| Emile A. Battat |
Inside Director
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| Chairman and CEO |
| Director Since: 1987 |
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| Mr. Battat has been a director since 1987 and has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since January 1998 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and as Chairman of the Board or President of each of the Company's subsidiaries, since October 1998. Mr. Battat holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. He is an associate member of Sigma Xi, a scientific honor society. |
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| Mr. Morgan has been a director since 1988. Mr. Morgan is a private investor. He served as Chairman of the Board of National Bank of Commerce of Birmingham from February 1990 until April 2003. Mr. Morgan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and is a graduate of the Vanderbilt University Law School. |
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| Mr. Stebbing has been a director since 1992. Mr. Stebbing is President and Chief Executive Officer of Stebbing and Associates, Inc., an engineering consulting company, and has served in such capacities since 1986. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Marlboro Enterprises, Inc., a company engaged in chemical plant engineering, design, construction and operation, for many years until the sale of that company in September 1999 and continued to serve as an employee of Marlboro Enterprises, Inc. until September 2001. Mr. Stebbing is a licensed professional engineer and has a BSC honors degree in Chemical Engineering from Salford University. |
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| Mr. Stupp has been a director since 1985. He is President of Stupp Bros., Inc., a diversified holding company, and has served in such capacity since March 2004. From April 1995 until March 2004, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Stupp Bros., Inc., and since August 1995 he has also served as Chief Executive Officer, of Stupp Corporation, a division of Stupp Bros., Inc. Mr. Stupp holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Economics from Lehigh University. He serves as a director of International Fuel Technology, Inc. |
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| Mr. Spaulding has been a director since February 2006. He is currently a private investor. Prior to May 2008 he was the President of International Operations of Abbott Vascular and a Vice President and corporate officer of Abbott Laboratories, which he joined in April 2006 upon its acquisition of Guidant Corporation’s vascular intervention assets. Between 2005 and April 2006, Mr. Spaulding served as the President of International Operations of Guidant Corporation, and also served on the Guidant Management Committee from 2002 until 2005. From 2003 to 2005, he was the President of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada of Guidant Corporation. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Spaulding served as President of Guidant’s Cardiac Surgery business and during the period from 1994, when he joined Guidant Corporation , until 2000 he served in various other positions with that company. Mr. Spaulding holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical engineering from the University of Miami. |
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