Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 24, 2000

Dickerson Wright – U.s. Laboratories Inc (uslb)

DICKERSON WRIGHT, PE, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Laboratories, Inc., founded the company in 1993. He is a registered Professional Engineer who has successfully assembled and managed engineering service companies. Prior to founding U.S. Labs, he was the co-owner and Executive Vice President of American Engineering Laboratories, a company he sold to Professional Service Industries after successfully increasing sales to $13 million. He was formerly President and CEO of Western State Testing, National Group Vice President of United States Testing Company, and Executive Vice President of Professional Service Industries. Mr. Wright has over 20 years' experience as a registered Professional Engineer in the independent commercial laboratory testing industry. Profile
TWST: Start us off with a background summary on the company.

Mr. Wright: I founded the company in October of 1993, on the premise

that engineering service companies are truly a practice just