Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 18, 2009
GINO M. PEREIRA, Chief Executive Officer of Technest Holdings, Inc., has over 25
years of executive operational and financial experience with technology
companies in the United States, Europe and the Far East. He has also helped to
develop several technology startups as well as served in an executive capacity
in a large multinational public company. He was Chief Financial Officer of
Technest from February 14, 2005, and was appointed CEO in January 2008. In
November 2001, Mr. Pereira became a Founder and Principal at Interim Management
Solutions in Oxford, Connecticut. There, he acted as a consultant for several
small public and emerging companies. Prior to November 2001, Mr. Pereira was
Chief Operating Officer for CDC Technologies, a medical device company,
Divisional Vice President of Finance for Williams Holdings Plc, a multinational
public company, Group Financial Controller of Smallbone Plc and Chief Accounting
Officer of Norgine Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Mr. Pereira is a Fellow of the Chartered
Association of Certified Accountants (UK) and has an MBA, with a specialty in
Finance, from the Manchester Business School in England. Profile
TWST: Let's begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and a picture of the things you are doing at the present time.
Mr. Pereira: Technest Holdings is an advanced imaging company