Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 1, 2010
Paul J. van der Wansem has been the Chairman of the board at BTU International, Inc., since 1979 and returned as Chief Executive Officer in October 2004 after a two-year hiatus. He previously served as CEO from 1979 to July 2002. From December 1977 to 1981, he served as Vice President of Holec, N.V., a Dutch electronics company, and from 1978 through 1981 he was president of Holec (USA), Inc. From 1973 to 1977, Mr. van der Wansem worked as a Management Consultant for The Boston Consulting Group, and from 1970 through 1973 he worked as an Adjunct Director of First National City Bank in Amsterdam and New York. Mr. van der Wansem received an undergraduate degree in automotive engineering from Bromsgrove College, England, and holds an MBA from IMD, Switzerland. Profile
TWST: Let's begin with a brief overview of your company, including a few key highlights from your history.
Mr. van der Wansem: The history basically is that we were founded in 1950 by an MIT graduate,
