Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 22, 1999
STEVEN G. MIHAYLO, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inter-Tel,
Incorporated. After high school, he spent three years in the U.S. Army.
In 1964 he moved to Arizona and worked for Western Electric. After two
years, he returned to California where he attended California State
University at Fullerton. In 1969, he received a Bachelor's Degree in
Accounting and Finance. Mr. Mihaylo returned to Phoenix and founded
Inter-Tel in 1969. Today, Inter-Tel employs in excess of 1200 people
with sales approaching $250,000,000 annually. Inter-Tel has 22 direct
sales offices and a network of 1000 dealers throughout the U.S. The
company also has dealers in the UK and Europe and is in the process of
establishing a dealer network in Japan and Asia. Currently, Mr. Mihaylo
serves on the board of MicroAge, Inc., a Fortune 500 service company,
and Microtest, Inc., a supplier of digital test equipment and
connectivity software solutions. Also, he is a former board member of
the Arizona Heart Foundation, Junior Achievement of Arizona, the Arizona
Museum of Science and Technology, and a current member of the Dean's
Council of 100 in the College of Business at Arizona State University, a
current member of the Karl Eller School of Entrepreneurial Studies at
the University of Arizona, a current member of the advisory board of
Junior Achievement of Central Arizona, and a current member of the
advisory board of Arizona Museum of Science and Technology. Profile
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