Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 12, 2009
PAUL DOMORSKI was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of EMS
Technologies, Inc. in June 2006. Mr. Domorski is a member of the EMS Board of
Directors and serves on the Science and Technology Committee and Stock Incentive
Plan Committee. He is a Vice Chairman of The American Electronic Association and
is Chairman of their Finance and Business Policy Subcommittee. He was also named
the 2007 Atlanta Telecom Professional of the year by the Atlanta Telecom
Professionals, a non-profit organization. Prior to commencing his new position
in June 2006, Mr. Domorski was Vice President of Avaya Corporation's $1.6
billion services operations business, providing communication systems and
services to business and government enterprises. Previously, he served as
President and Chief Executive Officer during the restructuring of RSL
Communications Ltd., a billion dollar international provider of communications
services. Mr. Domorski was also President (1997-2000) of Syncordia, British
Telecom's outsourcing and network management arm. He took Syncordia from loss to
profit, doubling the size of this $2 billion business. He began his career at
Unisys Corporation and its predecessor companies, Burroughs and Memorex, and
held progressively more responsible financial and executive roles there. Mr.
Domorski holds a Master's degree in Organizational Dynamics from the University
of Pennsylvania as well as Bachelor and Master's degrees from The American
University, where he was one of their youngest graduates ever. He is an alumnus
of the Wharton Business School, and has written an article for the Harvard
Business Review. Profile
TWST: We would like to begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and a picture of the things you are doing at the present time.
Mr. Domorski: First, EMS Technologies was founded in