Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 7, 1999

Sidney W. Emery Jr. – Mts Systems Corporation

Sidney W. Emery, Jr. was elected Chairman of MTS Systems Corporation in January, 1999 and has been Chief Executive Officer and President since March, 1998. For the four years previous to that, he served as Area Vice President at Honeywell, Inc. for Western and Southern Europe. From 1985 to 1993, he held executive and group level positions in Honeywell's Industrial Controls and Avionics business. Prior to that he worked at Bendix Corporation as an Engineer and Manufacturer from 1978 to 1984. He received a Bachelor's degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and Master's and Doctorate degrees in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a brief overview of the company and a little bit

of its history just to set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Emery: MTS is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We're