Jeanette Symons

Who was Jeanette Symons?

Jeanette Symons is the founder, Chief Executive Officer of Industrious

Kid and mother of two. Prior to founding Industrious Kid, Ms. Symons

co-founded Zhone Technologies, a telecommunications company that builds

“last mile” access solutions, where she served as the company’s Chief

Technology Officer and Vice President, Engineering. Prior to Zhone, Ms.

Symons was Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President of

Ascend Communications, Inc., which Ms. Symons co-founded, from January

1989 until June 1999 when the company was purchased by Lucent

Technologies (NASDAQ: LU). In addition, Ms. Symons was a software

engineer at Hayes Microcomputer, a modem manufacturer, where she

developed and managed its ISDN program. Ms. Symons holds a B.S. in

Systems Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles.