Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> February 19, 2001

George Platt – Viewcast.com Inc (vcst)

GEORGE C. PLATT is President and Chief Executive Officer of ViewCast.com, Inc. Prior to joining the companyin the fall of 1999, Mr. Platt was President and CEO of Intecom, a Dallas-based worldwide provider of multimedia telecommunications products and services. Under Mr. Platt's direction, the company has shown consistent performance improvement of the base business delivering profitability and positive cash flow in 1999. His career highlights include 15 years at Xerox, rising to the position of General Manager, Field Operations. He further expanded his technology strength as Group Vice President at Rolm Corporation, a position he maintained through their acquisition by IBM. He then balanced his background with an executive position at a startup entrepreneurial company ' SRX. He joined Intecom as CEO shortly after their French acquisition in 1991. Mr. Platt also serves on the Board of Directors of Dallas-based InterVoice, Inc. Mr. Platt holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University. Profile
TWST: Could you provide our readers with a brief history and general

overview?

Mr. Platt: The company began in 1994 as Multimedia Access Corporation

with a focus on distributed live video. It