Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 11, 2002
RONALD B. COOPER has served as ImproveNet's President and Chief
Executive Officer since March 1999, as a Director since September 1999
and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 2000. From July
1996 to March 1999, Mr. Cooper was President of Price Pfister, Black and
Decker's plumbing products division. From August 1992 to July 1996, Mr.
Cooper was President of three other Black and Decker divisions: Power
Tool Accessories, PRC Realty Systems and PRC Commercial Systems Group. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company andthen a picture of what you're doing now?
Mr. Cooper: ImproveNet was founded in January 1996, originally in the
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