Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 26, 1999

Justin J. Perreault – Object Design Inc (odis)

JUSTIN J. PERREAULT joined Object Design as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in November 1995, and was named President and Chief Executive Officer in January 1999. He joined the company from Harvard Management Company, where he was a Vice President of a group managing a $1.8 billion private equity portfolio from 1992 to 1995. His work focused on information technology and telecommunications companies, and included his sitting on Object Design's board of directors beginning in March 1995. Prior to Harvard Private Capital Group, Mr. Perreault was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, Inc., serving clients in the information technology and financial services industries. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by your giving us a brief overview of Object

Design, the history, services, products, customers, those kinds of

things?

Mr. Perreault: The company was founded in 1988