Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 11, 2001

Stephen Verleye – Applied Microsystems Corporation (apmc)

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 Applied

Microsystems?

Mr. Verleye: We were founded in 1979, so we're 21 years old. Our initial

public offering was in 1995. Our focus