Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 24, 2000

Peter Bleyleben – Microfinancial Inc (mfi)

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 of

MicroFinancial. The company's history, services, customers, those kinds

of things.

Dr. Bleyleben: Our business was founded