Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 9, 2001

William Krepick – Macrovision Corporation (mvsn)

WILLIAM A. KREPICK is COO & President of Macrovision Corporation. He joined Macrovision in December 1988. Between 1988 and 1995, Mr. Krepick was responsible for Macrovision's core theatrical anticopy business and for developing and executing its multi-tiered pay-per-view copy protection licensing program for semiconductor manufacturers, set-top decoder manufacturers, and system operators. Mr. Krepick was promoted to President/COO in July 1995. Prior to joining Macrovision, Mr. Krepick held several executive marketing management positions over a 10-year period with ROLM Corporation, the leading digital PBX manufacturer. Mr. Krepick received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and his MBA from Stanford University. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company, and

then a picture of the company as it is now?

Mr. Krepick: Macrovision was started some 16, 17 years ago, but I