Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 11, 2001
Leon Navickas founded Centra Software, Inc., in 1995 following a
successful career as General Manager of Research and Development for
Lotus Notes. As Chief Executive Officer, he is responsible for managing
the overall operation of the company, including the definition and
direction of Centra's technological vision and strategic business goals.
While at Lotus, Mr. Navickas also served as General Manager of the
company's Portable and Mobile Computing Division where he invented and
then led the development of the industry's first palmtop PC with
Hewlett-Packard. He managed several acquisitions, including Lotus
Organizer, and negotiated joint business ventures with HP and Intel. He
also directed the division responsible for the development of mainframe
and minicomputer versions of Lotus 1-2-3 for IBM and served as
Development Manager for Lotus Jazz. Early in his career, Mr. Navickas
worked at Index Systems in a management and technical consulting role
and at Data General as a Software Engineer developing distributed
database management products. He holds a Master's degree in Computer
Science from Boston University and a Bachelor's degree from Boston
College. Profile
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Mr. Navickas: The company was started about five years ago. Prior to
that I had a lengthy career in
