Management Team
Robert Lundy: President & CEO
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Robert joined the company in 2004 as the COO and was appointed President and CEO in May 2005. He is a member of the company Board of Directors. Prior to joining Glimmerglass Networks, Robert was the co-founder and CEO of several early-stage ventures, including Opthos, Xtera and Wavtrace. Wavtrace, a leading supplier of millimeter wave broadband access systems, was acquired by Harris Corporation in 2000. Xtera operates today out of Dallas, Texas as the leading supplier of ultra-long haul optical transmission systems. Robert also held executive positions at IBM, including heading the first wireless business unit as Director and General Manager, and pioneering IBM’s PCRadio and data over cellular businesses. Prior, he led product line management at ROLM/IBM for the flagship IBM 9750. Robert’s first two years in industry were at Hewlett-Packard as a business development manager in the microwave and optical divisions. Earlier, Robert served on active duty in the U.S. Army in command positions in tactical communications in the U.S. and South Korea, and in project officer positions in both R&D and the acquisition of Command, Control, and Communications systems. While in the private sector, Robert completed his career in the U.S. Army reserves with 20 years of service, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Robert’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in both mathematics and electrical engineering concentrations from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a Masters in Business Administration from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. |
Jim Donnelly: Vice President, Americas Sales
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Jim has over 20 years of executive management experience at both large public companies and small private companies. For the past 4 years, he has been Glimmerglass’s Vice President of Sales focusing on sales to Intelligence Agencies, Defense System Integrators and Telecommunications Carriers in North America and the UK. After beginning his sales career at IBM, Jim spent 17 years at AT&T in operations, product management and sales management, including Area Vice President Sales. He was also Senior Vice President of Sales and Service at Centigram, a unified messaging company. Jim has a BSEE from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. |
Bernd Schilp: Vice President, European Sales
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Bernd is a veteran sales executive with 20 years of experience across Fortune 500 and early stage companies. Bernd has built a reputation for building customer and partner relationships for world class companies in the EMEA region. Prior to his appointment at Glimmerglass, Mr. Schilp served as Vice President of Sales for EMEA at UTStarcom Inc., where he built the company’s sales organization from inception to tens-of-millions of US dollars in revenues. He has also held senior sales roles with OpVista, Zhone Technologies, Lucent/Ascend Communications, Silicon Graphics and Hewlett-Packard. Mr. Schilp has a Masters Degree in Engineering and an MBA from University Heilbronn, Germany. |
Jeff Zindel: Managing Director, Middle East & Africa – Vice President, Global Business Development
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Jeff is an accomplished executive with 20 years of experience building and growing technology start-ups and corporations. He is responsible for developing business in the Middle East and Africa and establishing technology and distribution partnerships with companies worldwide. Jeff joined Glimmerglass as Vice President of Marketing and Product Management in 2009. Prior to Glimmerglass, Jeff was the General Manager of Enterprise and Vice President of Global Business Development at Actelis Networks, a provider of Carrier Ethernet over copper solutions that accelerate delivery of broadband services. Previously as Senior Director of Product Marketing and Strategy at 3Com he managed product marketing for the company including all security, switching, routing and wireless product categories. Earlier, Jeff served as Senior Vice President of Operations and Technology at Website Pros, a start-up that had a successful IPO (now Web.com). Prior to that Jeff was Vice President of Program Management at Verio Inc., a web hosting and Internet service provider that had a successful IPO and was acquired for $6.1 billion by NTT Communications. Jeff developed growth and market entry strategies as a Senior Strategy Consultant for Gemini Consulting. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. |
Alice Kung: Senior Director, Asia Business Development
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Alice has directed market entry strategies for Sylantro Systems, Latitude Communications (acquired by Cisco Systems), Visioneer, RAMP Networks, Truevision, and iXOS Software AG. Her other experiences include serving as marketing director for Apple Computer in Asia, serving as the Asia-Pacific managing director at Radius, where she opened and managed a regional office in Hong Kong, and holding a variety of key sales and marketing positions at ROLM/IBM. Alice has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Stanford University. Alice is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese. |
Joon Choi: Vice President, Marketing and Product Management
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Joon has over 18 years of successful product management and marketing experience. He is responsible for leading product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing and communications. Prior to joining Glimmerglass, Joon was the Senior Director of Product Management and Marketing at Razoom, a venture funded company , where he led the product management and marketing efforts from ground up to secure a number of successful customer trials. Prior to Razoom, Joon has held similar positions at Anagran, Nokia, 3Com, Accelerated Networks, and Digital Link. Joon has an MBA from UCLA and BS in Engineering Physics from UC Berkeley. |
Chusak Siripocanont: Vice President, Engineering and Operations
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A seasoned operations executive, Chusak has 27 years of experience managing operations for leading Silicon Valley complex-systems companies. Prior to joining Glimmerglass, Chusak was Senior Vice President of Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality at Omnicell. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Operations at Opthos. Earlier he held management positions at ADC Telecom, Centigram, E-mu Systems, Octel and Rolm/IBM. Chusak earned his BS in Industrial Engineering from Khon Kaen University in Thailand, and an MS and MBA from San Jose State University. |
