Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 9, 2003

Robert Cremin – Esterline Technologies Corporation (esl)

ROBERT W. CREMIN is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Esterline Technologies Corporation and has been with the company since 1976. In nearly three decades with Esterline, he has served in virtually all of its major operating areas. He began his tenure with Criton Technologies before the company became Esterline. At Criton, he served as Director of Program Analysis, Group Executive and Group Vice President. He joined Esterline in 1987, was appointed President and CEO in 1999, and became Chairman in 2001. Mr. Cremin began his career at General Electric, where he was an Advanced Process Development Engineer, and at Omark Industries, where he held a number of executive roles including Director of Marketing. In addition to serving on Esterline's Board of Directors, Mr. Cremin sits on the Board of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the Harvard Business School Association, the President's Council of the Manufacturers Alliance, and is on the Board of Trustees at the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Corporate Council for the Arts. Mr. Cremin holds a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a short overview of Esterline

Technologies?

Mr. Cremin: Esterline is an aerospace defense manufacturer. The

current run rate is just over $0.5 billion, and we have a