Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 27, 2004

WILLIAM ROGERS – EKTRON INC

WILLIAM ROGERS is Founder and President/CEO of Ektron, Inc. Rogers has co-founded three successful business endeavors in less than a decade. At Zydacron Inc., co-developer of the first video conferencing chip set, Bill led product development and pursued strategic partnering efforts with major technology firms. He coordinated the organization's transition from a systems consultant to a leading desktop video- conferencing development firm. The firm is currently the largest volume seller of desktop video conferencing components to companies such as PictureTel and Intel Corporation. As a co-founder of Global Telemedix, the industry's front-running telemedicine software developer, Bill conceptualized and executed product development initiatives, while also spearheading key strategic relationships with technical partners and investors such as Hewlett Packard Medical Products Group, IBM, and British Telecom. In his most recent initiative, Ektron, Bill has assembled a stellar technical and Senior Executive team to offer leading edge e-commerce solutions. This includes first-of-their-kind applications that enable organization-wide, dynamic Web content management by non-technical professionals. He has also been at the leading edge of new technology development at companies such as DuPont Corporation and MIT Lincoln Labs. Bill received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University. Profile
TWST: What is Ektron?

Mr. Rogers: Ektron makes content management applications and authoring

tools to enable marketing people to make updates and changes to their

websites. Our solutions also