Patrick C.S. Lo | | Patrick Lo is the co-founder of NETGEAR and has been the Chairman and CEO since 2002. Lo founded NETGEAR with Mark Merrill with the singular vision of providing the appliances to enable everyone in the world to connect to the high speed Internet for information, communication, business transactions, education, and entertainment. From 1983 until 1995, Lo worked at Hewlett-Packard Company, where he served in various management positions in sales, technical support, product management, and marketing in the US and Asia. He received a BS degree in electrical engineering from Brown University.
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Steve Peplin | | Steve Peplin is the CEO of Talan Products, a Cleveland-based contract manufacturer specializing in high volume metal stamping. Peplin founded Talan Products in 1986 with an initial capitalization of just $2100. Today, Talan has annual revenues exceeding $25 million, and more than 60 employees. Talan uses progressive management concepts and programs to achieve continued success in an industry where U.S. manufacturers have been struggling mightily with low-cost foreign competition.
Peplin received his education at the University of Wyoming. A host of adventurous jobs during his youth (oilfield, cowboy, and logger) prepared him for the rigors of executive leadership and have instilled him with a deeper-than-typical understanding of the manufacturing floor-level employee's psyche.
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