Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 5, 2001
GUNTHER THAN has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since
September 1998 of View Systems, Inc. He also served as Chairman of the
Board from September 1998 to April 2000 and, thereafter, as a Director.
From 1994-1998, Mr. Than, the company's Founder, was its President and
CEO. He continues as President, CEO and Board member of View Systems.
Prior to founding View Systems, Mr. Than held a variety of business
management positions including: Founder and President, Easy View
Systems, Inc., a developer of digital imaging software for use in the
furniture industry; Founder and President, National Systems and
Software, Inc., a manufacturer of computer hardware and software;
General Manager, Rutland Biotech, Vancouver, Canada, a developer of
medical and health-related proprietary products; Vice President of
Information Systems, Patterson Dental Corporation, the largest US dental
product supply corporation; Director of Information Systems, Salkin and
Linoff, a Minneapolis retailer of soft goods and ladies apparel, with
$100 million in sales and over 500 retail outlets including Peck & Peck;
Manager of Systems and Programs, Fairway Foods, a $2 billion sales
division of Holiday Worldwide, Inc.; Systems Programmer, Twin Disc,
Inc., a Wisconsin manufacturer of power transmissions for heavy
equipment, ships and construction implements. Mr. Than is a graduate of
the University of Wisconsin, with a dual degree in Engineering Physics
and Applied Mathematics. Profile
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Mr. Than: We do digital video processing, storage and retrieval. We
manage the data, we analyze the data. We also have
