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Where do you see Keysight in five years’ time? With the pace and breadth of innovation in the market, testing and validation demands are growing as well. The stakes have never been higher. We are seeing a real drive to keep up with Nielsen’s Law governing the speed of Internet connections and Swanson’s Law looking at the cost of photovoltaic cells. These are enabling access to digital information in many more places than we’ve seen it previously. Effectively, our customers are bringing products to market faster than ever and trying to optimize their designs across more domains as they strive to capitalize on new technologies. Keysight has always been good at helping designers simulate their innovation, then test it on the bench and in production. With the addition of Ixia, we added to that the ability to test and monitor its data handling capacity at the industry’s largest scales, and to test and monitor its security integrity. And with the addition of Anite previously, we added the ability to do device testing using network emulation solutions as well as drive testing for signal integrity and user quality of experience. We are finding these capabilities are critical for our customers, many of whom are migrating from point product offerings to lifecycle products plus service offerings. Their testing needs are growing to include test-in-motion and live monitoring, and Keysight will be there with solutions that meet their needs today and well into the future. Is there anything that you would like to add? Since we launched Keysight as an independent company in 2014 with the goal to create value for customers and investors, we have moved through phase 1 of our strategic plan, the formation phase, where we separated from Agilent and established the operational discipline required for success as an independent, public, and global company. We are well into phase 2, transformation, where have organized for industry focus, carried out strategic M&A, and installed new leaders and cultural elements. Phase 2 will continue, and will overlap with phase 3, which we are beginning now. In phase 3, we will achieve superior value creation by thinking and executing bigger and bolder. Around the world, the need to improve the lives of citizens, increase the productivity of businesses, and raise the competitiveness of nations, is leading to ever-higher expectations for connectivity and security. These expectations are creating opportunities for current and future Keysight customers, for our company, and all our employees Q Q ABOUT RON NERSESIAN Ron Nersesian is president and chief executive officer of Keysight Technologies. In November 2011, he was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Agilent Technologies. The following year, in November 2012, he was promoted to president and chief operating officer. When Agilent announced the separation of its electronic measurement business in 2013, Nersesian was appointed Keysight president and CEO and led the launch of the new company. Keysight became a public, independent company in November 2014. Nersesian began his career in 1982 with Computer Sciences Corporation as a systems engineer for satellite communications systems. In 1984, he joined Hewlett- Packard and served in a range of management roles during his tenure. In 1996, Nersesian joined another industry player as vice president of worldwide marketing. He subsequently assumed other senior management roles through 2002, including senior vice president and general manager of the company’s digital storage oscilloscope business. Nersesian joined Agilent Technologies in 2002 as vice president and general manager of the company’s Design Validation Division. In 2005, he was named vice president and general manager of the company’s Wireless Business Unit and manager of Agilent’s Santa Rosa, California site. In 2009, Nersesian was named president of Agilent’s Electronic Measurement Group. Nersesian holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from New York University, Stern School of Business. He also serves as an independent director on the Board of Directors of Trimble Inc. and as a member of Georgia Tech’s Advisory Board. CALIFORNIA 33 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today USAAwards 2018