Technology >> CEO Interviews >> December 1, 1998

Christopher F. Johnson – Compositech Ltd (ctek)

CHRISTOPHER F. JOHNSON joined Compositech Ltd. in June of 1998 as President and CEO following a career spanning thirty years with suppliers of specialty materials for printed circuit fabrication. His early experience was with DuPont in sales and marketing and he later held worldwide business management positions with Hercules Incorporated. Prior to joining Compositech, he was vice president and general manager for Dexter Electronic Materials, a division of Dexter Corporation, a $1.2 billion specialty materials producer. Mr. Johnson is 54 years old and graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Industrial Education. He also completed intensive senior management programs at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Mr. Johnson has been active in The Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC) serving on the Suppliers Council Steering Committee and a participant in the Technical/Marketing Research Council (TMRC) of the IPC. Profile
TWST: Give us a background summary on Compositech.

Mr. Johnson: Compositech was really founded in 1984 as a start up for

making electronic grade laminates using a unique and patented filament