Foster School of Business CEO Lunch Series
Robert W. Cremin
Esterline Technologies
Speaking at the April 1, 2008 CEO Lunch at the Columbia Tower Club
"Esterline Explained - A Velocity Game"
Robert Cremin started at Esterline Technologies in 1976, worked in nearly all of its technology areas, and worked his way up to become chairman, president and CEO. Under Cremin’s leadership, the company — which designs, manufactures and markets highly engineered products for aerospace, defense and electronics — returned to its aerospace/defense roots. Esterline enjoys revenues around $1.3 billion and employs nearly 10,000 people worldwide.
Mr. Cremin began his career at General Electric and at Omark Industries, where he held a number of executive roles. He holds a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of New York and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Cremin is the British Honorary Consul of Seattle. He serves on the Board of Directors of Dover Corp., the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the British-American Business Council. He was the chairman of the Presidents Council of the Manufacturer's Alliance.
He collects medieval art, antique carriage clocks, stained glass and rare books. His passion is running marathons (29 so far) including races in New York, London, Paris, Stockholm and Berlin. Mr. Cremin also collects wine. He has sufficient inventories of wines in his 2 cellars to last him (at one bottle a day) for several life-times.
He lives on Mercer Island with his wife Dr. Joan Cremin, a published author of French literary research.
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