Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 26, 2003
STEPHANIE A. STREETER was named President and Chief Executive
Officer of Banta Corporation on October 1, 2002, and has served
as a member of the Banta Board of Directors since July 2001. She
joined Banta in January 2001 as President and Chief Operating
Officer. Prior to joining Banta, Ms. Streeter served in key
executive leadership positions at both Avery Dennison, a $4
billion office products manufacturer, and idealab!, a Pasadena,
California-based creator and operator of Internet businesses.
Working as Chief Operating Officer of idealab! for one year, Ms.
Streeter implemented a number of operating systems, metrics and
controls while introducing a strategic focus to the business. In
her 15 years at Avery, Ms. Streeter progressed quickly through
the organization, moving from an Assistant Product Manager
through various management and executive management positions of
increasing scope and responsibility, ultimately becoming Group
Vice President for Worldwide Office Products, a $1.4 billion
division with 6,500 employees and 41 operations worldwide. She
introduced numerous successful new products, strategically
positioned Avery's consumer office products to take leadership
positions in each of their markets, expanded geographically into
Asia, Latin America and Europe, and implemented cost and
management systems that resulted in dramatically improved
profitability. A graduate of Stanford University, Palo Alto,
California, Ms. Streeter began her career with Automation
Consultants, a Menlo Park, California, business application
software company. She then moved to Xerox Corporation, where she
held sales management, market analysis and product development
positions. Profile
Corporation and an overview of things as they are now?
Ms. Streeter: Banta was founded 102 years ago as a printer
operating from a
