Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 15, 2000

Beatriz Infante – Aspect Communications Corporation (aspt)

BEATRIZ V. INFANTE is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aspect Communications Corp. Ms. Infante is responsible for achieving sustained, superior financial performance and growth of shareholder value. She is the final decision-maker on all corporate, strategic and operational issues and is responsible for defining corporate and market strategy and building corporate culture. Ms. Infante joined Aspect in October 1998 as Executive Vice President of Products and Services, and most recently held the position of co-President with the responsibility for providing operational direction and leadership for the company. Prior to joining Aspect, she held several positions at Oracle Corporation, most recently as a Senior Vice President, where she led the development of Oracle's Internet and new enterprise software applications initiatives. She also served as Director of Development at Taligent, co-founded Momenta Corporation and held engineering and management positions at Hewlett- Packard Company. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University and a Master's degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us an overview of Aspect Communications

Corporation?

Ms. Infante: The company was founded in 1985 and went through an IPO and

grew in a very typical Silicon