John J. Rando, Director
Mr. Rando has over twenty-five years of experience in the Information
Technology Industry. He served as Chairman of the Board for Ecora for several
years and is currently serving as chairman for @Stake Inc. (a professional
services firm), and Storability Software (a provider of storage
resource management software solutions). He is a director of Cognos
Inc. (COGN), the world leader in business intelligence and corporate
performance management software. Previously, until July 1999, he was a
Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President and Group General Manager of
Compaq Services for Compaq Computer Corporation, responsible for $7
billion in revenues and over 27,000 service professionals worldwide.
The organization provided lifecycle solutions including network and
systems integration, operations management, multi-vendor and business
critical services in 115 countries. He was Chairman and President of
Compaq's Federal Systems L.L.C., a subsidiary responsible for Compaq's
U.S. Federal Government business. He joined Compaq in June 1998 from
Digital Equipment Corporation, where he was also a Corporate Officer,
Senior Vice President and Group General Manager of the worldwide
services organization. During his twenty-year tenure with Digital, he
served in several software and service management positions.
Recognized for his work in developing software product services, he
pioneered new service delivery processes, such as customer response
centers and predictive service methods and utilities. Under his
leadership Digital Services advanced a breakthrough multi-vendor
service capability and an extensive alliance with Microsoft, making
Digital the number one NT service provider in the world and
Microsoft's first Prime Integrator. Mr. Rando is highly accomplished
in leading corporate change. Mr. Rando is a director of ePresence Inc.
(EPRE), of Westboro, MA; a former director of National Computer
Systems, of Minneapolis, MN, Yankee Energy Systems, Inc in Meriden, CT
and a former Advisor Partner for NewcoGen Group, LLC of Cambridge, MA.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College, Chestnut
Hill, MA and a Masters of Management from Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL.