William-J-Laursen

Bill Laursen

President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Laursen was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a director in November 2018.  Mr. Laursen, formerly served as the Executive Vice President, Sales and Strategy of The Coghlin Companies, Inc. (“CCI”) since January 2012.  CCI is a privately held, time to market services company, offering engineering, prototyping and contract manufacturing of complex electro-mechanical and electro-optical devices and equipment for a variety of markets including military and medical devices.  From January 2007 to June 2011 Mr. Laursen served as Executive Vice President of Business Development, Sales and Marketing for TC TECH, a company that has developed its very own system for the production of advanced plastic details. Operations are based on an IPR-protected induction technique that makes it possible to heat and cool material – rapidly and with high precision.  Since October 2009, Mr. Laursen has also been a principal of MAKS, LLC, a project oriented company that provides strategic planning, business development, equipment sourcing, sales and systems implementation for the optical media industry.  In addition to his expertise in business development, sales and marketing, strategic development on operations, Mr. Laursen brings to Micron over 25 years of experience focused on innovation in highly automated manufacturing environments in many industries such as medical devices, instrumentation, plastics, consumables and consumer products as well as experience in contract manufacturing.