|
Jim Norrod was appointed as President and CEO of Segway Inc. in March 2005. At Segway Inc., he applies his extensive experience in building technology companies and developing new markets to leverage the company's core technologies and expand into new product categories. Jim also serves as a member of the Segway Inc. board of directors.
Jim came to Segway Inc. with 25 years of experience with technology companies. Prior to joining Segway Inc., he was chairman, president and CEO of Narad Networks a provider of business broadband solutions. Prior to that, he founded Xanoptix, Inc. in 2000 and served as its chairman until 2003.
In 1993 Jim was appointed president and CEO of Octocom Systems, Inc., which later merged with Telebit Corporation, a publicly traded dial-up network company. Jim was president and CEO of Telebit until Cisco Systems, Inc. acquired it in 1996. Jim began his career with IBM as a sales executive and subsequently held senior management roles with a variety of technology companies.
Jim has a bachelor of science in economics from Oakland University and a master's in business administration from the University of Detroit. | 