Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 7, 2002

Phillip Lafleur – Makemusic! Inc (mmus)

PHILLIP SEAN LAFLEUR, Chairman and CEO of MakeMusic! Inc., joined the company in November 2000 as Chief Operating Officer and a Director. He became Chief Executive Officer in January 2001 and Chairman of the Board in October 2001. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Lafleur held the position of Vice President for European Internet Operations for Trader.com. In 1990 Mr. Lafleur joined Bertelsmann, where for nine years he held a variety of positions including Deputy Marketing Manager France Loisirs (Paris), President of Quebec Loisirs (Montreal), and Executive Director of Music and Multimedia Operations and Foreign Subsidiaries for France Loisirs. In this last position, Mr. Lafleur acted as Chairman of the Music Expert Committee for Bertelsmann's European book and music clubs. Canadian, Mr. Lafleur holds a BS honors degree in Physics from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. After beginning his career as a Business Analyst for McKinsey & Co in Toronto, Mr. Lafleur went on to obtain an Honors MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau). Profile
TWST: Could you tell us what MakeMusic! does?

Mr. Lafleur: MakeMusic! provides solutions for helping people

learn to play music, to create and make music and to teach music.

We're a software