes both a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering
from Carnegie Mellon University
, and he has also completed the University of Pennsylvania
's Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School. Canepa joined Sun in October 1996, and took his position as Executive Vice President five years later in April 2001, having served in multiple vice president and general manager roles in the organization.
Prior to joining Sun, Canepa held several general manager positions in Hewlett-Packard, including development and marketing of the firm's workstation division.
Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks, founded in 1996, is a publicly listed company that designs, builds, and installs Ethernet network solutions for enterprise and Carrier Class networks.-Corporate History:Extreme Networks is located in Santa Clara, California...
on 22 October 2009http://investor.extremenetworks.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=417615. He joined Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks, founded in 1996, is a publicly listed company that designs, builds, and installs Ethernet network solutions for enterprise and Carrier Class networks.-Corporate History:Extreme Networks is located in Santa Clara, California...
as CEO on August 30, 2006.
Previous to his position at Extreme, he was the former Executive Vice President, Data Management Group for Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
. He left Sun on May 15 2006 and was replaced by David Yen.
Canepa's educational background includes both a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
from Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
, and he has also completed the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
's Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School. Canepa joined Sun in October 1996, and took his position as Executive Vice President five years later in April 2001, having served in multiple vice president and general manager roles in the organization.
Prior to joining Sun, Canepa held several general manager positions in Hewlett-Packard, including development and marketing of the firm's workstation division.