Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 9, 2002
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 ToolingSystems as well as a picture of how you see things now?
Mr. Jutras: ATS was founded in 1978. It is a world leader in