Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 25, 2001

Benjamin Shell Jr. – Heartsoft Inc (htsf)

BENJAMIN P. SHELL,JR., is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Heartsoft, Inc. As a co-Founder of Heartsoft, Mr. Shell has played a key role in the development and growth of the company since its inception. Not only has he overseen the development of over 60 of the company's educational software titles, but he was personally responsible for programming more than 50 of those titles himself. Mr. Shell shows extraordinary insight into the use of educational software by children, and uses his conceptual ability to steer the company's new product development to produce Heartsoft's unique product style. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us a brief overview of Heartsoft, Inc.?

Mr. Shell: The company was founded in the late 1980s by myself and the

company's other co-Founder, Jimmy Butler. I was a