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Eric C. Cooper
Founder, FORE Systems, Inc.
Eric Cooper received a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in
mathematics from Harvard University in 1980 and a Ph.D. in
computer science from the University of California at Berkeley
in 1985.
From 1985 to 1991, he was a member of the computer science
faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, where he conducted
research in computer networks, operating systems, and programming
languages.
Dr. Cooper co-founded FORE Systems in 1990 and served as
the company's first president and CEO. He led FORE from its
initial focus on ATM local-area networks to a leadership position
in both enterprise and service-provider networking. He took
the company public in 1994, and served as FORE's chairman
until its acquisition by Marconi in 1999. When FORE was acquired
for $4.5 billion, the company employed 2,000 people worldwide,
generated $700 million in revenue, and earned $50 million
in net income.
In 1999, Dr. Cooper was appointed Distinguished Service Professor
of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He also
serves as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University and a Director
of several technology companies in Pittsburgh.
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