Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 13, 2002
JOHN SCHICKLING, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Phase Forward, brings extensive financial experience for both domestic
and international operations to the company. Previously, Mr. Schickling
was SVP Finance & Operations for SynaPix, Inc., a Massachusetts-based
developer of software applications for film and video special effects.
Prior to SynaPix, he was SVP CFO at Mobile Systems International
(London), a global software developer and service provider for the
telecommunications/cellular industry, where he had extensive experience
in merger and acquisition activity as well as international operations.
Before MSI, Mr. Schickling was SVP CFO at PRI Automation, a
semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer, where he managed a
successful IPO as the company grew from $7.5MM in revenues to an annual
run rate of $170MM. He was a founder and CFO of Telesis Systems, a
successful CAE/CAD company of the early 1980s. He spent 14 years with
General Electric and is a graduate of GE's Financial Management Program.
Mr. Schickling is a faculty member of the Northeastern University
Graduate School of Business. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business Education from Salem State College and an MBA from Babson
College, Massachusetts. Profile
Mr. Schickling: The company started in 1997, and it has grown quite
rapidly in the area of data collection and management of
