Robert C. Hagerty, Chairman of the Board, CEO and President, Polycom

Robert C. Hagerty joined Polycom in January 1997 as President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors.  In July 1998 he was named Chief Executive Officer, and in March 2000 he became Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Bob came to Polycom to build on the vision of delivering a total conferencing and collaboration solution to the customer.  Polycom’s solutions are unique, integrating voice, video, web, and data conferencing, and the network to support them.  During Bob’s tenure, Polycom has made a number of key acquisitions Voyant Technologies, ViaVideo, Accord Networks, PictureTel, Meet you, ASPI and Circa Communications build the most complete product offering for collaborative communications.

His continuing focus on customer need has led to the creation of a customer facing, direct touch sales force and a world class global service and distribution channel. Today, Polycom is the market leader delivering best in class category products and the industry’s only Unified Collaborative Communications solution integrating voice, video, data and the web extending from the desk top to the core infrastructure hardware and software required in a world class communications system.

Prior to joining Polycom, Bob served as President of Stylus Assets, Ltd. and held key senior management positions with Logitech, Inc., Connor Peripherals, Signal Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Bob holds a B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and an M.A. in Management from St. Mary’s College of California.