Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 18, 1999

Mark K. Ruport – Optika Inc (optk)

MARK K. RUPORT is President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at Optika Inc. Mr. Ruport has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the company since March 1995. Mr. Ruport has 20 years of experience in the computer software and services industry. Prior to joining Optika, he was President and Chief Operating Officer, and subsequently Chief Executive Officer of Interleaf, Inc., from 1990 to 1994, a $117 million public software and services company developing and marketing technical publishing, document management and electronic document distribution software. From 1989 to 1990, Mr. Ruport was Senior Vice President of Informix Software. From 1985 to 1989 Mr. Ruport was Vice President of North American Operations for Cullinet Software, having responsibility for all North American sales, customer support, and systems Integration. Mr. Ruport was Vice President of the Federal Region of Applied Data Research from 1983 to 1985. Prior to joining Applied Data Research Mr. Ruport held various sales and sales management positions with Computer Sciences Corporation from 1976 to 1983. Mr. Ruport holds a BS in Business Administration and an MBA from Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio). Profile
TWST: Can you give us a brief overview of the company and a little bit of

its history?

Mr. Ruport: Optika is a software company that was founded in 1986 just

outside of Los Angeles,