Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 19, 2001

Mark Mceachen – Excite@home

MARK A. MCEACHEN, Executive Vice President and CFO, oversees Finance, Investor Relations, Information Systems, Legal, Human Resources, and Facilities for Excite@Home. His expertise in mergers and acquisitions, developing processes and system, hyper-growth markets and international experience will lead the financial growth of Excite@Home. Mr. McEachen brings more than 18 years of experience in financial management for medium and large-sized companies. Prior to Excite@Home, he served two years as Corporate Vice President and Treasurer at Hughes Electronics Corporation. He was responsible for a wide range of financial operations and played a key role in the development and execution of the overall strategy for DirecTV, Hughes' broadband division for satellite television broadcasting. Preceding Hughes, Mr. McEachen was President of Transamerica Asset Management at Transamerica Corporation, where he was responsible for managing over $18 billion in assets. He began his career in financial management at Chrysler Corporation where he served for 15 years in a variety of finance-related roles. Mr. McEachen holds a dual concentration MBA and BS degree in Finance from the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada and a BA degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Profile
TWST: Would you mind providing our readers with a brief overview of

Excite@Home?

Mr. McEachen: Excite@Home is actually the combination of two major

companies: Excite Inc. and At Home