Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> August 14, 2000

Richard Ekstrom – Demegen Inc (dbot.ob)

RICHARD D. EKSTROM has been the Chairman, President and a Director of Demegen, Inc. since January 1996 and has been with the company since 1994. Prior to Demegen, Mr. Ekstrom was Chief Operating Officer of Preferred Solutions Inc. from 1993 to 1994 and President of Cost Containment Corporation from 1990 to 1991. He was also President of Prescription Price Watch Inc. from 1992 to 1995 and Manager of Health Benefits for Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1984 to 1990. Other positions with Westinghouse included Manager of Value Planning (1981-1984), Manufacturing Manager (1979-1981) and Division Controller (1973-1979). Mr. Ekstrom has published a number of articles and holds a BA from Cornell University and an MBA from Boston University. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a history and a quick overview of Demegen,

just to set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Ekstrom: Demegen was founded in 1992 to commercialize technologies

invented