Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 8, 2002

John Adams – Sygen International Plc (sni.l)

JOHN ADAMS is CFO of Sygen International Plc. He joined the Board as Finance Director on October 15, 2001, and is also responsible for the Group's Information Technology function. He was formerly Chief Financial Officer of PeoplePC Inc, an Internet infrastructure company based in San Francisco. He was responsible for leading the company's IPO, which raised US$100 million in August 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Adams was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration and Information Systems of The 3DO Company, during the company's turnaround and return to profitability. The 3DO Company is a developer and publisher of branded interactive entertainment software. He has also held various strategic and financial planning positions in international businesses, at The Walt Disney Company, Pepsi-Cola Company and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a BA in Economics from Villanova University and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at University of California, Los Angeles. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and overview of Sygen

International?

Mr. Adams: Sygen is really the transformation of a company that was once

called PIC, which is Pig Improvement