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Ascend Communications

COMPANY

Founded by Rob Ryan in 1989. The company acquired Cascade Communications for $3.7B in 1997 and Stratus Computer in 1998 for $822M. Ascend was itself acquired by Lucent in 1999 for $24B.

Industry:
Network Equipment

Ticker:
NASDAQ:ASND (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Alameda, CA

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Betsy S. Atkins
Business
c. 1955   Venture capitalist

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Betsy S. Atkins
Business
c. 1955   Venture capitalist




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