Neal J. Keating
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Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Keating was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer as well as elected
a Director of the company effective September 17, 2007. Effective January 1,
2008, he was appointed to the offices of President and Chief Executive Officer
and effective March 1, 2008, he was appointed to the additional position of
Chairman. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Keating served as Chief Operating
Officer at Hughes Supply, a $5.4 billion industrial distributor that was acquired
by Home Depot in 2006. Prior to that, he held senior positions at GKN Aerospace,
an aerospace subsidiary of GKN, plc, and Rockwell Collins Commercial Systems,
and served as a board member of GKN plc and Agusta-Westland.
Steven J. Smidler
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President of Kaman Industrial Technologies and Executive Vice President of Kaman
Corporation
Mr. Smidler assumed the role of President of Kaman Industrial Technologies on
September 1, 2010, after joining the company in December 2009 as Senior Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer of Kaman Industrial Technologies. Effective
February 20, 2012, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Kaman Corporation.
Mr. Smidler joined the company from Lenze Americas Corporation where he served
as Executive Vice President, with responsibility for marketing, sales, finance,
business systems and product technology for the Americas. Mr. Smidler was also
a member of the management committee of the Lenze Group, Germany, and held the
position of President and Treasurer for Lenze Americas and served as Treasurer
and a Board member for the Lenze ACTech production company. Prior to that, he
served as Vice President, Americas Sales Operations at Eaton Corporation and
Vice President, Marketing of the Global Manufacturing Group at Rockwell Automation,
Inc.
Robert D. Starr
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Starr was appointed Executive Vice President effective July 1, 2015, and
has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the company since July 1, 2013.
Mr. Starr joined the company in 2009 as Vice President - Treasurer. Prior to
joining Kaman, Mr. Starr served as Assistant Treasurer at Crane Co. of Stamford,
Connecticut, a $2.6 billion diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial
products. He also previously served as Managing Director, Corporate Finance
at Aetna, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut and as Director, Capital Markets and
Risk Management at Fisher Scientific International, Inc. of Hampton, New Hampshire.
Mr. Starr was also an associate at both Salomon Smith Barney in New York and
Chase Securities, Inc. in New York and Singapore.
Gregory L. Steiner
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President of Kaman Aerospace Group, Inc. and Executive Vice President of Kaman
Corporation
Mr. Steiner joined the company as President of Kaman Aerospace Group, Inc.,
with overall responsibility for the companys Aerospace segment, effective July
7, 2008. Effective February 20, 2012, he was appointed Executive Vice President
of Kaman Corporation. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Steiner was employed at GE Aviation-Systems,
serving first as Vice President and General Manager, Military Mission Systems
and then as Vice President, Systems for GE Aviation-Systems. Prior to that,
he served as Group Vice President at Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc., with responsibility
for four aerospace and industrial electronics businesses located in the U.S.
and U.K. Before Curtiss Wright, he had an 18 year career with Rockwell Collins,
Inc., serving in a number of progressively responsible positions, departing
as Vice President and General Manager of Passenger Systems.
Ronald M. Galla
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Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Mr. Galla has been Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since
1995. Mr. Galla has been responsible for the companys management information
systems since 1984.
Phillip A. Goodrich
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Senior Vice President - Corporate Development
Mr. Goodrich joined the company in 2009 as Vice President - Corporate Development
and was named Senior Vice President - Corporate Development in February 2012.
He was previously Senior Vice President, Corporate Development with Barnes Group,
Inc., Bristol, Connecticut. Mr. Goodrich held similar positions with Ametek,
Inc., Paoli, Pennsylvania; and General Signal Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut.
Shawn G. Lisle
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Mr. Lisle joined the company in 2011 and was appointed Senior Vice President
and General Counsel effective December 1, 2012. Prior to joining the company,
Mr. Lisle served as Senior Counsel for International Paper Company in Memphis,
Tennessee. Prior to that, he served as legal counsel for Dana Corporation in
Toledo, Ohio, and as an attorney at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP in
Columbus, Ohio. He also previously worked as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department
of Justice, Tax Division in Washington, D.C. and was a Judge Advocate in the
U.S. Navy.
Gregory T. Troy
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Senior Vice President – Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
Mr. Troy joined the company as Senior Vice President – Human Resources
in March 2012. On February 19, 2013, he was appointed to the position of Chief
Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Troy served as Chief
Human Resources Officer of Force Protection, Inc. from April 2011 to March 2012,
where he was a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to joining Force Protection,
Mr. Troy served as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Modine
Manufacturing Company from February 2006 to April 2011, providing global human
resources leadership in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mr. Troy also previously
worked at OMNOVA Solutions Inc., Bosch Corporation, and Mobil Corporation, after
serving as a Transportation Officer in the United States Army.
John J. Tedone
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Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. Tedone has served as Vice President, Finance and the companys Chief Accounting
Officer since May 2007. From April 2006 to April 2007, Mr. Tedone served as
the companys Vice President, Internal Audit and prior to that as Assistant
Vice President, Internal Audit.
Kaman Corporation currently has 4300 employees.
