William "Bill" N. Carrico Jr. (born February 12, 1950) is a computer scientist and has founded several technology companies in the Silicon Valley area. He has been president and CEO of 3Com Corporation,[1] senior vice president of Cisco Systems,[2] and chairman of Packet Design LLC.[3]

Education and personal life[edit]

Carrico graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).

Career[edit]

Carrico worked for Fairchild Semiconductor and Zilog.[3] He and Judith Estrin co-founded Bridge Communications in 1981, which merged with 3Com in 1987.[3] The couple joined Network Computing Devices in 1988.[4] Carrico and Estrin also co-founded Precept Software in 1995 (acquired by Cisco Systems in 1998) and Packet Design LLC in 2000.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "3Com Losing Its President". The New York Times. May 7, 1988. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  2. ^ "Cisco Appoints Bill Carrico to Senior Vice President" (Press release). Cisco. August 19, 1998. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  3. ^ a b c d "William N. Carrico". Santa Clara University. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  4. ^ Fisher, Lawrence M. (August 2, 1988). "Network Computing Lures Husband-and-Wife Team". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-01.


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