Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 1, 2003

Scott Silverman – Applied Digital Solutions Inc (adsx)

SCOTT R. SILVERMAN has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Digital Solutions, Inc., since March 2003. Mr. Silverman has served since August 2001 as a Special Advisor to the Board of Directors. In March 2002, he was appointed to the Board of Directors and was named President. From September 1999 to March 2002, he operated his own private investment-banking firm and prior to that time, from October 1996 to September 1999, he served in various capacities for Applied, including positions related to business development, corporate development and legal affairs. From July 1995 to September 1996, he served as President of ATI Communications, Inc., one of Applied's subsidiaries. He began his career as an Attorney specializing in commercial litigation and communications law at the law firm of Cooper Perskie in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Silverman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University School of Law. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief historical sketch of Applied Digital

Solutions and an overview of things as they are now?

Mr. Silverman: Applied Digital Solutions is an advanced