Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 5, 2004
JEFFREY LYMBURNER is Chief Executive Officer of ADB Systems
International Ltd. Mr. Lymburner co-founded Bid.Com in 1995 and served
as President and CEO. The company was renamed ADB Systems International
in October 2001. Prior to the founding of Bid.Com, Mr. Lymburner was
President, from 1990 to 1995, of Completely Mobile Inc., a company that
he started and grew to five high profile retail outlets. In the 1980s,
Mr. Lymburner held senior management positions with responsibilities for
advertising, purchasing, store management, sales management and
strategic planning for Multitech Warehouse Direct, a national consumer
electronics retail chain. Mr. Lymburner helped build this retail chain
from the startup level to approximately 50 stores and annual revenues in
excess of $100 million. Mr. Lymburner began his professional career as a
Systems Engineer with IBM in 1978. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of ADB SystemsInternational Ltd., and a picture of what you are doing at the present
time.
Mr. Lymburner: We began, principally, as an