Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000

John Paxton Sr. – Telxon Corporation (tlxn)

JOHN W. PAXTON, SR. has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO since joining Telxon corporation in March 1999. Mr. Paxton was also President of the company from March 1999 until that title was assumed by Telxon's new Chief Operating Officer upon his hire in June 1999. He became a member of the Board of Directors of the company's former Aironet subsidiary in April 1999. From December 1998 until March 1999, Mr. Paxton was Chairman of Odyssey Industrial Technologies LLC, a joint venture with Odyssey Investment Partners, a private equity fund. From March 1997 until November 1998, Mr. Paxton was Executive Vice President of Paxar Corporation and, upon its formation in June 1998, President of Paxar's Printing Solutions Group. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. from October 1995 until Paxar combined newly acquired operations with its existing Monarch operations to form the Paxar Printing Solutions Group. From March 1994 until October 1995, Mr. Paxton was Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Industrial Automation Systems Group of Western Atlas Inc. Mr. Paxton is a member of the Board of Directors of TransDigm, Inc., a supplier of highly engineered commercial and military aircraft parts. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us a brief overview of Telxon

Corporation?

Mr. Paxton: We are a mobile computing and wireless networking

infrastructure company that connects the mobile worker