Stratton Sclavos
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Stratton Sclavos was chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of VeriSign
, a security services and network infrastructure company, until his resignation on May 29, 2007. Sclavos has a Bachelor of Science
in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California
, Davis. Sclavos joined VeriSign in 1995 as one of its first employees. Sclavos also sits on the board of directors of several public companies including Intuit, Juniper Networks
, and Salesforce.com
.
. He still lives in California with his wife Jody and his two children, aged 18 and 20. 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.
Sclavos now works for Radar Partners, a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm.
VeriSign
Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Dulles, Virginia that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc and .tv country-code...
, a security services and network infrastructure company, until his resignation on May 29, 2007. Sclavos has a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Davis. Sclavos joined VeriSign in 1995 as one of its first employees. Sclavos also sits on the board of directors of several public companies including Intuit, Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996. It is head quartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The company designs and sells high-performance Internet Protocol network products and services...
, and Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco that distributes business software on a subscription basis. Salesforce.com hosts the applications off-site...
.
Personal life
Sclavos was born to second-generation Greek-American parents in 1961 in San Francisco,, CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He still lives in California with his wife Jody and his two children, aged 18 and 20. 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
Sclavos joined the company as one of its first employees in July 1995, and was at the helm as it grew to 4,000 employees through growth and acquisitions. After 12 years as CEO, Sclavos resigned in May 2007. http://www.verisign.com/press_releases/pr/page_042136.htmlSclavos now works for Radar Partners, a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm.