Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 11, 2015
Michael Ruffolo is President and Chief Executive Officer of Internap Corporation (NASDAQ:INAP). He has more than 25 years of leadership experience in high technology, with a strong track record of driving profitable revenue growth, customer acquisition and retention, and technology innovation. His extensive experience spans leadership positions in global sales and marketing, operations, information technology management and professional services. He also serves as a member on Internap’s board of directors, and prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Ruffolo served on Internap’s board of directors since 2010. He also serves as Chairman of Edgeware, a video delivery network provider. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Ruffolo was President and Chief Executive Officer of Crossbeam Systems, Inc., a network security platform provider. Previously, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Liquid Machines, Inc., a provider of enterprise rights management solutions. Prior to that, Mr. Ruffolo held the positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Akamai Technologies; Executive Vice President of Global Sales, Services and Marketing at EMC Corporation; and Vice President and Chief Information Officer at NCR Corporation. He holds a master’s in business administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Dayton. He also has postgraduate education in advanced management from the European Institute of International Business in Fontainebleau, France. Profile
TWST: Let’s start with a snapshot of Internap’s history to introduce the company to readers.
Mr. Ruffolo: Internap was founded in 1996 with the vision of being “the performance