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Jim McCluney
• CEO, EMULEX
Age: 59
Status: Married, with two grown children – a daughter and a son
First job: At age 11, as a grocery delivery boy in his hometown of Glasgow, Scotland
Does McCluney regularly back up his home computers? “Not as often as I should.”
Percentage of Jim’s family and friends not in the technology field who understand what Emulex does? “Ten percent, and that’s being generous.”
Why Jim loves his job: “I love that I’m constantly getting to meet interesting people, both in our line of business and in the community, and the fact that every day brings me new issues to tackle as CEO of Emulex.”
As CEO of Emulex, Jim McCluney has played an immense role in shaping his company and the O.C. business community. Since joining the technology company in 2003, McCluney has been instrumental in completing three acquisitions that have positioned Emulex for entry into new high-growth market segments, including virtualization, storage protocol bridging and network convergence. Last year McCluney successfully defended the company against a $912 million buyout offer from Broadcom, maintaining Emulex’s strength and independence. McCluney works with the educational nonprofits Project Tomorrow and Mind Research Institute, is on the Dean’s Advisory Board at the UC Irvine School of Engineering and is the chairman of the UC Irvine CEO Roundtable.
OCMETRO'S 2010 HOT 25 HONOREES
Michael Stebner | Jim McCluney | Robert Braithwaite
Denise Hazime | Mark P. Robinson Jr. | Mo Honarkar
Laura Davick | Troy & Josh Rodarmel | Gary Brahm
Don Craig | Colin Baden | Rick Hadley | Dan Young
Michelle Tingler & Debbie Devine | Mark Manguera
Paula Golden | Peter F. Bastone | Rob Chandler
Kate Duchene & Vicki Dallas | Gary W. Matkin | LPA
Will Kempton | Scharrell Jackson | Jeff Moore
The six who climbed Mt. Everest
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Age: 59 Status: Married, with two grown children – a daughter and a son First job: At age 11, as a grocery delivery boy in his hometown of Glasgow, Scotland Does McCluney regularly back up his home computers? “Not as often as I should.” Percentage of Jim’s family and friends not in the technology field who understand what Emulex does? “Ten percent, and that’s being generous.” Why Jim loves his job: “I love that I’m constantly getting to meet interesting people, both in our line of business and in the community, and the fact that every day brings me new issues to tackle as CEO of Emulex.” As CEO of Emulex, Jim McCluney has played an immense role in shaping his company and the O.C. business community. Since joining the technology company in 2003, McCluney has been instrumental in completing three acquisitions that have positioned Emulex for entry into new high-growth market segments, including virtualization, storage protocol bridging and network convergence. Last year McCluney successfully defended the company against a $912 million buyout offer from Broadcom, maintaining Emulex’s strength and independence. McCluney works with the educational nonprofits Project Tomorrow and Mind Research Institute, is on the Dean’s Advisory Board at the UC Irvine School of Engineering and is the chairman of the UC Irvine CEO Roundtable. OCMETRO'S 2010 HOT 25 HONOREES
Michael Stebner | Jim McCluney | Robert Braithwaite Denise Hazime | Mark P. Robinson Jr. | Mo Honarkar Laura Davick | Troy & Josh Rodarmel | Gary Brahm Don Craig | Colin Baden | Rick Hadley | Dan Young Michelle Tingler & Debbie Devine | Mark Manguera Paula Golden | Peter F. Bastone | Rob Chandler Kate Duchene & Vicki Dallas | Gary W. Matkin | LPA Will Kempton | Scharrell Jackson | Jeff Moore The six who climbed Mt. Everest BACK TO MAIN PAGE PAST HOT 25 HONOREES |
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