Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 27, 2001

David De Walt – Documentum Inc (dctm)

DAVID DE WALT is President and CEO of Documentum, Inc. Since joining the company two years ago as President and COO, he has piloted the transition of Documentum from an esteemed document management company to one of the leading content management companies focusing on e-business. He sees a vast untapped market in unstructured content management and believes Documentum is ideally positioned to capitalize on this opportunity. Mr. De Walt brings more than 14 years of experience in the high tech trenches to his role at Documentum, including six years at Oracle. With stints in engineering, product management, marketing and sales management, his cross-functional business approach has been key to building a market-driven company on the Documentum technology platform. He holds a Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Degree from the University of Delaware and conducted graduate work in Finance at the University of California, Berkeley. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of Documentum and an

overview of what the company is doing right now?

Mr. De Walt: We are an 11-year-old company that was founded by a