Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 16, 2004

JAMES TRELEAVEN – CATALYST INTERNATIONAL INC (CLYS) (CLYS)

JAMES B. TRELEAVEN is President and Chief Executive Officer of Catalyst International, Inc., and a Director of the firm's wholly owned subsidiary, Catalyst WMS International Ltd. He has more than 30 years of senior management, sales, marketing and engineering experience in the applications software industry. Prior to joining Catalyst, Mr. Treleaven was President and CEO of a successful Internet startup company that provides technology infrastructure and services to facilitate international e-commerce. Before that, he was President of the SmartEnterprise Solutions Division at Geac Computer Corporation. He has also held a number of senior management positions at a variety of high tech companies including CEO of Visual Intelligence Corporation, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Pansophic Systems, Inc., and Vice President of Marketing at Moore Corporation. In addition, Mr. Treleaven has held an array of engineering and sales management positions at IBM, Unisys and the Chase Manhattan Bank. He holds a BS in computer engineering and a PhD in Information Systems and Operations Research from Case Western Reserve University. He also earned an MBA from the University of Minnesota. Profile
TWST: Can you start out with a little history and a quick overview of

Catalyst?

Mr. Treleaven: On January 1 of this year, Catalyst was 25 years old. It

began as a custom software development