Guido DiGregorio
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. DiGregorio joined CIC in November 1997, as President & COO, was named President & CEO in June of 1999 and Chairman, President and CEO in February 2002.
He developed and implemented a comprehensive plan, implemented in early 1998, that leveraged key CIC technologies including handwriting recognition and biometric handwritten signature verification focused on specific market opportunities with significant growth potential. The initial focus on handwriting recognition software for handheld devices such as PDAs and Smartphone's resulted in investor profits of well over a billion dollars in 2001. The follow-on strategy, aimed at the emerging electronic signature market has now progressed and positions CIC for significant growth and upside potential as that market nears takeoff.
Mr. DiGregorio joined CIC with over twenty years at the CEO level of responsibility with large and small companies, mostly in high technology products, serving both consumer and corporate markets. He began his career with General Electric, where after successive promotions in product development, sales, and strategic marketing assignments including high visibility ventures in both corporate and consumer products, he rose to the position of General Manager of an industrial automation business. Prior to joining CIC, Mr. DiGregorio was recruited as CEO of several companies including Exide Electronics, and Proxim Inc to reposition these companies for sustained revenue and earnings growth.