Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 30, 1999

Phillippe Girard Buttoz – Digigram (paris:3578)

PHILLIPPE GIRARD BUTTOZ has been the President of Digigram since 1985. Prior to joining, he held the following positions: Product manager, Telemecanique group (1981-1985); Engineer (1978-1981); Enginer, AATON (1977-1978); Trainer in Electronics for adults, CIEFOP (1975-1977). He received a degree in engineering from ISEP (Institut Superieur d'electronique de Paris). Profile
GERARD SANTRAILLE is President and Chief Executive of Digigram. He was born in 1960, and graduated as an engineer from INPG Toulouse (France), an engineering school in 1983. He took a summer course at MIT (USA) in 1985. He was editor in chief of "99 Magazine" a PC magazine, from 1983 to 1984. He then became the Project Manager at Cisi, a French software house, from 1984 to 1987. He moved to ISE Cegos in 1987, to be the Technical Manager, and worked there until 1989. He then became the Marketing Director of Unix software editor Top Log until 1990. From 1990 to 1994, he was the Technical Director of software house Data Conseil. Then from 1994 to 1996, he became the General Manager of the same company. From 1996 to 1998, he was the Sales Director of software house ITMI-Aptor (Cap Gemnini Group). He was Sales Director of Digigram from 1998 to 1999, and in 1999, became President and CEO of Digigram. Profile
TWST: Could you please give us a background summary on the company,

enough information to put us into context what you see as your business,

what you see as your company today?

Mr. Buttoz