James L. Zucco, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Spike Technologies, Inc.

Jim Zucco, Chief Executive Officer of Spike Technologies is responsible for Spike's strategic direction, business development, and daily operations.

Zucco joined Spike in the fall of 1999 from his position as CEO in Residence at venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, where he consulted with KP portfolio companies and on new investments.

Prior to joining Spike, Zucco, as Chairman, President and CEO of Shiva Corporation, a leader in remote access, restored the company to profitability and negotiated the successful merger with Intel Corporation.

Before Shiva, Zucco was a key executive in the AT&T divestiture that created Lucent Technologies. As vice president and general manager, he led Lucent's most profitable product business North America Network Systems. He also served as the first president and successfully launched Lucent's Communications Software business unit.

During his tenure at AT&T, Zucco was vice president and general manager of Advanced Network Applications at AT&T Business Communications Services. Among other achievements, he structured, negotiated and closed the largest communications services contract in history - $4 billion over 10 years from IBM, laying the groundwork for AT&T to acquire IBM's global communications services unit. He also launched the first set of commercial Internet businesses at AT&T for e-commerce, web hosting and Internet access services and streamlined the company's customer services. During the AT&T divestiture activities, he led the team that chartered and launched AT&T Labs as a spin-off of Bell Labs.

From 1986 to 1993, Zucco served in pivotal technology and management positions and played an important role in the growth of MCI. He served as senior vice president, with responsibility for strategy and implementation of all major R&D and deployment activities, including the widely heralded launch of the Friends and Family program.

Jim Zucco has been recognized as an industry leader by major business and trade publications, including Business Week, The Washington Post, and Computerworld. He serves as a director on the boards of Artisoft and Lockstar. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Loyola College of Baltimore and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Maryland College