Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 11, 2002

Ronald Cooper – Improvenet Inc (impv)

RONALD B. COOPER has served as ImproveNet's President and Chief Executive Officer since March 1999, as a Director since September 1999 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 2000. From July 1996 to March 1999, Mr. Cooper was President of Price Pfister, Black and Decker's plumbing products division. From August 1992 to July 1996, Mr. Cooper was President of three other Black and Decker divisions: Power Tool Accessories, PRC Realty Systems and PRC Commercial Systems Group. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and

then a picture of what you're doing now?

Mr. Cooper: ImproveNet was founded in January 1996, originally in the

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