Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 16, 2002
JOHN W. PAXTON joined Zebra Technologies on February 22, 2002 as
President of the company's Bar Code Business Unit. Immediately
prior to joining Zebra, Mr. Paxton headed Paxton Associates, LLC,
a business consulting firm. From March 1999 to December 2000, Mr.
Paxton was Chairman and Chief executive officer of Telxon
Corporation. In December 1998, Mr. Paxton became Chairman of
Odyssey Industrial Technologies, LLC, a joint venture partnership
with Odyssey Investment Partners, a private equity fund engaged
in making investments primarily in middle market companies in a
variety of industries. Beginning in October 1995, he was
affiliated with Monarch Marking Systems and Paxar Corporation,
following Paxar's acquisition of Monarch in March 1997. In
October 1995, Mr. Paxton was named Monarch's President and Chief
Executive Officer and served on Monarch's board of directors. In
October 1997, he became Executive Vice President of Paxar
Corporation and President of the company's Printing Solutions
Group. He also served as a member of Paxar's board of directors
from March 1997 through December 1998. Mr. Paxton joined Litton
Industries as a corporate vice president in 1991, when the
company acquired Intermec Corporation. Between 1986 and 1991, he
led Intermec, joining as President and Chief Operating Officer,
and becoming Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer in
1988. Mr. Paxton has a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of
Science degree in business management from LaSalle University,
and is a registered professional engineer and a fellow of Seattle
Pacific University. He served on the board of the National
Association of Manufacturers, and was Chairman and Vice Chairman
of Automatic Identification Manufacturers (AIM), a leading
industry association. Mr. Paxton is a director of Transdigm
Corporation and Dayton Superior Corporation, whose boards he
joined in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Profile
DOUGLAS A. FOX, CFA, joined Zebra Technologies in July 1998 as
Manager of Investor Relations. He came to Zebra from Universal
Foods Corporation, where he directed the company's investor
relations program. Prior to Universal, Mr. Fox spent nine years
with SM Berger & Co., a Cleveland-based investor relations
consulting firm specializing in growth companies. Mr. Fox began
his professional career as a sellside equity analyst with
Cleveland-based McDonald & Company Securities, where he followed
electric and telephone utilities, retailers and healthcare
companies, among others. Mr. Fox received a BA degree in
economics from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and
an MA degree in economics from The Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio. Profile
Mr. Fox: Zebra Technologies is a global leader in the area of
automatic identification. Specifically, we are a
