Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 2, 2004
ALEXANDER B. LONG is a co-Founder of ESP (Environmental Software
Providers) and President. He raised the initial funding for the company
through an agreement with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
to commercialize software developed by and for EPRI. He then guided the
company in a successful transition to a leading supplier of
environmental software products. These efforts were through
collaborative initiatives with industrial partners. His technical
guidance has helped to shape the application of the product to different
media and industry sectors, his insistence on customer satisfaction has
resulted in phenomenal customer satisfaction and annual renewal rates,
and his attention to personnel have enabled the company to create a
strong foundation for future growth. Previous to founding ESP, he was a
co-Founder of Expert-EASE systems, a company that supplied graphic
modeling tools used widely in the petrochemical, power, and mathematical
simulation fields. Before that, Mr. Long was a Program Manager for EPRI
dealing with software applications designed to improve the safety of
power generation. He holds a PhD, MS from the University of Illinois,
and a BA from Williams College. Profile
ESP?
Mr. Long: ESP, or Environmental Software Providers, was founded in 1992.
Our original genesis was to help the power
