Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 7, 2001
M. PETER THOMAS became President and Chief Executive Officer and a
member of the Board of Directors of Superconductor Technologies Inc.
effective April 7, 1997. Prior to April 1997, Mr. Thomas was President
and Chief Executive Officer of First Pacific Networks, Inc., a cable
telephony systems company, from June 1995 to January 1997. From August
1991 to May 1995, Mr. Thomas consulted with The Stanbridge Group, a
company he co-founded. Mr. Thomas also served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Ericsson North America, Inc., the North American
operating subsidiary of Sweden's LM Ericsson. The North American
operation included divisions providing cellular infrastructure systems,
central office switching systems, loop transmission systems, PABXs, and
copper and fiber-optic cable products. Prior to this assignment, Mr.
Thomas was President and Chief Operating Officer of Telenova, Inc., a
startup voice and data PABX manufacturer, and President of the ITT
Telecom Network Systems Division, a network telecommunications systems
business. He also served as General Manager of four divisions at
Northern Telecom, Ltd., the last being the DMS 10 Switching Division,
Nortel's first digital switching division in the US. Mr. Thomas received
his BSE in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and his MBA
from the Harvard Business School. Profile
Technologies, and then a profile of the company as it is now?
Mr. Thomas: Superconductor Technologies is on a journey. We
