James Ryan, vice president of Asia Pacific operations, adds 15 years of experience in opening new markets in the Asia Pacific region for U.S.-based technology companies. Ryan's knowledge of the area will be particularly relevant as Egenera continues expanding its Asia Pacific presence and forging beneficial partnerships in the territory.

Ryan joins Egenera from Telemedia Networks International where he served as vice president of sales. In this position, he successfully delivered the IPO prospectus year revenue number and set up and staffed offices in Japan, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Prior to this, Ryan was the vice president of Asia Pacific at Excel Switching Corporation, where he founded the regional office and developed a network of channels that produced $15 million-over 10 percent of global revenue-in his first full fiscal year at the company. He began his career at Octel Communications, a world leader in telecommunications voicemail platforms, where he built-out the Tokyo office while breaking into the competitive Japanese telecommunications service provider market.
Ryan has a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree from Osaka University in Japan.