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Judith Estrin
Chief Executive Officer
JLABS, LLC
Judy Estrin is CEO of JLABS, LLC, formerly known as Packet Design Management
Company, LLC. She is the author of Closing the Innovation Gap, to be published in
September, 2008. Prior to co-founding Packet Design, in May 2000, Estrin was chief
technology officer for Cisco Systems. Beginning in 1981 Estrin co-founded three other
successful technology companies: Bridge Communications, Network Computing
Devices, and Precept Software. In 1998 Cisco Systems acquired Precept, and she became
Cisco's chief technology officer until April 2000.
Estrin has been named three times to Fortune Magazine's list of the 50 most powerful
women in American business. She sits on the boards of directors of The Walt Disney
Company and FedEx Corporation as well as two private company boards Packet
Design, Inc. and Arch Rock. She also sits on the advisory councils of Stanford's School
of Engineering and Stanford's Bio-X initiative. She holds a B.S. degree in math and
computer science from UCLA, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford
University.