Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 21, 2001

Joel-tomas Citron – Mastec Inc (mtz)

JOEL-TOMAS CITRON has been Chief Executive Officer of MasTec, Inc., since October 1999 and President since May 1999. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since January 1998 and has been Vice Chairman of the Board since November 1998. Mr. Citron was the managing partner of Triscope Capital LLC, a private investment partnership, from January 1998 until December 1998 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States subsidiary of Proventus AB, a privately held investment company based in Stockholm, Sweden, from January 1992 to December 1997. Mr. Citron is also a member of the Board of Directors of Neff Corporation (NYSE: NFF), a nationwide equipment rental company; Oxigene Inc. (NASDAQ: OXGN), an oncology related biotechnology company; Proflowers.com, an e-commerce company; Telergy, Inc., a facilities-based provider of integrated communications services and high bandwidth fiber optic capacity in the East Coast; and past Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Information Systems, Inc. (now owned by Exodus Communications, Inc.), a provider of Internet and Internet systems solutions. Mr. Citron is a graduate of University of Southern California and has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master's in Economics. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief history of the company and a profile

of what you're doing right now?

Mr. Citron: The company was founded in 1969 primarily servicing the

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