Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 14, 1998

Dale S. Coenen – Trans – Industries Inc (trni)

DALE S. COENEN serves as Chairman of the Board and President of Trans- Industries, Inc. He has held the position of Chairman since 1970 and the position of President since 1972. He served in a similar capacity at Coenen & Co., Inc., an investment bank and brokerage firm. His earliest employment was with Booz, Allen and Hamilton, management consultants, and The General Electric Company. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan and has completed graduate courses in Accounting and Finance at New York University and in Electrical Engineering at Union College. Mr. Coenen is a past Trustee of The American Passenger Transit Association and has served on various private and public Boards of Directors. Profile
TWST: Give us a background summary of the company and what you see as

your business today.

Mr. Coenen: Let me start at the beginning, it goes back some 20 years

or so, my partner and I bought