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CTO, Riverbed Technology
Steve McCanne's job at Riverbed Technology is about three things: strategy, strategy, strategy.
"I know there are different types of CTO, and I'm much more of an inventor," he explains. "I view my job here as to come up with what's possible from a technology perspective and how it would fit in the market, and try to inspire the engineering team here to go build these things. I don't run engineering, I don't run marketing; it's all about creating intellectual property around...