Reference/Fun information about the CEO of ISLD: thestandard.com
Ruann Ernst
President-CEO
Digital Island
353 Sacramento St.
15th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 228-4100
Email: rernst@digisle.net
digisle.net
Board Seats
Institute of the Future, Phoenix International
Corp., Advanced Fibre Communications
Job History
Digital Island
President-CEO
1998 - Present
Hewlett-Packard Co.
General Manager, Financial
Services Business Unit
1994 - 1997
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Worldwide Financial Services
Manager
1993 - 1994
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Industry Marketing Manager
1993 - 1994
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Director, Strategic Business,
General Systems Division
1991 - 1992
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Group Marketing Manager
1988 - 1991
General Electric
VP-General Manager,
Applications and Marketing
Operation
1985 - 1987
General Electric
General Manager, Office
Communications Operation
1983 - 1985
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Staff positions
1979 - 1982
U.S. Congress
Congressional Fellow
1977 - 1979
Education
Ohio State University
B.S. Math and Math Education
1968
Ohio State University
M.S. Computer Science
1969
Ohio State University
Ph.D. Technology and
Organizational Change
1977
Quoted
Who is the most powerful public person in
the Internet industry today?
John Sidgmore of MCIWorldcom.
Who is the most powerful
behind-the-scenes person in the Internet
industry today?
Thomas Penfield Jackson, judge in the Microsoft
trial.
You are introduced to someone at a
cocktail party. Describe what you do in
two or three sentences.
Digital Island's mission is to provide
multinational corporations conducting e-business
with a sustainable competitive advantage
through the innovative integration of
applications, patented technologies and
intelligent network services. As president and
CEO, I oversee the operational growth and
worldwide expansion of the company.
What do you wish you had invented?
The jet engine. After the Internet, there's the solar
system.
What do you consider your greatest
professional achievement?
Becoming president and CEO of Digital Island,
which is certainly one of the most advanced
global communications ventures. For someone
who is passionate about technology, how
many opportunities are there to oversee the
management of an extremely innovative
network that deploys advanced IP allocations?
Business-to-business e-commerce is a new,
dynamic marketplace, which we are helping
advance on a global scale. |
