Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 8, 1999
TREVOR READ is Managing Director of Gresham Computing plc in July 1997.
In Trevor's distinctive career within the IT industry, he has gained
extensive experience in managing and growing software companies.
Trevor's objective at Gresham is to grow the business significantly in
the medium term emphasising product sales, particularly strategic
software and associated services. In 1986, Trevor organised a
management buy out of AST Limited, where MD he took the company to its
first acquisition in 1989 and grew turnover of GBP 100, 000 in 1986 to
GBP 15 million in 1993. Having sold the business to SHL Systemhouse, he
became responsible as VP Europe for a business of 600 people with a
turnover of GBP 100 million. In 1995, Trevor became MD of Performance
Software and executed a turnaround from GBP 500, 000 loss to GBP 200,
000 profit in the first year, with a turnover growth of 37%. After
completing a merger with Paris based Cyrano SA in October 1996, Trevor
was appointed as CEO and grew combined revenues of Automated Software
Quality Tools by 60% year on year. Profile
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