Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> March 13, 2001

Brian Berman – Paradigm Geophysical Ltd (pgeo)

BRIAN W. BERMAN has served as Chief Financial Officer of Paradigm Geophysical Ltd. since April 1998. As a consultant he helped found the company in the late 1980s. From 1992 to 1998 and from 1973 to 1980 he worked at the World Bank in Washington, DC, with responsibility for te design and execution of large scale investment projects in the republics of the former Soviet Union, and in his earlier career in the Far East.During the period 1980 to 1992 he was a consultant to the World Bank and other international development agencies, while living in Israel. In Israel he also consulted with high-tech companies. Prior to joining the World Bank he worked for W.R. Grace in New York, and for ITT's telecommunications technology subsidiary in South Africa. He has an MBA from Columbia University in New York, in Corporate Finance and International Business. He has an MSc in Chemistry from the University of Natal. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief overview and a general history of the

company?

Mr. Berman: Paradigm, in its current form, began in 1993 as a leveraged

management buyout from a Houston