Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 21, 2001
DAVID C. THOMPSON has been Chief Executive Officer of SEA, Inc., since
1980 and since 1997 also President, Chief Executive Officer and a
Director of the company's parent, Datamarine International, Inc. Mr.
Thompson graduated from Lehigh University in 1951. He served as an
Officer in the US Navy during the period 1951 to 1955. He received an
MBA from Harvard Business School in 1957. Mr. Thompson worked at Ampex
Corporation from 1957 to 1962. In 1962 he was co-Founder of Machtronics,
a company which designed and built the first portable videotape
recorder. In 1965, Mr. Thompson joined Raytheon Company as marketing
manager for their land communications product line, which included their
SBE line of radio products. In 1968, Mr. Thompson purchased the SBE
product line from Raytheon. He was President and Chief Executive Officer
of SBE, Inc., from 1968 until 1978. Profile
International Inc. and then perhaps you can give us a profile of things
as they are now?
Mr. Thompson: Datamarine International,
