Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> October 8, 2001

Sidney Emery Jr. – Mts Systems Corporation (mtsc)

DR. SIDNEY W. EMERY, JR. is Chairman, CEO and President of MTS Systems Corporation. Dr. Emery was elected Chairman of MTS in January 1999 and has been Chief Executive Officer and President since March 1998. For the four years previous to that, Dr. Emery served as area Vice President for Honeywell, Inc. for Western and Southern Europe. From 1985 through 1993, he held executive division and group level positions in Honeywell's Industrial Controls and Avionics businesses. From 1978 to 1984 he worked at Bendix Corporation in Engineering and Manufacturing positions. Dr. Emery served in the U.S. Navy and reached the rank of Lt. Commander with a final assignment as special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. He received a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and Master's and Doctorate degrees in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and

an overview of the company as it is now?

Dr. Emery: We are a $380 million public company. We've been in business

since