During Reyes's time as CEO, Brocade was the largest manufacturer of networking equipment that provides data storage in the world. Under his leadership, the company went public in May 1999, growing from a small startup business into one of the largest and most successful technology companies in the Silicon Valley—a leadership position that it maintains to this day. Brocade showed 7 quarters of profitability and revenue growth during that time—in the first two years alone, revenue growth exceeded 150% altogether. In addition, Reyes actively pursued the recruitment of more than 1,150 employees, multiplying the company's workforce by a factor greater than six from 1999 to 2002 until the company implemented massive layoffs in response to the burst of the dot-com bubble.