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Eric Cooper received a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in mathematics from Harvard University in 1980 and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1985.
From 1985 to 1991, he was a member of the computer science faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, where he conducted research in computer networks, operating systems, and programming languages.
Dr. Cooper co-founded FORE Systems in 1990 and served as the company's first president and CEO. He led FORE from its initial focus on ATM local-area networks to a leadership position in both enterprise and service-provider networking. He took the company public in 1994, and served as FORE's chairman until its acquisition by Marconi in 1999. When FORE was acquired for $4.5 billion, the company employed 2,000 people worldwide, generated $700 million in revenue, and earned $50 million in net income.
In 1999, Dr. Cooper was appointed Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He also serves as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University and a Director of several technology companies in Pittsburgh. | 