Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 12, 2002
PETER GYENES is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ascential
Software Corporation. Mr. Gyenes has more than 30 years of experience in
sales, marketing and general management positions within the computer
systems and software industry. Mr. Gyenes was formerly CEO of Informix
Corporation and led the transition from Informix to Ascential. Prior to
Informix's acquisition of Ardent Software, Inc., he was Chairman,
President and CEO of Ardent, which he joined in 1996. Before joining
Ardent, he was President and CEO of Racal InterLan, Inc. Previously, Mr.
Gyenes served in executive sales, marketing, and general management
positions at Prime Computer Inc., Encore Computer and Data General
Corporation. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gyenes held technical positions
with Xerox Data Systems and IBM. He serves on the Boards of Applix
Computer Systems, Axis Computer Systems, Concerto Software and the
Massachusetts Software and Internet Council. Mr. Gyenes received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and a Master's of Business
Administration from Columbia University. Profile
TWST: Could we start with a brief overview of the history and evolutionof the company?
Mr. Gyenes: Our company is in the business of enterprise data
integration. This involves software that