Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> August 11, 2003

Mark Peterson – Meade Instruments Corporation (mead)

MARK D. PETERSON is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Meade Instruments Corp. He is responsible for all and corporate legal issues, including: securities regulations, corporate, antitrust, banking, SEC compliance, intellectual property labor and litigation. Mr. Peterson also oversees all of Meade's international operations, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, Meade Europe, located in Germany. Prior to Meade Instruments Corp., Mr. Peterson was an attorney with O'Melveny & Myers LLP, specializing in corporate and securities law, handling mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, venture capital investments and banking and credit instruments. Mr. Peterson received a BS degree, with honors, in Accounting from Brigham Young University and a JD degree from the University of California ' Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He passed the CPA Exam in 1990. He serves as a Guest Lecturer in the Masters of Business Administration program at the University of California, Irvine. Mr. Peterson also is a member of the California State Bar Association, America Bar Association, American Corporate Counsel Association, J. Ruben Clark Law Society and Southern California Management Society. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief introduction to Meade Instruments Corp.?

Mr. Peterson: Meade Instruments Corp. is a multi-national consumer

optics company. We design, manufacture, import and