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Technology Stocks : Digital Island,Inc - (Nasdaq- ISLD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (180)	7/21/1999 10:44:00 PM
From: Mr. Miller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1884

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.