Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 19, 2001

W. Thomas Gimple – Tickets.com Inc (tixx)

W. THOMAS GIMPLE has served as Chief Executive Officer, co-Chairman and a director of Tickets.com since December 1999. From November 1996 until December 1999, Mr. Gimple served as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of the company. Prior to joining Tickets.com, Mr. Gimple served as Executive Vice President of Iwerks Entertainment, Inc., a leading provider of software-based theater attractions, from July 1995 to January 1996 and as President of Iwerks Touring Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Iwerks Entertainment, Inc., from November 1991 to July 1995. Mr. Gimple received his BS in Business Administration with a focus on Entrepreneurial Studies from the University of Southern California. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a quick history and overview of

Tickets.com?

Mr. Gimple: Tickets.com is the result of about 11 acquisitions that were

made between early 1997 and last year. In