A. Mark Zeffiro. Mr. Zeffiro, has served as our President and as a member of
our board of directors since our incorporation in January 2015 and was named
president and chief executive officer of Horizon in connection with the spin-off.
Mr. Zeffiro was named Co-Chairman of our board of directors. While at TriMas,
Mr. Zeffiro served as group president of Cequent from January 2015. Mr. Zeffiro
served as chief financial officer of TriMas from June 2008 and executive vice
president of TriMas from May 2013 until January 2015. Prior to joining TriMas,
Mr. Zeffiro held various financial management and business positions with General
Electric Company, or ("GE"), a diversified technology and financial
services company, and Black and Decker Corporation, or ("Black & Decker"),
a global manufacturer of quality power tools and accessories, hardware, home
improvement products and fastening systems. From 2004, during Mr. Zeffiro’s
four-year tenure with Black & Decker, he was vice president of finance for
the global consumer product group and Latin America. In addition, Mr. Zeffiro
was directly responsible for and functioned as general manager of Black &
Decker’s factory store business unit. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Zeffiro was
chief financial officer of First Quality Enterprises, a private company producing
consumer products for the health care market. From 1988 through 2002 he held
a series of operational and financial leadership positions with GE, the most
recent of which was chief financial officer of their medical imaging manufacturing
division.
David Rice. Mr. Rice has served as our Vice President since our incorporation
in January 2015 and was named our chief financial officer in connection with
the spin-off. Mr. Rice was division finance officer of TriMas’ subsidiary,
Cequent Performance Products, Inc., from 2011 to 2015. Prior to 2011, Mr. Rice
held various positions within TriMas, including group controller from 2005 to
2009 and vice president, director of corporate audit from 2009 to 2011. Before
joining TriMas in 2005, Mr. Rice held divisional controller positions with GKN
Sinter Metals, a leading supplier of powdered metal precision components, from
2004 to 2005, and Mueller Industries, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of
copper, brass, aluminum and plastic fittings, valves and related tubular flow
control and industrial products, from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Rice held positions
of increasing financial leadership at The Woodbridge Group from 1994 to 1998,
a company offering urethane and bead foam technologies to the automotive and
commercial vehicle industries and other business sectors. Mr. Rice began his
career in public accounting with Coopers and Lybrand and brings over 30 years
of accounting and financial leadership, mergers and acquisitions and management
of international operations.
Jay Goldbaum. Mr. Goldbaum has served as our Vice President and Secretary since
our incorporation in January 2015 and was named our legal director and corporate
secretary in connection with the spin-off. Mr. Goldbaum was associate general
counsel–commercial law with TriMas since January 2014. Mr. Goldbaum joined
TriMas in January 2012 and held the position of legal counsel. Before joining
TriMas, Mr. Goldbaum was an associate in the corporate and litigation practice
groups at the law firm of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C. from September
2007 to August 2011. Mr. Goldbaum also held the position of chief operating
officer at Teal Media, an internet design and communications company from August
2011 to October 2011.
Horizon Global Corp currently has 2700 employees.