Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 24, 2000
PETER R. BLEYLEBEN, PhD, has served as President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director of MicroFinancial Incorporated or its predecessor
since January 1987. Before joining the company, Dr. Bleyleben was Vice
President and Director of the Boston Consulting Group, Inc. ('BCG') in
Boston. During his more than eight years with BCG, Dr. Bleyleben focused
his professional strategic consulting practice on the financial services
and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining BCG, Dr. Bleyleben
earned an MBA with distinction and honors from the Harvard Business
School, an MBA and a PhD in Business Administration and Economics,
respectively, from the Vienna Business School in Vienna, Austria, and a
BS in Computer Science from the Vienna Institute of Technology. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by your giving us a brief overview ofMicroFinancial. The company's history, services, customers, those kinds
of things.
Dr. Bleyleben: Our business was founded