Primary Job Title Security Team Member Primary Organization 
Blue Heron Capital
Location Norfolk, Virginia, United States Regions East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
John Gerdelman has served as a director since January 2007 when he was appointed to the Board in connection with Brocade’s acquisition of McDATA Corporation. Since 2010, Gerdelman has been Chairman of Overture Networks, a private company and provider of carrier Ethernet solutions.
From January 2010 through April 2011, Gerdelman served as the
president of Long Lines Wireless in Sioux City, Iowa. From 2004 through 2010, he was the Chairman of Intelliden Corporation, a company he cofounded that provides software solutions that enable networks to operate more intelligently by automating network change management and enforcing business policy in network operations. The company was sold to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). From April 2002 to December 2003, Gerdelman was the Chief Executive Officer for Metromedia Fiber Networks.
From January 2000 until March 2002, Gerdelman worked with several new ventures as Managing Member of Mortonsgroup LLC. From April 1999 to December 1999, he served as the President and CEO of USA.NET. From 1986 until 1999, Gerdelman held various positions with MCI Communications Corporation in Sales, Marketing, Sales Operations, Network Operations and Information Technology, including President of the Network and Information Technology Division.
Before joining MCI, Gerdelman was with Baxter Travenol Corporation in Sales Operations and served in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Aviator. Gerdelman also serves as a director of Owens & Minor, Inc., a national distributor of medical and surgical supplies and healthcare supply-chain management. During the last five years, he served as a director for Sycamore Networks, Inc. and APAC Customer Services, Inc.
He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from the College of William and Mary, where he now serves as Chairman of their Real Estate Foundation.
