Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 24, 2004

THOMAS GRISSEN – DAON

THOMAS A. GRISSEN is Daon's CEO and a member of our board of directors. Tom oversees all strategic and operational aspects of the business worldwide and is based in Daon's Herndon office in Virginia. Tom brings almost 20 years of technology experience to Daon. Most recently he served as President and General Manager of MAXIMUS and a member of the MAXIMUS Board of Directors. From 1999-2001 MAXIMUS was selected by Business Week Magazine as one of the 100 Best Hot Growth Companies in America. Prior to joining MAXIMUS in 1998, Tom was the Vice President and General Manager of TRW's Global Public Sector Solutions SBU. Throughout his career Tom has managed domestic and international systems integration and outsourcing contracts and successfully directed the implementation of the national fingerprint system for the United Kingdom. Tom is very active in government advisory groups and is a member of the Enterprise Systems Board of the Information Technology Association of America from Central Michigan University and an executive MBA from the Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University. Profile
TWST: We would like to begin, if you will, with a brief historical

sketch of the company and a picture of the things you are doing at the

present time?

Mr. Grissen: Daon was founded in 1999