John Fowler

Who is John Fowler?

Fowler has been with Sun for more than 14 years with experience in

systems and software development and corporate strategy. As Executive

Vice President of Sun's Systems Group, John Fowler is responsible for

the delivery of all systems products including SPARC and x64-based

servers as well as networking and disk and tape storage products. Prior

to becoming the head of Sun's Systems Group, Fowler was EVP of Sun's

x64 Systems Group focused on delivering industry standard network

computing systems for Solaris, Linux and Windows.Before leading

Sun's x64 initiative, Fowler was the Chief Technology Officer for Sun

Microsystems' Software organization. In his role as CTO for software,

Fowler was responsible for overall technical strategy and alignment in

addition to managing an advanced development group.In other

previous roles at Sun, Fowler was responsible for identifying leading

technology trends and the companies creating these trends for minority

investment and acquisition. His group took a forward view on both

hardware and software technology developments, identifying companies

that are complementary to Sun. He was involved in the acquisitions of

Kealia, Inc. (Advanced Server Technology), Nauticus Networks

(High-Performance Content Switch), Waveset Technologies, Inc. (Secure

Identity Management), Pixo, Inc. (Centralized Data Services for

Devices) and many others, resulting in continued innovation and product

development for Sun.Prior to his position with Sun's investment

group, Fowler was Director of Engineering for the Sun Software

Development Tools organization. Throughout his career at Sun, he has

also held a variety of engineering management positions within Java

Software, Solaris, Unix Desktop, and Graphics.