Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 19, 2004

Michael Matte – Cyberguard Corporation (cgfw)

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