Stratton Sclavos

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Stratton Sclavos (born 1961) 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.

Personal life

Sclavos was born to second-generation Greek-American parents in 1961 in San Francisco , California. He still lives in California with his wife Jody and his two children, aged 18 and 20.[1] 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. [1]

Sclavos now works for Radar Partners, a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm.
[edit] 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.[2]

References

^ "VeriSign / On the Record: Stratton Sclavos". San Francisco Chronicle; Hearst Communications Inc. August 30, 2010.
^ "Stratton Sclavos Biography for Speakers Series Event". Internet Education Foundation. 1998-2007.

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