Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 27, 2003

Thomas Werthan – Emcore Corporation (emkr)

THOMAS G. WERTHAN joined EMCORE Corporation in 1992 as its Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance and a Director. Mr. Werthan is a Certified Public Accountant and has over 20 years experience in assisting high technology, venture capital financed growth companies. Prior to joining EMCORE in 1992, he was associated with The Russell Group, a venture capital partnership, as Chief Financial Officer for several portfolio companies. From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Werthan served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Audio Visual Labs, Inc., a manufacturer of multimedia and computer graphics equipment. Profile
TWST: Would you give us an overview of EMCORE?

Mr. Werthan: We were founded in 1984 by a group of scientists out

of Bell Laboratories who were part of the advanced materials

group working on