Echelon Corporation

Ron Sege is President and Chief Executive Officer of Tropos Networks. He has over 20 years of experience managing high-growth businesses in the networking industry, bringing exceptional business acumen and an exemplary track record of leading businesses through remarkable growth to Tropos. Prior to... joining Tropos Networks, Mr. Sege was CEO of Ellacoya Networks, which develops intelligent bandwidth management products for broadband access providers. While at Ellacoya, Mr. Sege oversaw the successful repositioning of the company and its products from the CLEC market segment to the incumbent carrier space, with carrier customers and partners in the Americas, Asia and Europe. As a result, Ellacoya raised $14 million in venture funding during the toughest fund-raising environment in memory. The company was recognized with numerous awards including Network Outlook’s Investor’s Choice Award in 2001 and 2003, and Mr. Sege was named a Mass High Tech All Star and an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist. Before Ellacoya, he served as President of U.S. Operations for Terra Lycos. At Lycos, Mr. Sege was responsible for generating significant traffic growth and consolidating a series of acquisitions into the "Lycos Network." Prior to joining Lycos, he spent 10 years at 3Com Corporation, most recently as Senior Vice President of one of three business units within the $6 billion revenue company. In this role, Mr. Sege led the transition from point products to integrated customer solutions, resulting in a 10-fold growth in revenue and securing 3Com's position as a market leader in enterprise networking. He successfully integrated nine acquisitions, helping grow the company dramatically in an extremely competitive industry. Before joining 3Com, Mr. Sege worked for ROLM Corporation through its acquisition by Siemens. Mr. Sege holds a bachelors degree from Pomona College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Junior Achievement of New England and of the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council.
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