As the company went public in 1990, Cisco Systems became an established name, growing into a well-organized billion-dollar company; however, Bosack and Lerner began to feel as they were no longer wanted in that new organization. That very same year, management forced Lerner to leave Cisco, and Bosack resigned shortly after he heard the news. They sold their shares of the company, and walked away with a healthy profit. Although Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner are no longer together, they still remain great friends giving back to the community through a charitable foundation. About 70 percent of the money that they walked away with from the sale of Cisco Systems funds a trust and that foundation gives back to a wide variety of organizations, including animal welfare and science organizations. Life after Cisco has brought great things to Bosack. He launched his own company in Kirkland, WA called, XKL, LLC. The company works to provide a forward thinking approach to technology as it identifies problems in emerging internet technology before these problems are identified by the public. As Bosack continues to enhance today’s technology at XKL, society never forgets his contributions to the world of technology. Bosack has won several prestigious awards including the Computer Entrepreneur Award in 2009, and in March of 2013, his Alma Mater inducted him into the La Salle College High School Hall of Fame. His plaque will stand amongst the greatest students to ever pass through the halls of La Salle and he will forever be honored by his classmates, faculty, and current students as the “whiz- kid of 1969� whose contributions to technology has made fundamental changes for the world of telecommunications.
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