Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> February 17, 2003

Nicholas Abaid – Graphco Technologies Inc

NICHOLAS G. ABAID has served as Director of Business Development for Security Solutions for Graphco Technologies, Inc., Newtown, Pennsylvania, since June 1999. Mr. Abaid's knowledge of security is built on 28 years as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During his tenure with the FBI, Mr. Abaid was involved in some of the agency's most important cases in international terrorism and foreign counterintelligence investigations. Mr. Abaid has worked closely with US intelligence, US counterintelligence, and foreign intelligence and law enforcement organizations. He has lectured extensively on security requirements of private industries and governmental entities involved in sensitive and classified research and development. Mr. Abaid's background includes serving as a Naval Officer from 1965-1968, and as an executive with Chemical Bank, New York. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Graphco

and a picture of what the company is doing at the present time?

Mr. Abaid: The company began in 1993 as a software