Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> August 9, 2004

JAMES MAVEL – SCAN-OPTICS INC (SOCR)

JAMES C. MAVEL joined Scan-Optics, Inc., in January 1996 as President and Chief Operating Officer. In December 1996 he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and in May 1997 he was elected Chairman of the Board. From 1991 to December 1995, Mr. Mavel was Vice President and General Manager of the Imaging Systems Division of Unisys' headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan. He was responsible for the worldwide imaging and document processing business unit of Unisys. Prior to that, he was Group Vice President, Financial Information Systems at National Data Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mavel held various positions at Unisys/Burroughs Corporation including Vice President - Central Region. Mr. Mavel received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1971 from the University of Maine. In total, Mr. Mavel has been involved in the information processing industry for almost 25 years in assignments ranging from system programming, sales, marketing, product development and general management. His background in the image processing industry dates back to 1985 when he was responsible for customer implementation in the check processing environment. In December 1997 Mr. Mavel was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of TAWPI, a Boston, Massachusetts-based charitable education foundation providing educational and professional development opportunities for individuals engaged in remittance, data and image capture, forms processing and related emerging technologies. Profile
TWST: What is Scan-Optics?

Mr. Mavel: Scan-Optics is a public company that has been in business

since the late 1960s. It has principally been a pioneer in image capture

and optical character