Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 29, 1998

James D. Evert – Irvine Sensors Corporation (irsn)

JAMES D. EVERT has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since February 1997. He also serves in those capacities for Novalog since February 1997 and as a director of MicroSensors, Inc. (MSI) since October 1997. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Evert was an independent management consultant. In that role from December 1993 until January 1995, he assisted Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc. in the formation of a graphics product subsidiary and subsequently served as Vice President of that unit from January 1995 to February 1996. Prior to his association with Fujitsu, Mr. Evert served as Director of Manufacturing for SuperComputer Systems, Inc. from August 1972 to February 1993 and spent nearly thirty years in various management positions with International Business Machines Corporation ('IBM'). Mr. Evert is a graduate of Syracuse University with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a thumbnail sketch of Irvine Sensors as it is

today.

Mr. Evert: I guess the best place to start is as our name implies,

we're a sensor company and we mean that in the