Scott Kriens

Scott Kriens
Alma mater	California State University, East Bay
Title	Chairman, Juniper Networks

Scott Kriens is an American businessman. He is chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks.[1]

Early life and education

Kriens received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from California State University, East Bay, in Hayward, California, in 1979.[2] A collector of European sports cars, Kriens, as an undergraduate, had repaired cars to meet expenses.[3]

Career

Kriens began his marketing career with Burroughs Corporation, which merged with Sperry in 1986 to form Unisys, and then worked for Tandem Computers, before becoming a co-founder of telecommunications equipment company StrataCom, Inc. in 1986. From 1986 to 1996 Kriens was vice president of sales and operations, until Stratacom was acquired for $4.5 billion by Cisco.[2]

Crosspoint Venture Partners subsequently recruited Kriens to lead Juniper Networks, naming him CEO in October 1996, where he remained until September 2008. Juniper's market success is largely credited to Kriens.[2][4][5] Juniper's stock rose from $57 per share, at the start of 2000, to an all-time high of $243 per share, in mid-October 2000.[2] In 2008, Kevin Johnson became CEO of Juniper, while Kriens remained as chairman.[6]

Kriens was ranked 463rd on the Forbes Executive Pay in 2006,[7] 478th in 2007[8] and 454th in 2008[9]

He was the U.S. Winner of the EY Entrepreneur of The Year Award in 2000 with Juniper Networks [10]

1440 Foundation and 1440 Multiversity

In 2010, Kriens, with his wife, Joanie, established the 1440 Foundation and the 1440 Multiversity retreat center in the redwoods of Scotts Valley, California.[11]

References

1. "Scott G. Kriens". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
2. "Top Tech Execs: Scott Kriens". Forbes.com. December 8, 2000. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
3. "THE TOP 25 MANAGERS -- MANAGERS TO WATCH : Scott Kriens, Juniper Networks". Business Week. January 8, 2001. Archived from the original on April 7, 2001. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
4. "JUNIPER NETWORKS On the record: Scott Kriens and Pradeep Sindhu". SFgate.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
5. "Scott Kriens". Eweek.com. 2001-02-05. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
6. "Juniper Networks reports 40% profit rise Analysts upgrade networking firm's stock following sharp sell-off". Market Watch. July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
7. "CEO Pay :Scott Kriens". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
8. "#478 Scott Kriens". Forbes.com. May 3, 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
9. "#454 Scott G Kriens". Forbes.com. 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
10. "Technology Guru Scott Kriens of Juniper Networks Named 2000 National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. - Free Online Library". Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
11. "Vision". 1440.org. 1440 Foundation. Retrieved 21 March 2019.