Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 28, 2000
PAUL E. HANNESSON has served on the Board of Directors of Commodore
Applied Technologies, Inc. since March 1996 and as Chairman & CEO since
November 1996. Mr. Hannesson also currently serves as Chairman of the
Board and CEO of Commodore Separation Technologies, Inc. From 1983 to
1992, Mr. Hannesson was Manager and Partner of a private investment and
acquisition partnership specializing in the purchase of technology
companies, where he spearheaded the acquisition and start-up of a group
of companies amounting to transactions that exceeded $500 million in
total financing, including the acquisition of Commodore. From 1979 to
1982, Mr. Hannesson served as an Executive Officer for Dallas
Corporation, which included subsidiaries Overhead Door Corporation and
TODCO, plus 17 foreign companies and 13 acquired subsidiaries. He served
as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 1982 and
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1979 to 1981. Profile
Applied Technologies?
Mr. Hannesson: The company was founded in 1993 around a technology known
as solvated electron
