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33. The Arms DealersJohn Chambers Title: CEO, Cisco Systems Jim MacDonald Title: CEO, Cisco’s Scientific-Atlanta unit Dan Moloney Title: President, Motorola Connected Home Age: 47 Years in Industry: 20 Geoff Roman Title: Corporate VP, Motorola Inc. Age: 54 Years in Industry: 26 David Woodle Title: Chairman & CEO, C-COR Age: 51 Years in Industry: 8 Why Them: Cable buys a lot of weapons here. John Chambers and Jim MacDonald are successfully integrating S-A into Cisco’s matrix while Dan Moloney and Geoff Roman work to add portability to the mix with Motorola's “Follow Me” concept. Meanwhile, David Woodle has put together an impressive “end-to-end” story over at C-COR (and made a big splash at SCTE this year). When it comes to arms dealers, no one can dispute these guys are heavy hitters. - MG Jim MacDonald Favorite sports team: University of Kentucky Basketball Favorite song: “The Gambler” - Kenny Rogers In my free time I like to: “Play golf.” Favorite piece of technology: iPod Video Favorite city: San Francisco Favorite TV Show: “24” Top personal achievement in 2006: “Completing the combination with Cisco.” Dan Moloney I knew the cable industry was for me when: “I went to my first cable show 20 years ago. I was hooked!” Defining career moment: “General Instrument going private in 1990—it was an incredible process and experience.” Top personal achievement in 2006: “Completing several acquisitions including Broadbus, Vertasent and Kreatel in Sweden. We’re investing for growth and it’s paying off.” In my free time, I like to: “Read and sleep; avoid airports at all costs.” My most embarrassing cable moment was: “As a result of a response I gave to a financial analyst question at our annual conference. I said “To the first part of your question, fud.” It wasn’t embarrassing at the time as I knew what I had said. A few people in the audience thought I’d said something else, though, and that was a little embarrassing.” Favorite piece of tech: “My computer – I can’t live without it.” Least favorite piece of tech: “My computer – I can’t live without it.” The world would be a better place if: “We’d spend more time talking and less time emailing.” Geoff Roman I knew the cable industry was for me when: “I saw the potential for more than delivering TV.” Favorite restaurant: Legal Seafoods, Downtown Boston Favorite city: Hong Kong Favorite TV show: “The Sopranos” Favorite sports team: NY Yankees Favorite piece of tech: HDTV Least favorite piece of tech: “Portable e-mail devices (it’s nice to be unconnected sometimes!)” David Woodle In my free time, I like to: Golf Favorite restaurant: Cafe Escadrille, Boston, MA Favorite sports team: Penn State Football Favorite piece of tech: BlackBerry The world would be a better place if: “We trusted and respected each other.” Click here to return to the 2006 CFAX 100 List |
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