Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 18, 2004

MICHAEL CHRISTIANSEN – VIZIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

MICHAEL CHRISTIANSEN joined Vizional Technologies in April 2002 and serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has more than ten years of investment banking experience, including Prudential Securities, Seidler Amdec Securities, and Laffer Advisors. His investment banking experience includes public and private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic advisory engagements with clients in consumer, retailing, software and technology industries. He has served as an executive officer in several companies, including being EVP and CFO of PortaCom Wireless, Director of Business Development for Trident Data Systems, and most recently as a co-founder of Proponent Software. Mr. Christiansen received his MBA from the University of Southern California and his B.S. in Corporate Finance and Economics from Utah State University. Profile
TWST: Can we start off with a brief history of Vizional and an overview

of the company.

Mr. Christiansen: Vizional Technologies was originally funded in 1998 as

a venture capital backed