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Mr. Hagerty joined Polycom in January 1997 as President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. In July 1998, he was named Chief Executive Officer, and in March 2000 he became Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Bob came to Polycom to build on the vision of delivering a total conferencing and collaboration solution to the customer. During Bob's tenure, Polycom has made a number of key acquisitions - such as SpectralLink, Destiny Conferencing, DST Media, Voyant Technologies, ViaVideo, Accord Networks, PictureTel, MeetU, ASPI and Circa Communications - building the most complete product offering for collaborative communications. His continuing focus on customer need has led to the creation of a customer facing, direct touch sales force and a world class global service and distribution channel. Industry analyst group Frost & Sullivan named Mr Hagerty CEO of the Year in 2005.
Prior to joining Polycom, Bob served as President of Stylus Assets, Ltd. and held key senior management positions with Logitech, Inc., Connor Peripherals, Signal Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation. In addition to being on the Polycom Board of Directors, Bob also serves on the Boards of Palm, Inc. and Modulus Video, Inc. Mr Hagerty holds a B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and an M.A. in Management from St. Mary's College of California. | 