Taking the Reins: Jean-Claude Tchatchouang

Chief financial officer, Application Technologies Inc., Bethesda, Md. Aug. 15 41 Yaounde, Cameroon Potomac, Md. Wife, three daughters, one son "A Beautiful Mind : A Biography of John Forbes Nash Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994," by Sylvia Nasar Paulo Cohelo, Brazilian author of "The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream," and Andre Comte-Sponville, a French philosopher Harrison Ford ("especially in the Indiana Jones trilogy") and Robert DeNiro Wine lover World Music: "Joko" ("The Link"), Youssou N'Dour (Senegalese); New Age: "The Visit," Loreena McKennitt; Jazz: "Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions," Stanley Turrentine "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing it must run faster than the fastest lion or be killed. Every morning, a lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest gazelle or starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a gazelle or a lion; when the sun comes up, you had better be running." Arthur Blank, president and COO of Home Depot. "Never take your position for granted, and never let any favors you receive go to your head." Statistic engineer degree (equivalent to bachelor's degree), National Institute of Statistics, Yaounde, CameroonMaster's of business administration with concentration in economics and finance, University of Yaounde, CameroonMaster of arts, international economics and finance, Brandeis University, Boston1982-1986: Accounting manager, Central Bank of Central African States, Yaounde1986-1992: Chief monetary statistics division, Central Bank of Central African States1992-1995: Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington 1995-1998: Economist, The World Bank, Washington 1999-March 2000: Financial consultant, Barents (KPMG)/Q4, Washington April-August: Comptroller, The Mitchell Group, Washington "To develop a plan to guide Application Technologies into a healthy global expansion with an eye toward a potential IPO.""Moving from a very stable environment to an environment where things change almost every day."