Carl R. Christenson (age 56) has been our Chief Executive Officer since January
2009, a director since July 2007 and Chairman of the Board since 2014. Prior
to his current position, Mr. Christenson served as our President and Chief Operating
Officer from January 2005 to December 2008. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Christenson
was the President of Kaydon Bearings, a manufacturer of custom-engineered bearings
and a division of Kaydon Corporation. Prior to joining Kaydon, Mr. Christenson
held a number of management positions at TB Wood’s Incorporated and several
positions at the Torrington Company. Mr. Christenson holds a M.S. and B.S. degree
in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and an M.B.A.
from Rensselaer Polytechnic.
Christian Storch (age 56) has been our Chief Financial Officer since December
2007. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Storch was the Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer at Standex International Corporation. Mr. Storch also served on the
Board of Directors of Standex International from October 2004 to December 2007.
Mr. Storch also served as Standex International’s Treasurer from 2003
to April 2006 and Manager of Corporate Audit and Assurance Services from July
1999 to 2001. Prior to Standex International, Mr. Storch was a Divisional Financial
Director and Corporate Controller at Vossloh AG, a publicly held German transport
technology company. Mr. Storch has also previously served as an Audit Manager
with Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Mr. Storch holds a degree in business administration
from the University of Passau, Germany.
Glenn Deegan (age 49) has been our Vice President, Legal and Human Resources,
General Counsel and Secretary since June 2009. Prior to his current position,
Mr. Deegan served as our General Counsel and Secretary since September 2008.
From March 2007 to August 2008, Mr. Deegan served as Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Averion International Corp., a publicly held global
provider of clinical research services. Prior to Averion, from June 2001 to
March 2007, Mr. Deegan served as Director of Legal Affairs and then as Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of MacroChem Corporation, a publicly
held specialty pharmaceutical company. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Deegan served
as Assistant General Counsel of Summit Technology, Inc., a publicly held manufacturer
of ophthalmic laser systems. Mr. Deegan previously spent over six years engaged
in the private practice of law and also served as law clerk to the Honorable
Francis J. Boyle in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode
Island. Mr. Deegan holds a B.S. from Providence College and a J.D. from Boston
College.
Gerald Ferris (age 66) has been our Vice President of Global Sales since May
2007 and held the same position with Power Transmission Holdings, LLC, our predecessor,
since March 2002. He is responsible for the worldwide sales of our broad product
platform. Mr. Ferris joined our predecessor in 1978 and since joining has held
various positions. He became the Vice President of Sales for Boston Gear in
1991. Mr. Ferris holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from Stonehill College.
Todd B. Patriacca (age 46) has been our Vice President of Finance, Corporate
Controller and Treasurer since February 2010. Prior to his current position,
Mr. Patriacca served as our Vice President of Finance, Corporate Controller
and Assistant Treasurer since October 2008 and previous to that, as Vice President
of Finance and Corporate Controller since May 2007 and as Corporate Controller
since May 2005. Prior to joining us, Mr. Patriacca was Corporate Finance Manager
at MKS Instrument Inc., a publicly held semi-conductor equipment manufacturer
since March 2002. Prior to MKS, Mr. Patriacca spent over ten years at Arthur
Andersen LLP in the Assurance Advisory practice. Mr. Patriacca is a Certified
Public Accountant and holds a B.A. in History from Colby College and an M.B.A.
and an M.S. in Accounting from Northeastern University.
Craig Schuele (age 52) has been our Vice President of Marketing and Business
Development since May 2007 and held the same position with our predecessor since
July 2004. He is responsible for global marketing as well as coordinating Altras
merger and acquisition activity. Prior to his current position, Mr. Schuele
has been Vice President of Marketing since March 2002, and previous to that
he was a Director of Marketing. Mr. Schuele joined our predecessor in 1986 and
holds a B.S. degree in Management from Rhode Island College.
Altra Industrial Motion Corp currently has 3855 employees.