John Connelly's Email & Phone

Mr. Connelly joined SIMCO in 2008 and runs SIMCO's Software business and IT organization. During his tenure, SIMCO has expanded its CERDAAC software offering which is now serving over 3,500 clients worldwide. Prior to SIMCO, Mr. Connelly spent 15 years in executive roles at numerous Silicon Valley start-ups. Immediately prior to SIMCO, he served as Executive VP of Marketing & Business Development at BigBand Networksa leader in digital video networking. From 2003 to 2008, he guided the company to $176M in sales and a successful IPO in March, 2007. Earlier in his career, Mr. Connelly served as VP of Marketing at DiviComa pioneer in digital video compression. During his tenure, DiviCom sales grew to $185M before the company was acquired by Harmonic in 2000 for $1.7B. Mr. Connelly began his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories. During his 15 years at AT&T, he was responsible for designing, developing and product managing a wide range of innovations in residential telephones, network computing devices and digital switching systems. Mr. Connelly holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He also completed an Executive Development program at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.