Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 18, 2002
JUAN RODRIGUEZ is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Exabyte Corporation. His career spans more than four decades of
experience in the computer industry, focused almost entirely on
data storage. Mr. Rodriguez has extensive experience in leading
successful data storage companies. In 1969, after several years
in tape technology engineering at IBM, Mr. Rodriguez co-founded
Storage Technology Corporation, serving first as VP of
Engineering, then as VP and General Manager of Disk Operations,
and finally as VP and General Manager of Optical Disk Operations.
In 1985, he left StorageTek to co-found Exabyte Corporation,
where he held the positions of Chairman, President and CEO. In
1996, he was a co-Founder of Ecrix Corporation, where he held the
positions of Chairman and CEO. Mr. Rodriguez is a Professor in
the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University
of Colorado, and co-Executive Director of the Center for
Entrepreneurship, a joint venture between the College of
Engineering and Applied Science and the College of Business
Administration at the University of Colorado. Mr. Rodriguez'
awards and accomplishments are numerous, and he has served as a
Director of the Boards of several data storage companies,
including Iomega, Maxtor, and Vixel. Mr. Rodriguez received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from The
City College of New York and his Master's degree in Electrical
Engineering from New York University. Profile
evolution of Exabyte Corporation?
Mr. Rodriguez: I actually co-founded Exabyte back in 1985, in
June. We set out to do a family of
