David Yen at Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks, Inc. announced the
appointment of David Yen, Ph.D. to the position of executive vice
president, emerging technologies. Dr. Yen joins Juniper Networks from
Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he served in a number of executive
assignments over the course of his nearly 20 year tenure. Most
recently, Dr. Yen served as executive vice president of the
Microelectronics group at Sun overseeing the company’s developments in
network, cryptography and high-performance computing.

As a member of the Juniper executive management team reporting
directly to Scott Kriens, Dr. Yen will share insights as they relate to
current technology initiatives, assemble a talented engineering team
and lead the company’s emerging technology initiatives at the
intersection of high-performance computing and networking.

Dr. Yen served in a broad range of executive assignments during his
nearly 20 year tenure at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Most recently, Dr. Yen
served as executive vice president of the Microelectronics group at
Sun, the silicon and processor supplier to Sun’s Systems business and
OEM customers around the globe. Prior to this role, Dr. Yen led Sun’s
storage group and served as vice president and general manager for its
enterprise server business, executive vice president of processor and
network products and executive vice president of scalable systems.
Under Dr. Yen’s leadership, Sun unified its microprocessors, enterprise
systems and SPARC-based volume systems initiatives, and drove product
development, strategy, marketing and overall business management.

Prior to joining Sun Microsystems in 1988, Dr. Yen was co-founder
and director of hardware development of Cydrome, Inc., a
mini-supercomputer start-up. Prior to Cydrome, Dr. Yen served in
engineering roles at IBM Research for manufacturing automation and TRW,
Inc. for advanced processor development. Dr. Yen earned a bachelor’s
degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in
1973, received an M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
1980, and completed a General Management Program at Stanford Business
School in 1993. Dr. Yen holds three U.S. Patents.

Juniper Networks, Inc.