Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 13, 2001

Douglas Greenlaw – Switchboard Inc (swbd)

DOUGLAS J. GREENLAW has been CEO of Switchboard Inc. since October 1999. Prior to his position at Switchboard, Mr. Greenlaw was President and Chief Executive Officer at Princeton Video Image, where he led a public offering of the company in tandem with the investment banker Allen & Co. in New York City. Mr. Greenlaw also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Multimedia, Inc., a diversified media company, responsible for television talk show programming of Donahue, Sally Jesse Raphael and Jerry Springer. Mr. Greenlaw also served on the Board of Directors of Multimedia and was Chairman of its Executive Committee. Prior to joining Multimedia, Mr. Greenlaw had been Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the MTV Networks, a division of Viacom. Mr. Greenlaw was a member of the Executive Committee of MTV Networks and was in a senior leadership position with MTV, VH-1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite and MTV Networks International, which involved the planning for MTV Europe, Latin America and Asia. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a historical sketch of the company, and an

overview of things as they are now?

Mr. Greenlaw: Switchboard was one of the earlier companies live on the

Internet in