Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 4, 2001

R.stephen Heinrichs – Avistar Communications Corporation (avsr)

R. STEPHEN HEINRICHS is one of Avistar Communications Corporation's founders and has been Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since March 2000. He has been Chairman of Avistar Systems Corporation, its predecessor limited partnership, since 1993 and served as Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 1997 and Chief Financial Officer from 1993 to the present. Avistar Systems Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. Mr. Heinrichs is a Director of Collaboration Properties, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. From 1976 through 1989 he was Chief Financial Officer of Teknekron and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of several Teknekron companies. He is one of the founders and a Director of Vicor, Inc. He has been Chairman of Western Data Systems of Nevada, Inc. since 1990. Mr. Heinrichs holds a BS from California State University in Fresno in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of Avistar, and a

profile of the company as it is now?

Mr. Heinrichs: The company was founded in 1993, although tremendous

initial effort