Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 28, 2000
JAMES H. KEYES is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Johnson
Controls, Inc. Mr. Keyes graduated from the Marquette University College
of Business Administration with a Bachelor's degree. He earned his MBA
degree from Northwestern University. He then returned to Marquette for
two years as an instructor, followed by a year with the accounting firm
of Peat, Marwick & Mitchell. In 1966, Mr. Keyes joined Johnson Controls
as a Systems Analyst and rose within the company through a number of
administrative positions. He served as Manager of Systems and then as
Corporate Controller and Treasurer. After being named Vice President of
Finance in 1977 and Chief Financial Officer a year later, he became
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and was elected to
the Board of Directors in 1985. He assumed the position of President in
1986, Chief Executive Officer in 1988 and was named to his present
position in 1993. Mr. Keyes is only the sixth CEO of Johnson Controls
since its founding in 1885. Mr. Keyes serves as a director of LSI Logic,
Pitney Bowes and the Chicago Federal Reserve Board. He is active in
industry organizations, serving on the Executive Committee of the
Manufacturers Alliance and is the past Chairman of the National
Association of Manufacturers (1999-2000). Profile
Johnson Controls?
Mr. Keyes: Johnson Controls is 115 years old. It was founded originally
to be in the nonresidential
