Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 1, 2008
CARLOS M. CARDOSO, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kennametal
Inc., joined the company in April 2003. Before serving in his current role with
Kennametal, Mr. Cardoso served as the company's Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer. In this position, he was responsible for Kennametal's
Metalworking Solutions and Services and Advanced Materials Solutions businesses,
representing 90% of the company's total revenues. Mr. Cardoso has an extensive
global background, having lived and worked on three continents. Before joining
Kennametal, he served as President of the $1.3 billion Pump Division of
Flowserve Corporation. This division accounted for 70% of total company revenues
with 5,000 employees worldwide. Previously, Mr. Cardoso spent over six years
with Honeywell/AlliedSignal where he held several positions of increasing
responsibility including Vice President and General Manager of Engine Systems
and Accessories (ESA), Vice President and General Manager of Marketing Sales and
Service-Aerospace Services, and Vice President Operations for Aerospace
Equipment Systems. Prior to Honeywell/AlliedSignal, Mr. Cardoso was Vice
President, Manufacturing Operations for Colt Manufacturing Company in Hartford,
Connecticut, where he served as a key member of the executive team. Mr. Cardoso
has been named one of America's "Best Chief Executive Officers" by Institutional
Investor magazine, and is a member of The Stanley Works Board of Directors, the
Executive Committee of the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, and the Allegheny
Conference on Community Development Board. He holds a Bachelor's degree in
Business Administration from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and
a Master's degree in Management from the Hartford Graduate Center. He also
participated in the Executive Management Program at Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York, and completed the AlliedSignal Executive Management Program in
1998. Mr. Cardoso is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt. Profile
Mr. Cardoso: Kennametal is a $2.7 billion company with over 80,000 active
customers and about 14,000 employees. We have about 1,000 scientists/engineers,
we have
