Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 8, 1998
ARIK KILMAN - For more than a decade, Mr. Kilman has been turning
technology opportunities into thriving new businesses. He has created,
managed and taken public dynamic companies known internationally for
technology excellence and business success. Mr. Kilman is leading Level
8 into a new era of sustained growth. He has positioned his company for
a profitable future as a provider of software products and services that
take advantage of industry standard message queuing and distributed
object middleware to provide open access to enterprise systems. As CEO
of Level 8 Systems, Inc. (formerly known as Across Data Systems, Inc.),
Mr. Kilman took the company public: the stock now trades on the NASDAQ
National Market System under the symbol 'LVEL.' An insightful decision
maker, Mr. Kilman has used a hands-on-management style to focus on
developing Level 8's corporate infrastructure, in anticipation of the
company's rapid growth in the near future. Mr. Kilman has degrees in
computer science from Bar llan University in Israel and New York
University. A licensed pilot, his interests include books and sports. Profile
Mr. Kilman: Level 8 was established in 1994 by basically three founders:
one of them is Sam Somech who previously, before
