Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 13, 2000

Shiv Tasker – Phase Forward Inc

SHIV TASKER is President and Chief Executive Officer of Phase Forward Incorporated. Mr. Tasker brings to Phase Forward more than 17 years of experience in developing, marketing and supporting technology-based service solutions to highly demanding customers in a variety of industries in both regulated and unregulated environments. Most recently, Mr. Tasker was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Corporate Marketing and Consulting Services at Viewlogic Systems Inc., a provider of computer-aided design tools for electronics design. Prior to this, he was at Cadence Design Systems where he held positions of increasing responsibility in marketing and executive management. Mr. Tasker holds a BS in Statistics from the University of Bombay and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of Phase Forward, Incorporated.

Mr. Tasker: Phase Forward is a little over two years old. We received

its first financing of November of '97. To date we have