Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 12, 2000

Howard Pearl – Microforum Inc (mcf.to)

HOWARD A. PEARL is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Microforum Inc. (www.microforum.com) a company listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE: MCF). Mr. Pearl initially joined the Company's management team on April 3, 1998 as the President of PPL Marketing Services Inc., Marshall Fenn Communications and Poste Haste Systems Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, and assumed the President and Chief Executive Officer positions in November 1998. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Pearl established a number of growing successful business ventures in the communications and marketing fields. Mr. Pearl acquired a controlling interest in PPL in May 1993, Marshall Fenn in December 1995, and Poste Haste in July 1997 and later sold each of these entities to Microforum in April 1998. Mr. Pearl has been a guest lecturer at the Institute of Dynamic Business Management in Geneva, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us a brief overview of Microforum?

Mr. Pearl: Let's take it back to the beginning of the evolution of the

digital economy. Microforum is the result of the