Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 15, 1999

John Beletic – Pagemart Wireless Inc (pmwi)

JOHN BELETIC, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PageMart Wireless, Inc., joined PageMart as President in 1992 after serving as a venture partner with Morgan Stanley Venture Capital. From 1986 to 1991, Beletic was President and Chief Executive Officer of Dallas-based Tigon Voice Messaging Network, the country's largest voice mail service provider. Under his leadership, Tigon grew from a start-up company to the industry leader within five years. Before joining Tigon, Beletic was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of operations for VMX Inc., a manufacturer of voice mail systems based in Dallas. As Senior Vice President of operations, Beletic managed research and development, engineering, manufacturing, quality control and human resources. Beletic, President of the Paging Leadership Association, graduated summa cum laude from Cincinnati's Xavier University with a B.S.B.A. in Finance and earned his Master's degree from the Harvard Business School with high distinction. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management. Profile
TWST: Please give us a brief overview of PageMart, your history, product

services, customers, those kinds of things?

Mr. Beletic: The company was founded in 1989, it began offering