Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> December 4, 2000
JAN STEENKAMP is Chief Executive Officer of OpenTV Corp. He joined
OpenTV in 1997, bringing to the company an extensive background in both
electrical engineering and pay television operations. Since that time,
he has been instrumental in helping OpenTV become the leading provider
of cost-effective solutions for the delivery of digital interactive
services to television viewers around the world. Prior to joining
OpenTV, Mr. Steenkamp was the Commercial Director of Irdeto Consultants
in the Netherlands, and held various management and new business
initiative positions at both Irdeto and the Myriad International
Holdings Group from 1985 to 1997. During that time, he initiated the
introduction of pay television in Greece, managed a project team to
establish pay television in Italy, and was active in the acquisition and
development of the European Nethold operations in the Netherlands,
Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Mr. Steenkamp studied
Electrical Engineering at Witwatersrand Technicon and has a television
broadcasting background. Profile
OpenTV?
Mr. Steenkamp: OpenTV is a company that is very active in the field of
developing interactive television software. We
