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Board of Directors
  

David J. Anderson
Director since 2009

 

Director of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. and a member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  Serves on the Boards of the National Fluid Power Association and the National Fluid Power Association's Technology and Education Foundation, Chairing each in 2008/2009.  Executive Director and Co-Vice Chairman of Sauer-Danfoss Inc. from July 2008 to January 2009.  President and Chief Executive Officer of Sauer-Danfoss Inc. from July 2002 to January 2009 and a Director of Sauer-Danfoss Inc. from July 2002 until July 2008.  Executive Vice President - Strategic Business Development of Sauer-Danfoss Inc. from May 2000 to July 2002.  From 1984 to May 2000 held various senior management positions with Sauer-Danfoss Inc. and Sauer-Danfoss (US) Company.  From 1970 to 1984 held various executive position in business development, sales, marketing and applications engineering within manufacturing and distribution businesses in the fluid power industry.

     
 

Jean-Lou Chameau
Director since 1998

  
   

President, California Institute of Technology since September 2006; Provost and Vice President at the Georgia Institute of Technology June 2001 – August 2006; Dean of the College of Engineering and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1997 to June 2001; Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1997; President of Golder Associates, Inc. (engineering and environmental consulting company) from 1994 to 1995; Director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1991 to 1994; Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Program at Purdue University from 1980 to 1991; a director of a number of non-profit and private organizations.

     

Laura B. Hamilton
Director since 2007
Chair since 2008

 

Chair of the Board since September 2008, Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2008, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from June 2007 to January 2008; Senior Vice President of the Company’s Test Division from 2003 to 2007; Vice President of the Company’s Materials and Aerospace Divisions 2000 to 2003; Director of Business Process Improvement 1999 to 2000; various management positions with Quest Diagnostics (national clinical laboratory) from 1995 to 1999; various management positions with Corning, Inc. (manufacturer of  specialty glass and ceramics) from 1989 to 1995; various positions, ending with Tax Manager, with Arthur Young and Company (public accounting firm) from 1984 to 1989.

      
 

Brendan C. Hegarty
Director since 1998

 

Consultant since January 2003; Chief Executive Officer of Nano Magnetics (start-up nanotechnology company located in the United Kingdom) from 2001 to 2003; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Seagate Technology (manufacturer of computer disk drives) from 1993 to 1998; Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Seagate Technology from 1989 to 1993; Vice President of Thin Film Head Operations for Control Data Corporation (computer hardware and software company) from 1988 to 1989; management and executive positions with IBM (computer hardware and software company) from 1967 to 1987.

 

Emily M. Liggett
Director Since 2010

 

  Currently CEO and Director of NovaTorque, (high-efficiency electric motors); past CEO of Apexon (supply chain analytics) and Capstone Turbine (micro-turbines).  Held variety of executive positions at Raychem Corporation from 1984 – 2000, including Vice President and General Manager of Elo TouchSystems (touchscreens), VP and GM of Telecom and Energy business units and various positions in Operations, Marketing and Sales.  Prior to joining Raychem, Ms. Liggett held various engineering positions at DuPont from 1977 - 1984.  Independent director of Immersion Corporation (haptics) and chair of the Nominating/Governance committee, past independent director of Textronics, Inc (electronic textiles, purchased by adidas in 2008).
 

William V. Murray
Director since 2010

 

 

 

 

  President and CEO of ReShape Medical, Inc. a development stage company focused on non-surgical therapy for the treatment of obesity. Prior to ReShape, Bill served in a number of executive positions including President and CEO of Murray Consulting, an executive management and strategy consulting company, Division President  Molecular Biology Division at Applied Biosystems (Life Science tools for genetic analysis), and Group President Respiratory Technologies at Viasys Healthcare. For 18 years, Bill worked in various senior executive and general management positions at Medtronic, including President of the Pacing Business,  Vice President and General Manager EP Systems Business, and Vice President and General Manager Functional Diagnostic Business. Prior to running these businesses, he had responsibility for manufacturing, development and project management of a number of implantable pacing systems.  Bill holds a BSEE from the University of Florida and currently serves on the Boards of MTS Systems and ReShape Medical.
             

Barb J. Samardzich
Director since 2001

  Vice President of Ford Motor Company (automobile manufacturer) and Vice President, Powertrain Operations effective November 2005; Executive Director - Small FWD and RWD Vehicles of Ford Motor Company 2002 to October 2005; Chief Engineer for the Automatic Transmission Engineering Operations of Ford from 2000 to 2002; Quality Director for the Small and Medium Vehicle Center of the European operations of Ford from 1999 to 2000; Chief Program Engineer for F650/F750 Ford trucks from 1998 to 1999; previously held various positions in the Powertrain division of Ford from 1990 to 1998. Prior to joining Ford, Ms. Samardzich held various engineering, sales and marketing positions in the Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1981 to 1990.
     
 

Gail P. Steinel
Director since 2009

 

Owner of Executive Advisors, providing companies with leadership development services and advice on entering new markets and improving operations; Serves on the Board of Trustees of Federal Reality Investment Trust and is Chairperson of the Audit Committee. Her career experience includes five years at BearingPoint, a global technology and management consulting company, as Executive Vice President, Consumer, Industrial & Technology business unit and twenty-three of progressive management experience at Arthur Andersen, where her final position was Global Managing Partner of the Business Consulting Division.  Ms. Steinel also serves on the board of the non-profit organization, Shelter our Sisters.







   





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