William “Cal” McGraw

Cal McGraw might have taken a different career path, had he not suffered a knee injury that forced him to leave the football team at East Tennessee State University.

He took his 1960 ETSU degree in business administration and launched a remarkable career, beginning with Burroughs Corporation where he worked 14 years in sales, marketing, product management, and corporate management.

Mr. McGraw always possessed an entrepreneurial spirit, and, in 1975, he founded McGraw and Associates, a company engaged in providing capital and consulting services to technology companies.

The firm focuses on providing incubator services for start-up and fledgling technology businesses throughout the United States and Europe. McGraw and Associates has founded, co-founded, or aided the development of more than 20 companies, providing guidance in marketing, funding, and business planning.

Currently, Mr. McGraw is associated with two Atlanta-based companies, Recall Systems, Inc. and Time Plus, Inc. He was until recently board chairman of Expert Systems, Inc., a leading provider of interactive voice response systems, and he was instrumental in the merger of Expert Systems with National Health Enhancement Systems (NHES), the largest health information call center software company in the nation. Mr. McGraw also co-founded Health Enhancement International, Inc. (HEI), a company addressing the health information call center software market outside the U.S., and, in 1998, he negotiated the merger of NHES and HEI to form HBO and Company.

Director of international operations for several U.S.-based technology companies, Mr. McGraw has also co-founded software companies in the United Kingdom and Germany.

Named the 1993 ETSU Outstanding Alumnus, Mr. McGraw is actively involved with his alma mater as a member of the Foundation Board, College of Business and Technology Board of Advisors, Distinguished President’s Trust, and Committee of 1,000. He and his wife have also established a scholarship fund for deserving students in the College of Business and Technology.

Mr. McGraw lives in the suburbs of Atlanta and is married to the former Joan Metheny, who also attended ETSU. They have three sons, David, ETSU Class of 1994, Stephen, and Timothy.