Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 13, 2000

Robert Schecter – Natural Microsystems Corporation (nmss)

ROBERT P. SCHECHTER joined NMS Communications Corporation in April 1995 as President and Chief Executive Officer, and became Chairman in March 1996. Prior to joining NMS Communications, Mr. Schechter spent eight years at Lotus Development Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, first as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations and Chief Financial Officer, and most recently as Senior Vice President of the International Business Group. In this capacity, he was responsible for all sales, marketing, customer service and product development activities outside of North America as well as Lotus global consulting services. Prior to joining Lotus, Mr. Schechter was a Partner with Coopers & Lybrand in Boston, where he served as Chairman of the Northeast Region High Technology Practice. He is a member of the Board of Infinium Software, Inc., the Boston Children's Museum, Moldflow Corporation, SquashBusters, Massachusetts High Technology Council and the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council. Mr. Schechter holds a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Profile
TWST: Can you provide our readers with an overview of Natural

MicroSystems Corporation?

Mr. Schechter: We are providers of components, modules, subsystems '

what we refer to as enabling