Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 23, 2009

Robert Devincenzi – Lasercard Corporation (lcrd)

ROBERT DEVINCENZI is President and Chief Executive Officer of LaserCard Corporation. Mr. DeVincenzi's career spans more than 25 years of senior management in the high technology, secure networking and software industries. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Solectron Corporation, a $12 billion global contract manufacturing business. Prior to Solectron, Mr. DeVincenzi was President and CEO of two privately held startups Inkra Networks, a secure networking applications and services company, and Ignis Optics, a developer and manufacturer of precision optical components. Both companies achieved market success, leading to their eventual acquisition by Nortel and Bookham Technologies respectively. Previously, Mr. DeVincenzi served as Senior Vice President of Ditech Communications and Vice President of Sales and Systems Engineering in government and commercial markets at Bay Networks. At Nortel, he held several key sales and marketing positions, including Vice President of Marketing for the Network Applications Division and Vice President of Sales. Mr. DeVincenzi received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from California State Polytechnic University and holds a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of LaserCard and a picture

of the things the company is doing at the present time?

Mr. DeVincenzi: LaserCard is actually 40 years old. It