Background
Kennedy, Kevin J. was born in 1955.
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Kevin J. Kennedy
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1977. Master of Science in Engineering, Rutgers University. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Rutgers University.
Career
Various positions Bell Laboratories. Adjunct professor Rutgers University, 1982—1984. Senior .v.p., IOS Technologies Division, senior vice president, service provider line business Cisco Systems, Inc., 1994—2001.
Chief operating officer Openwave Systems, Inc., 2001—2003. Chief Executive Officer JDS Uniphase Corporation, 2003—2008, president, 2004—2008. President, Chief Executive Officer Avaya, Inc., since 2009.
Board directors Polycom, Inc., Synchron Networks, 2001—2002, Quantum, 2001—2004, Openwave Systems Inc., 2002—2005, Agility Communications, Inc., since 2001, Rambus Corporation, since 2003, Freescale Semiconductor, since 2004. Vice chairman JDS Uniphase Corporation, since 2008. Board directors KLA-Tencor Corporation, since 2008.
Membership
Conglomerate fellow United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
