Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 28, 2002
WILLIAM R. CRAVEN is President and Chief Executive Officer of Paravant
Inc. He joined Paravant in 1991 as the Vice President of Marketing and
also served in a strategic development role and led the process to take
the company public in 1996. In December 1998 Mr. Craven became Executive
Vice President of Business Development and was actively involved in the
acquisition and integration efforts of the company. In December 1999 Mr.
Craven was named to the post of President and Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Craven has also served as a Director of the company since 1994.
Prior to joining Paravant, Mr. Craven had served as President of the
Seiko Mead Company, a joint venture of the Mead Corporation of Ohio and
the Seiko Group of Japan engaged in the design and marketing of color
imaging systems. Mr. Craven also served as the Vice President of
Marketing of Telxon Corporation, then the largest manufacturer of
handheld computers. Mr. Craven holds degrees in Physics and Mathematics
from Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. Profile
then a picture of what the company is doing at the present time?
Mr. Craven: Five engineers founded the company in 1982
