Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 7, 2000

Kenneth Lonchar – Veritas Software Corporation (vrts)

KENNETH LONCHAR is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Veritas Software. Mr. Lonchar is responsible for overseeing the overall financial functions of the company. This includes financial planning and policies, accounting practices and procedures, and the organization's relationship with the financial community. Mr. Lonchar also directs the controller, accounting, treasury, and certain strategic planning functions. Mr. Lonchar has served as Senior Vice President and CFO of the company since January 1999. From April 1997 to January he served as CFO and Vice President of the company. He was CFO and Senior Vice President of OpenVision from December 1995 until Veritas acquired the company in April 1997. From November 1988 until joining OpenVision, Mr. Lonchar was Vice President of Finance and Administration and CFO of Microtec Research, Inc., a publicly traded software company. Mr. Lonchar worked with Symmetricom and Granger Associates, both high-growth public companies, in expanding financial and operations management roles from 1981 to 1988 and began his career with the public accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand. Mr. Lonchar holds a BA in Accounting from Arizona State University, a Master's degree in Business Administration from Stanford University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by your giving us a brief overview of Veritas

Software Corporation.

Mr. Lonchar: The company is the number one company of very large storage

management software space.