Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 10, 2005
JOHN E. JOHNSON was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of
Iteris, Inc., upon the merger effected on October 22, 2004. Prior to the
merger, Mr. Johnson served as a Vice President of the company from 1986
and served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of
the Iteris Subsidiary from December 1999. Prior to that, he served as
the General Manager of the Odetics ITS division (which became the Iteris
Subsidiary) from 1996 to 1998, prior to its incorporation. From 1990 to
1996, Mr. Johnson served as the General Manager of the company's
Customer Service division. Mr. Johnson served in various other
capacities with the company since joining the company in 1974, including
the Vice President and General Manager of the Omutec division from 1986
to 1990, the Director of Contracts for the Space division of the company
from 1980 to 1986, the Controller of Infodetics, a former subsidiary of
the company, from 1975 to 1980 and the Controller of the company from
1974 to 1975. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Johnson served as a
Certified Public Accountant with Peat Marwick. Profile
picture of things as they are now.
Mr. Johnson: Our heritage is that we were one of a half dozen different
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