Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 12, 2001
DOUGLAS S. SCHATZ co-founded Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. in 1981,
and has been AE's Chairman of the Board and CEO since that time and was
re-appointed President in March 2001. Mr. Schatz also co-founded Energy
Research Associates, Inc. (Campbell, California) and served as its Vice
President of Engineering from 1977 through 1980. Mr. Schatz is a
Director of Advanced Power Technology Inc., a public company, and is a
Director and Advisor to several private technology companies. He is a
member of the CEO Committee of the Mountain States Council of the
American Electronics Association and was Vice Chairman of that
organization. He is on the Engineering Advisory Board of Colorado State
University. Profile
of Advanced Energy?
Mr. Schatz: We started a bit over 20 years ago in a garage in
California, and made our first
