Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 2, 2004

ANDREW HANNAH – PLEXTRONICS INC

ANDREW W. HANNAH is the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Co- founder of Plextronics, Inc., a serial entrepreneur, and an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Carnegie Mellon University ("CMU"). Until January 2002, Andrew served as a Senior Managing Director/CFO for Pittsburgh-based Internet Venture Works, Inc. ("IVW") - a venture operating company focused on assisting large organizations in commercializing their intellectual property through new venture creation. Prior to joining IVW, he was the CFO of STORM, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based technology company. Before STORM, he was the CFO of Boston-based ISI Emerging Markets ("ISI"), a global, online publisher of emerging markets business information. Early in his career, Mr. Hannah spent seven years with Deloitte & Touche, LLP, where he worked with technology and middle-market manufacturing organizations. He holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz School of Business with an emphasis in marketing and finance and received his BS from Penn State in 1987. Profile
TWST: Why don't we begin with a brief overview and history of the

company and then give us a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Hannah: Plextronics was founded in July 2002 as a spin-out