Mr. Hardymon served as our Chairman of the Board until May 2009. Since May 2009, he has served as our Lead Director. Mr. Hardymon served as a director of Trane from 1999 to 2007. Mr. Hardymon was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Textron, Inc., a manufacturing and financial services business, from 1993 to 1998 and continued as Chairman until his retirement in 1999. Previously, Mr. Hardymon had been Chief Executive Officer since 1992, and President and Chief Operating Officer since 1989. Prior to his affiliation with Textron, he served from 1961 to 1989 in various executive capacities with Emerson Electric Co. a diversified global manufacturing and technology company. Mr. Hardymon is also a member of the advisory board of Investcorp International, Inc. Including WABCO, Mr. Hardymon has served on 11 corporate boards and as chairman of four NYSE-traded companies.
Director since July 2007 and Chairman since May 2009
Jacques Esculier has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Director since July 2007. Since May 2009, he has also served as our Chairman of the Board. Prior to July 2007, Mr. Esculier served as Vice President of American Standard Companies Inc. and President of its Vehicle Control Systems business, a position he had held since January 2004. Prior to holding that position, Mr. Esculier served in the capacity of Business Leader for American Standard's Trane Commercial Systems' Europe, Middle East, Africa, India & Asia Region from 2002 through January 2004. Prior to joining American Standard in 2002, Mr. Esculier spent more than six years in leadership positions at AlliedSignal/Honeywell. He was Vice President and General Manager of Environmental Control and Power Systems Enterprise based in Los Angeles and Vice President of Aftermarket Services - Asia Pacific based in Singapore.
Mr. D'Aloia served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Standard Companies Inc., a position he held since 2000, before retiring in 2008. Before joining American Standard, Mr. D'Aloia worked for Honeywell where he most recently served as Vice President - Business Development. He spent 27 years with Honeywell's predecessor company, AlliedSignal, in diverse finance management positions. During his career with AlliedSignal, he served as Vice President - Taxes; Vice President and Treasurer; Vice President and Controller; and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Engineered Materials Sector. Early in his career, he worked as a tax attorney for the accounting firm, Arthur Young and Company. Mr. D'Aloia is a Director of FMC Corporation and AirTran Airways.
Mr. Fiedler served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of BorgWarner Inc. from 1995 to 2003, before retiring in 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Fiedler served as President and Chief Operating Officer of BorgWarner, Inc. Before joining BorgWarner in 1994, Mr. Fiedler was an Executive Vice President with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, culminating a 29-year career with the company by leading its North American tire division. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Mohawk Industries, Snap-On Corporation and AirTran Airways. He is also a member of the Kent State Foundation Commission, an advisor to the Board of Trustees of the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI and a member of the Board of Advisors of Prism Funds.
Dr. Gromer is the retired President of Tyco Electronics, a position which he held from April 1999 until December 31, 2007. Dr. Gromer also served as the Vice Chairman of Tyco Electronics from January 2006 until December 31, 2007. Dr. Gromer formerly held senior management positions from 1983 to 1998 at AMP (acquired by Tyco in April 1999) including Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services, President of the Global Automotive Division, and Vice President of Central and Eastern Europe, and General Manager of AMP Germany. Dr. Gromer has over 20 years of AMP and Tyco Electronics experience, serving in a wide variety of regional and global assignments. Before working for Tyco Electronics and AMP, Dr Gromer held management positions at ZF Friedrichshafen, ITT and Procter & Gamble. Dr. Gromer serves as a Member of the Boards of Directors of Tyco Electronics Ltd. and Marvell Technology Group Inc. Dr. Gromer was on the Board of RWE Rhein Ruhr AG from 2000 to 2009. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Society for Economic Development of the District Bergstrasse/Hessen, a Member of the Advisory Board of Commerzbank, and a Director of the Board and Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany.
Mr. Martin served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of Wyeth (formerly American Home Products) from 2000 to 2007, before retiring in 2007. Mr. Martin joined American Home Products in 1984 as Assistant Director of Corporate Compliance and subsequently held the positions of Assistant Vice President of Finance for American Home Food Products. In 1989, he was appointed Vice President and Comptroller of American Home Products Corporation. In 1992, he became Executive Vice President for American Home Food Products. Two years later, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Whitehall-Robins Healthcare and in 1995, President of American Home Food Products. He was named President of Whitehall-Robins Healthcare in 1997 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals in 1998. In 2000, he was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wyeth and in 2002, he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Martin is also a member of the board of directors of Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.
Ms Petrovich is former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AxleTech International, a leading global supplier of off-highway and specialty vehicle drivetrain technology, which is a General Dynamics company (NYSE: GD). Presently, Ms Petrovich is a director at three companies: Woodward (NASDAQ: WWD), a leading manufacturer and service provider of energy controls for global infrastructure equipment; GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT), a global provider of technology and materials for the solar, LED and other specialty markets; and Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD), a global provider of thermal management technology and systems.
Mr. Smith served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation from 1997 to 2001, before retiring in 2001. Prior to his election to those positions, Mr. Smith had been Vice Chairman of Hughes Electronics and Chairman of the Hughes Aircraft Company. Mr. Smith joined Hughes Electronics in 1985 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer after spending nearly 20 years with General Motors in a variety of financial management positions. In 1992 he was elected Vice Chairman of Hughes Electronics and President of Hughes Missile Systems Group, and in 1995 he was elected Chairman of Hughes Aircraft Company. Mr. Smith was also a member of the board of directors of Alliant Techsystems until 2009. Mr. Smith is a member of the board of directors of Ingram Micro, Inc., Teledyne Technologies, Inc. and Flir Systems, Inc.
Additional Material Relationship Flir Systems, Inc. (2002-present)
Wilsonville, OR
Chairman, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visteon Corporation, Donald J. Stebbins is responsible for leading Visteon's long-term strategy and overseeing the company's global operations and administrative functions. Mr. Stebbins joined Visteon in 2005 as President and Chief Operating Officer, and was elevated to Chief Executive Officer effective June 1, 2008 and to Chairman effective December 1, 2008. He has more than 20 years of leadership experience and a solid history of performance in managing global business issues. He has served on Visteon's board of directors since December 2006.
Mr. Stebbins joined Visteon from Lear Corp., where he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Lear's operations in Europe, Asia and Africa. Prior to this position, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Lear's operations in the Americas. Stebbins joined Lear in 1992 as Vice President and Treasurer. He held various financial positions of increasing responsibility with Lear, including a 1997 promotion to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previous to Lear, Mr. Stebbins held positions at Bankers Trust Company and Citibank.
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