Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 10, 2005
CRAIG LABARGE has been Chief Executive Officer and President of LaBarge,
Inc., since 1991. Prior to his current position, Mr. LaBarge served for
seven years as president of the company's former electronics division.
He has held numerous positions during his nearly three decades with the
corporation, including vice president of marketing and vice president
and general manager of the company's electronics manufacturing operation
in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. LaBarge was named to the company's Board of
Directors in 1981.Mr. LaBarge serves on the Board of TALX Corp. and U.S.
Bank-St. Louis. He also is a member of the Cardinal Glennon Children's
Hospital Board of Governors. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of LaBarge and apicture of the things you are doing at the present time?
Mr. LaBarge: The company was founded in 1953 by my father,