Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 2, 2004
MICHAEL MATTE joined CyberGuard Corporation in February 2001 as Chief
Financial Officer. Having served as Chief Financial Officer of both
publicly traded and privately held companies, Mr. Matte most recently
served as CFO of Amerijet International in Fort Lauderdale, a privately
held international air cargo company. At Amerijet, Mr. Matte was
responsible for overseeing financial operations in 29 countries. Prior
to his tenure at Amerijet, Mr. Matte was CFO of Intime Systems
International, a publicly traded West Palm Beach-based company that
develops proprietary software and provides systems integration services
to Fortune 1000 companies. At Intime, Mr. Matte worked closely with the
Wall Street investment community and was responsible for all SEC and
internal financial reporting. Before joining Intime, Mr. Matte was CFO
and Vice President, Finance, of Torwest, Inc., a US holding company of a
$13 billion Canadian diversified conglomerate. A Certified Public
Accountant, Mr. Matte began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Big
Five international accounting and consulting firm, where he worked for
11 years, first as audit manager in Tampa, Florida, and Nassau, Bahamas,
and later as senior manager of the West Palm Beach office. Profile
TWST: Can we start off with a quick overview of CyberGuard?Mr. Matte: Today's CyberGuard is a firewall/VPN provider to the
enterprise market space. Our target markets are the Fortune