Judy Estrin speaks about the Innovation Ecosystem

Apr 20, 2011


On April 6, 2011, Judy Estrin, CEO of JLABS, was the keynote presenter at a special presentation hosted by the Beedie School of Business in collaboration with the Whistler Foundation. The event, which took place at the Segal Graduate School campus in downtown Vancouver, was attended by a number of industry leaders from the Vancouver technology and entrepreneurship communities.

Prior to co-founding Packet Design, in May 2000, Estrin was chief technology officer for Cisco Systems. Beginning in 1981 Estrin co-founded three other successful technology companies: Bridge Communications, Network Computing Devices, and Precept Software. In 1998 Cisco Systems acquired Precept, and she became Cisco’s chief technology officer until April 2000.

Estrin has been named three times to Fortune Magazine’s list of the 50 most powerful women in American business. She sits on the boards of directors of The Walt Disney Company as well as the privately held Packet Design, Inc. She also served as a member of the board of FedEx Corporation from 1989 until 2010, Sun Microsystems from 1995 through 2003 and Rockwell Corporation from 1994 through 1998. In addition, she sits on the advisory councils of Stanford’s School of Engineering and Stanford’s Bio – X initiative. She holds a B.S. degree in math and computer science from UCLA, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Click here to view to the recording of the presentation.

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