Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 30, 1999
ING. SVATOSLAV NOVAK studied at VUT in Brno from 1978 to 1983. From 1983
to 1991 he was employed as a technician in the District Communications
Administration in Prostejov and in 1984 assumed the post of head of
maintenance and operation there. In 1991 he took the position of
director of telecommunications division in MICOS and cable TV. From June
1994 he held the position of Deputy Director for posts,
telecommunications and state IS at the Ministry of Economy of the Czech
Republic up to 1995. From 1993 to 1996 he was Chairman of the District
Chamber of Commerce in Prostejov, which came under the Chamber of
Commerce of the Czech Republic. Since 1996 he has been a member of the
Board of the Association of Cable TV Operators and a member of the Czech
BIAC Committee, advisory committee for commerce and industry working in
Paris with OECD. He is a member of the Board of Association for
Information Society and a member of Administrative Board of Foundation
for the Modern Art Collection. Profile
what is your business and where do you see yourselves today?
Mr. Novak: We were initially a state-owned company, we
