Chin-Cheng Wu

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In 1997, Chin-Cheng Wu founded Arrowpoint Communications, where he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. ArrowPoint provided Web switches and Web network services (WebNS™) software that allowed customers to optimize the use of the Web for e-commerce and content delivery. In April of 2000, the company went public and sold to Cisco Systems for $5.7 billion in that same year,^[1] the second largest purchase by Cisco.^[2]

Before ArrowPoint, Mr. Wu founded Arris Networks at Westford, Massachusetts. Arris is startup that developed high-density Internet access products. Arris Networks was sold to Westford's Cascade Communications for more than $145 million in May, 1996. When Cascade Communications acquired Arris , Wu served as Cascade's Vice President for remote access engineering.

After ArrowPoint, Mr. Wu founded Acopia Networks, a leader in high-performance, intelligent file virtualization solutions. Acopia Networks announced it agreed to be acquired by F5 Networks for $210M in August, 2007.

In 2007, Wu co-founded Peermeta, a pioneer in Web 2.0 enabled software platforms for intelligent end points utilizing mobile broadband infrastructure.

Mr. Wu was named to InteractiveWeek Magazine's "Top 25 Unsung Heroes of the Internet" list in 2000 and named the Key Industry Player by Massachusetts Telecom Council in 2002.

Chin-Cheng Wu graduated from Taiwanese National Chiao Tung University with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1972. He also holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana.