Technology >> CEO Interviews >> December 18, 2000
DR VIKTOR VOGT is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Algo
Vision Plc. He led the spin-off team that acquired the operating
business that currently forms the basis of the Group from IAT in early
1998. Dr Vogt served as Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAT
from its creation in 1989 up to the date of the IAT spin-off. This
period included the flotation of IAT on NASDAQ in March 1997. Prior to
1988, Dr Vogt was Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the
University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany. He was a pioneer scientist at
the Academy for Economics and Administration in Nurnberg, focussing on
the implementation of computer science in education. Dr Vogt received
his degree in Natural Sciences from Friedrich-Alexander University in
Erlangen in 1980. Profile
TWST: Viktor, could you start please with a quick corporate profile ofAlgo Vision?
Dr. Vogt: Algo Vision is a typical technology group that was demerged in
early 1998 from an existing