Cheng Wu, a true entrepreneur and founding member of NECINA, is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Acopia Networks. Mr. Wu also held various executive positions at Cisco including VP of Strategy and Group VP and General Manager for Cisco's Content and Multiservice Edge Group. Mr. Wu joined Cisco in June 2000 through Cisco's $5.7B acquisition of ArrowPoint Communications where he was the Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO. Before ArrowPoint, he co-founded Arris Networks, a Massachusetts based company that developed high-density Internet access products. Seven months later Arris was sold to Cascade Communications for $150M.
The highlight of his 20 year career was being named to InteractiveWeek magazine's "Top 25 Unsung Heroes of the Internet" list in 2000. His better half is Shalin Wu.
Boards and Achievements: Key Industry Player award by Massachusetts Telecom Council in 2002; Second largest corporate merger in Massachusetts history (Cisco’s acquisition of ArrowPoint in 2000 for $5.7B); Board member: Massachusetts Telecom Council, Data Power Corporation - www.datapower.com, and Ammasso - www.ammasso.com. Chairman of the Board: Acopia Networks - www.acopia.com. Honorary Chairman of the Board: NECINA.
