Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 2011
John D. Craig has served as a Director and as Chairman, President and CEO of EnerSys since November 2000. Before EnerSys, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Yuasa, Inc., the predecessor company to EnerSys, from 1998 to October 2000. He joined Yuasa in 1994 as Vice President of Operations and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Operations, in 1995. In 2000, Mr. Craig led the management buyout of the Americas industrial battery business from Yuasa Corporation of Japan. Since 1994, he has overseen the acquisition and integration of 34 companies worldwide. Mr. Craig led the IPO of EnerSys in July 2004. He began his professional career as an Engineer with Whirlpool Corporation in 1977. He received his master's degree in electronics engineering technology from Arizona State University and his bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University. Profile
TWST: Give us a history of EnerSys and an overview of your operations.
Mr. Craig: EnerSys (ENS)is a company that came about on Jan. 1 of 2001. The predecessor company was Yuasa, Inc. I started with
