Tom Pincince
CEO
Brix Networks
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Tom Pincince
President & CEO
Brix Networks
Tom Pincince is the president and chief executive officer of privately held Brix Networks (www.brixnet.com) of Chelmsford, Mass.
The company develops and markets service assurance and performance management solutions used by carriers, service providers, cable operators, large enterprises, and government agencies to build, operate, and assure
their Internet Protocol- (IP-) based networks and services, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video, and Virtual Private Network (VPN)
access.
Prior to starting Brix Networks in July 1999, Tom Pincince was the founder of New Oak Communications, a pioneering leader in extranet VPN switches. In 1998, New Oak was acquired by Bay Networks (now Nortel Networks) to create
the Contivity Extranet Switch product family.
Previously, as an industry analyst, Pincince was director of Forrester Research's Network Strategy Service, where he focused on the commercial use
of the Internet, and defined the market for corporate intranets and the possibilities of private data services over the public Internet. Pincince was one of the first high-tech analysts to subsequently leave an industry research and consulting firm to start his own company.
Earlier in his career, he held various marketing and engineering positions at several Boston-area companies.
Pincince was a finalist for Ernst & Young's 2003 New England Entrepreneur of The Year Award.
He holds a ScB. with Honors from Brown University.
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