Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 26, 1999

Winston V. Guillory Jr. – Unova (una)

Winston V. Guillory, Jr. is Vice President of Amtech's newly formed radio frequency identification (RFID) strategic business unit (SBU). Amtech began operation of this SBU in September 1998 to develop and market a new RFID technology acquired from IBM. This new technology offers memory for data storage and wireless transmission capability on a tag or label. Guillory also held the position of senior vice president of sales, marketing, and field operations for Amtech Systems Division, where he successfully managed Amtech's four distinct markets. Prior to joining Amtech, Guillory was president of sales, western region, with PageMart Wireless, Inc. one of the fastest-growing paging companies in North America. Guillory was also senior vice president of sales and marketing for Connectware, Inc., and the director of sales and marketing at Visual Information Technologies, where he managed value added reseller (VAR) recruitment, contract negotiation, and marketing. At IBM Corp., he served as marketing manager for large accounts primarily in the process industry.Guillory was a member of the United States Marine Corps from 1974 to 1976. He earned his B.B.A. degree in Marketing from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a brief overview and a little bit of history of

the company just to kind of set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Guillory: UNOVA is a over $ 2 billion industrial