Professional Profile: Don Ankeny - 2000

Professional Profile: Don Ankeny 2000

Name: Don Ankeny - 2000
Title: President and CEO
Company: PhatPipe, Inc.
Location: Carlsbad, Calif.
Birthplace: San Francisco - 1956
Family: Wife, Joy and four daughters; Lisa, age 17; Kristin, age 15; and twins Hannah and Julia, age 4 Education: BA in economics from Dartmouth College; MBA from Stanford Univ. Graduate School of Business First job outside of technology: Trammell Crow Co. First job in technology or allied field: Robertson Stephens Investment Banking What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I plan to continue doing what I am doing, just bigger and better! Hobbies: Family time, triathlons, helicopter skiing, sailing Favorite book: “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom Favorite movie: “A Few Good Men” Person you most admire (outside of family): Trammel Crow Key to success: You can’t boil the ocean. Focus on what it is you do best as an individual and as an organization and make sure you are a market leader in that single function, in that single part of the business If you were forced to choose another vocation, what would it be? Recently, I did choose another vocation when I left investment banking to head up PhatPipe.
Don Ankeny - 2000
Don Ankeny - 2000