Eugene McCabe

Who is Eugene McCabe?

As Executive Vice President for Worldwide Operations, Eugene McCabe

runs Sun's supply chain, manufacturing and logistics programs, which

are recognized by the industry for delivering high quality and cost

effective product execution to Sun's global customer base. Previously,

as Vice President for High End Operations, McCabe was responsible for

overseeing the manufacturing, supply chain management and operations

engineering for the company's flagship Enterprise server and network

computing product lines. In this capacity, Eugene introduced important

innovations in the way in which Sun provides Customer Ready Systems, or

customized solutions that integrate hardware and software to individual

customer requirements. Since joining Sun in 1999, Eugene has received

numerous recognitions for his unique contributions, including being

named one of seven distinguished recipients of the 2002 Sun Leadership

Award and participation in the inaugural class of Sun's Leadership

Institute. Prior to Sun, Eugene spent more than a dozen years with

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and later (post-acquisition) with

Compaq. His early experience at DEC Europe spanned from network and

system product design (including hub and router design, secure systems,

low-cost servers) to field engineering support. As vice president of

Manufacturing for Alpha Systems and of Manufacturing Technology, Eugene

led major advances in process simplification and cost reduction in

manufacturing.