Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 20, 1998

William G. Mustain – Comdial Corporation (cmdl)

WILLIAM G. MUSTAIN joined Comdial Corporation as Vice President of Operations in June of 1987. He was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Comdial Corporation in May, 1989. Mr. Mustain grew up on a farm in Illinois. He attended Bradley University on a National Merit Scholarship, graduating in 1964 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. After graduation, Mr. Mustain joined the mobile radio business of General Electric in Lynchburg, Virginia, as a Product Design Engineer. In 1977, he was named Manager of Engineering and Manufacturing for GE's Data Communications Business in Waynesboro, Virginia. Mr. Mustain left General Electric in 1983 to become Senior Vice President of Operations at Norand Corporation of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief summary a bit of an historical or background

sketch on the company. And then bring us up to date?

Mr. Mustain: First of all, Comdial is not a recent start-up