Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> January 17, 2005
SCOTT C. PETERSEN joined LodgeNet Entertaiment Corporation as Senior
Vice President for Corporate and Legal Affairs in 1987 during its early
venture capital phase. He was appointed Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer in 1991 and was instrumental in growing and
guiding the company through its initial public offering of common stock
in October 1993. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
in 1998. He was appointed Chairman of the LodgeNet Board of Directors in
2000. Prior to 1987, Mr. Petersen was in private legal, practice
specializing in corporate law and real estate development and
syndication. He received a degree in economics magna cum laude from
Dartmouth College and a Juris doctorate from Georgetown University Law
Center. Profile
TWST: What is LodgeNet Entertainment?Mr. Petersen: We are one of the world's largest providers of interactive
television systems and broadband solutions to the hotel industry. We
operate our