Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 24, 2001

Phillip Bounsall – Brightpoint Inc (cell)

PHILLIP A. BOUNSALL is the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Brightpoint, Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of mobile phones. He joined Brightpoint in October 1996. From March 1994 until September 1996, Mr. Bounsall was Chief Financial Officer of Walker Information, Inc. Today he serves on the Board of Directors of Walker Information, Inc. Previously, Mr. Bounsall was a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young LLP, where he worked for 12 years, and specialized in assisting emerging companies with a variety of corporate finance challenges including public and private offerings, debt placements and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bounsall has also been involved in various organizations and activities related to the greater Indianapolis community and to entrepreneurial companies and entrepreneurs. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of Brightpoint

and an overview of what the company is doing now.

Mr. Bounsall: Brightpoint was founded in 1989 as a distributor of