Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 8, 2003
VLADIMIR PREYSMAN is President and Chief Executive Officer of Datasweep,
Inc. He brings over 20 years of engineering and management experience to
Datasweep. Mr. Preysman drives the overall direction of Datasweep,
including strategic vision and planning. Prior to founding Datasweep in
1998, he was Director of Engineering at KLA-Tencor Corporation where he
managed development of several products used for collection and analysis
of fab-wide data to identify yield improvement opportunities. He also
led the definition of a new architecture for data repository using data
warehousing technology, and development of a Java-based product using a
brand new paradigm for visualization and manipulation of complex spatial
data. In 1991, he co-founded and served as Vice President of Engineering
of EnaTec Software Systems (later acquired by Wonderware). At EnaTec he
pioneered the use of graphical workflow system and object-oriented GUI
for real-time tracking of materials and orders in manufacturing and
received the 'Product of the Year' award for innovation and usability
from Control Engineering magazine. His previous experience included
Director of Engineering for Measurex Automation Systems, Manager of
Process Control Engineering department at Eastman Kodak, and Engineering
and Management positions at Hewlett-Packard. Mr. Preysman holds a
Master's degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from the
State University of St. Petersburg and a Master's degree in Electrical
Engineering from the Electrical Engineering Institute in St. Petersburg.
He also holds a US patent in measurement technology. Profile
TWST: Could you give us an introduction to Datasweep and a little bit ofhistory?
Mr. Preysman: Datasweep is a closely held venture-funded company in the
Silicon Valley, and we're about five