Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 9, 2002

Ron Jutras – Ats Automation Tooling Systems Inc (ata:tse)

RON J. JUTRAS is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. An honors Business Administration graduate of Wilfred Laurier University, of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and a Chartered Accountant, Mr. Jutras has held the position of Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer since starting with the company in 1985. Mr. Jutras has overseen many of the financial, administrative and corporate developments in the business, including the management/employee buyout of the company in 1992, the initial public offering in 1992 and numerous acquisitions and similar corporate transactions. Mr. Jutras has served as a member of the corporation's Board of Directors since 1993 and was promoted to Executive Vice President and appointed to serve on the newly formed Executive Committee in 2002. Profile
TWST: Could you give us an introduction to ATS Automation Tooling

Systems as well as a picture of how you see things now?

Mr. Jutras: ATS was founded in 1978. It is a world leader in