Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> October 9, 2000
DAVID GUSTAFSON, newly appointed CEO of Entertainment Digital Network,
Inc., dba EDnet, Inc., joined co-founders Tom Kobayashi and Tom Scott in
establishing the company (as Entertainment Digital Network) in 1992. Mr.
Gustafson had served as the President and Chief Operating Officer since
March 1996 after spending the first four years as Vice President,
Marketing and Sales. He has served as a Director of the company since
its inception. From 1989 to 1992, he was President and Chief Operating
Officer of SLT, Inc., a private New York-based consumer products
manufacturer. In 1985 he moved from southern California to New York to
help launch the American division of Wacoal Corp., a $2-billion
multinational consumer products company based in Kyoto, Japan. At Wacoal
he acted as Corporate Vice President and Director, with responsibilities
that included merchandising and Design, sales, marketing and
advertising, until 1989. Prior to this start-up venture, Mr. Gustafson
was Vice President of Marketing and Merchandising for the Olga Company;
Management Information Systems Consultant with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells
in Los Angeles; and a computer Systems Engineer and Manager at EDS
Corp., working in New York, Miami and Dallas. Mr. Gustafson received his
Bachelor's degree from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California,
and further training in marketing and executive management from the
graduate business schools at the University of California, Los Angeles
and the University of Southern California. Profile
Digital Network, also EDnet?
Mr. Gustafson: The company was founded in 1992, primarily to provide
audio networking
