Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 3, 2003
GENE BANUCCI is presently the Chairman and CEO of ATMI, Inc. He
has served in that role since co-founding ATMI in 1986 along with
a team of scientists who had a vision of creating a preeminent
semiconductor materials company. The company went public in 1993
with only $10 million in revenues that grew to $300 million in
2000 as the result of an aggressive technology development and
M&A strategy. Prior to starting ATMI, Mr. Banucci served as a
Director for American Cyanamid's Chemical Research Division,
where he directed more than 400 scientists and engineers in new
product research and development for this $1 billion unit.
Previous to that position, he was with General Electric Company
for over 10 years in a variety of positions at its corporate R&D
center and its Plastic Division. Mr. Banucci holds 21 issued US
patents and is an author of numerous published scientific
articles. He is a founding member of the Connecticut Technology
Council, a member of the Board of the Program on Innovation and
Technology of the National Research Council, a member of the
Board of Directors of Wentworth Laboratories, and a member of the
Board of Trustees of Beloit College. He received his PhD in
Organic Chemistry from Wayne State University and his BA in
Chemistry from Beloit College. Profile
then give us a picture of things as they are now?
Mr. Banucci: ATMI is reasonably young. It was formed in 1986 by a
group of
