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 provide...
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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.
