Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 8, 1999
JAY H. ATLAS is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Ariel
Corporation. Prior to joining Ariel in December, 1998, Mr. Atlas was
President of the CTF Group from 1995 to 1998. CTF is a consultancy
providing manufacturers, software developers, distributors, Value Added
Resellers and integrators with strategic planning and program
management. During 1995, Mr. Atlas was Vice President and General
Manager of Convex Computer Corporation, a $150 Million manufacturer of
high performance scaleable UNIX parallel processor systems until it was
acquired by Hewlett-Packard. From 1993 to 1994 he was Vice President,
Group Manager of Computervision Corporation, a $1 Billion supplier of
mechanical CAD/CAM software and services. Mr. Atlas held various
management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation from 1972 to 1993
including Vice President, Group Manager, U.S. Channels when he was
responsible for $3.2 Billion in revenue. Mr. Atlas started his career at
GTE Sylvania as an engineer, analyst and marketing manager from 1968 to
1972. Mr. Atlas received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree in
1966 from the City College of New York. In 1968, he was graduated from
the Amos Tuck School of Dartmouth College with an MBA. He has attended
leadership programs at the Aspen Institute, Harvard Business School,
University of Michigan and Centre d'Etude in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr.
Atlas is a Trustee of the Kobrick Funds and a Director of the Ben Craig
Center, a non-profit incubator associated with the University of North
Carolina, Charlotte. Profile
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