Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 11, 2001
STEPHEN J. VERLEYE joined Applied Microsystems Corporation in April
1999, as its President and Chief Executive Officer, and also joined the
company's Board of Directors at that time. Beginning in 1993, Mr.
Verleye served in various management capacities at RadiSys Corporation,
a designer and manufacturer of embedded computing systems, first as its
Vice President of Marketing, and subsequently as the company's Vice
President of Business Development. In May 1996, he was appointed Vice
President and General Manager, Commercial Equipment Division, and in
October 1998, he assumed joint responsibility of the merged Automation
Equipment Division. Prior to joining RadiSys, Mr. Verleye held various
marketing management roles at Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., as well as
various sales and marketing roles at Intel Corporation. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief overview and history of AppliedMicrosystems?
Mr. Verleye: We were founded in 1979, so we're 21 years old. Our initial
public offering was in 1995. Our focus