Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 12, 2003
STEVEN HUMPHREYS joined ActivCard Corp. as Chief Executive
Officer and a member of the Board of Directors in 2001. Mr.
Humphreys was formerly the CEO, President, and Chairman of SCM
Microsystems, which he joined in 1996 and took public in 1997.
Prior to SCM, he served as President of Caere Corporation, a
leading provider of optical character recognition software and
technology. Previously, Mr. Humphreys held various senior-level
and executive positions at General Electric Information Services
as well as other GE business units. Mr. Humphreys holds an MBA
and MS from Stanford University and a BS from Yale University. He
continues to serve on the boards of SCM Microsystems, Inc., Seven
Mountains Software AS and Blueprint Pte. Ltd., and has been an
advisor on digital information security to leading venture firms
in the US, Europe and Asia. Profile
Corp. and an overview of things as they are now?
Mr. Humphreys: The company actually began 13 years ago in the
security
