Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 12, 2004

RICHARD BARFUS – MINDBOX

RICHARD S. BARFUS is Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mindbox. Mr. Barfus has more than 30 years of experience in the computer industry. He was a founding Director of Brightware and the former Executive Vice President responsible for Brightware's Solutions Division, which formed the foundation of MindBox Barfus was Senior Vice President of the Front Office Solutions Division at Inference Corporation, which was focused on delivering intelligent software solutions for decision-intensive, customer facing functions. Prior to his work at Inference, Mr. Barfus was the National Director of Commercial Consulting at Oracle Corporation. He has also held senior management positions with Bedford & Associates (a subsidiary of British Airways), On-Line Business Systems, Inc., General Electric Information Services Company, and Electronic Data Systems (EDS). He holds an A.B. in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. Profile
TWST: Can we start with a little history and a quick overview of

MindBox?

Mr. Barfus: MindBox is a young company with a long history; it sounds

contradictory, but it's the case. There are a