Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 18, 2002

Erik Van Der Kaay – Datum Inc (datm)

ERIK H. van der KAAY is President and Chief Executive Officer of Datum Inc. and since January 2000, Chairman of the Board. He has been a Director of the company since his arrival at Datum in 1998. From 1990 to 1998, he held various positions within Allen Telecom, most recently as Executive Vice President. Mr. van der Kaay is currently a Director of Comarco, Inc., RF MicroDevices and TranSwitch Corporation. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief overview of the history and

evolution of Datum, Inc.?

Mr. van der Kaay: Datum was founded in 1969, originally in the computer

peripheral business and went