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Tony Bates is Skype's Chief Executive Officer. He is responsible for overseeing the company's direction and strategy and is ultimately responsible for its performance.
Before joining Skype, Tony was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business Group. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Service Provider business unit, and previously Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s high-end router business. He has also served as a Member of the Board of YouTube, Inc.
Prior to working at Cisco, Tony spearheaded the backbone-engineering strategy for Internet MCI (MCI’s national IP backbone). He has more than 20 years of experience in the Internet and telecommunications industries, and has published 12 IETF RFCs in the areas of Internet Routing and Operations, and he holds nine patents in the area of Layer 2 and Layer 3 innovations.
Before joining Skype, Tony was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business Group. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Service Provider business unit, and previously Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s high-end router business. He has also served as a Member of the Board of YouTube, Inc.
Prior to working at Cisco, Tony spearheaded the backbone-engineering strategy for Internet MCI (MCI’s national IP backbone). He has more than 20 years of experience in the Internet and telecommunications industries, and has published 12 IETF RFCs in the areas of Internet Routing and Operations, and he holds nine patents in the area of Layer 2 and Layer 3 innovations.