- Stratton Sclavos
Stratton Sclavos (born 1961) was chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of
VeriSign , the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, until his resignation on May 29, 2007.Sclavos has a
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from theUniversity of California , Davis. Sclavos joined VeriSign in1995 as one of its first employees.Sclavos also sits on the board of directors of several public companies including
Intuit ,Juniper Networks , andSalesforce.com .Personal life
Sclavos was born to second-generation
Greek-American parents in 1961 inSan Francisco ,,California . He still lives in California with his wife Jody and his two children, aged 18 and 20. [cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/09/BUG22AFFKP47.DTL | title=VeriSign / On the Record: Stratton Sclavos | year=2005 | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle; Hearst Communications Inc ] A lifelong Bay Area resident who is active in the community, Stratton and his wife Jody formed the Sclavos Family Foundation to support charitable efforts in children’s education and medical research.Contributions to VeriSign
Since joining the company as one of its first employees in July 1995, Sclavos helped establish VeriSign as a global corporation relied upon by millions of consumers and businesses every day as they interact on the world’s voice and data networks. Sclavos led the company and its 4,000 employees through a decade of robust growth and technological innovation. On May 29, 2007, VeriSign announced that Sclavos has resigned as CEO of VeriSign. [http://www.verisign.com/press_releases/pr/page_042136.html]
In 2007, Sclavos resigned from VeriSign. His last years with the company were taken up with investigations into the company's stock option program and the board's dissatisfaction with the lack of a cogent strategy for the company. It's not believed that he personally benefited from the option grants in question but it did occur on his watch.
Awards and recognition
In June 2002, he was honored with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Northern California. He was also honored with the 2001 Morgan Stanley Morgan Leadership Award for Global Commerce and named to Forbes' Top 50 CEOs list. [cite web | url=http://www.netcaucus.org/speakers/2003/sclavos/bio.shtml. | title=Stratton Sclavos Biography for Speakers Series Event | year=1998-2007 | publisher=Internet Education Foundation ]
References
External links
* [http://news.com.com/Virtually+you/2009-1082_3-233027.html C-Net News article]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/09/BUG22AFFKP47.DTL Interview with Stratton Sclavos]
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