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Tuesday November 16, 08:15 AM Eastern time
Company Press Release
Redback Networks Names William Kurtz,
Chief Financial Officer of Scient, to its
Board of Directors
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 16,
1999--Redback Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:RBAK) today named
William Kurtz, chief financial officer of Scient Corporation
(Nasdaq:SCNT) to its board of directors.
Kurtz, a 15 year veteran of AT&T, served as vice president of cost
management, where he was responsible for the company's 16
billion worldwide procurement program, 3 billion credit and
collections operations and cost reduction strategy and
implementation. In 1996, Kurtz became one of the youngest
executives in the company's history to be promoted to corporate
officer.
"Bill Kurtz brings proven leadership and industry experience to
Redback," said Dennis Barsema, president and chief executive
officer of Redback Networks. "Given his operational background
with both global corporations and recently public companies, he
bring the best of all worlds to our board of directors. Having recently
led Scient to one of the most successful public offerings of 1999,
combined with his distinguished career at AT&T, Bill is a
tremendous resource and addition to our team." |
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