Corporate Officers and Business Unit Leaders
The following table sets forth the name and
position of each person who is a company officer or business unit leader of Dresser as of January 2008.
Corporate Officers
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John P. Ryan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Dresser, Inc. He served as Chief Operating Officer from December 2004 until his appointment as CEO in May 2007. Previously he was Vice President of Dresser, Inc. and President of Dresser Wayne. He joined Dresser Wayne in 1987 as a National Accounts Sales Manager and served in a variety of increasingly senior management positions. Prior to Dresser Wayne, Mr. Ryan worked for 10 years with Goulds Pumps, Inc. in various sales capacities in Singapore and the United States. |
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Linda Rutherford is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Dresser, Inc. Before joining Dresser in May 2006, she was Vice President and General Counsel for the Network Centric Systems technology business of Raytheon Company, where she had worked since 1999. From 1990 to 1996, she held management positions with First Interstate Bank of Texas, N. A. (Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.), and from 1984 to 1990 she practiced with the law firm of Winstead, McGuire, Sechrest & Minick, P. C. |
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Mark Scott is Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining Dresser in May 2004, Mr. Scott had served as Vice President, Human Resources of Saint Gobain Corporation and CertainTeed Corporation. He has held human resources positions with Case Corporation, FMC Corporation, Nestle and The Sherwin Williams Company. Prior to beginning his career in human resources in 1985, Mr. Scott was engaged in the private practice of law and was admitted to the bar in Illinois, South Carolina and Georgia. |
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Brian White is Vice President, Reengineering of Dresser, Inc. Mr. White previously served as Vice President, Technology of Dresser Equipment Group, Inc. Prior to joining the group, he was with Sperry-Sun Drilling services in a number of roles working on the company's MWD Systems, including Senior Design Engineer, Program Manager, Technical Director, Program Director and Vice President of Manufacturing. He began his career in 1981 with Caterpillar as a Maintenance Engineer before moving to Orbit Controls as a Design Engineer working on the design, installation and commissioning of Industrial Control Systems. |
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Darrin F. Whitney is Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Dresser, Inc. He joined Dresser in June 2003 as Director, Accounting Services and became Vice President, Information Technology in September 2005. Prior to joining Dresser, Mr. Whitney was the Senior Director of Information Technology Reengineering at VarTec Telecom. Prior to beginning his career in information technology, Mr. Whitney, a CPA, served in various financial management positions with Nokia Inc, General Motors Corporation and KPMG Peat Marwick. |
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Scott Coleman is the Vice President, Corporate Development for Dresser Inc. Prior to joining Dresser, Mr. Coleman served as the Chief Marketing Officer and Product General Manager of GE's Sensing Business. Mr. Coleman joined GE as Chief Marketing Officer for GE Industrial Products in 2003 and advanced to Executive Director, Strategic Marketing for GE Corporation in 2004. He began his career with Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley where he held various positions increasing in responsibility. |
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Marty R. Kittrell is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dresser, Inc. Prior to joining Dresser in December 2007 he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Andrew Corporation from October 2003 to December 2007, and Vice President, Strategic Planning from June 2002 to September 2003. He has also been a Director of NiSource, Inc. since May 2007. |
Business Unit Leaders
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Barry Glickman is President of the Power and Compression Segment of Dresser, Inc. Prior to joining Dresser, Mr. Glickman spent 10 years at GE, where he held a series of increasingly responsible positions including General Manager for GE Distributed Energy, Chief Marketing Officer for GE Security, and General Manager for the Jenbacher gas engine division of GE Energy. Prior to GE, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Co., where he specialized in the electric utility and oil and gas industries. |
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Daniel E. Jezerinac is President of the Infrastructure Solutions Segment of Dresser Inc. Before assuming this position in 2006, he served as President of the On/Off Valve Division of Dresser and the Vice President of the Dresser Roots Business Unit. Mr. Jezerinac joined Dresser in 1977 as a Field Engineer and held various sales and operations positions, including Vice President, Sales and Marketing for the Sperry-Sun Drilling Services. |
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Thomas J. Laird is President of the Flow Technologies Segment of Dresser, Inc. Prior to joining Dresser in 2004, Mr. Laird was President and CEO of Ace Products, Inc., a manufacturer of tires and rubber products for the lawn and garden, agricultural and industrial markets. In 2001, he was President and CEO of Advance Mixer, Inc., a manufacturer of front-discharge concrete mixer trucks. From 1993 to 2001 Mr. Laird was president and CEO of Woods Equipment Company, which produces equipment for turf and ground, agricultural and industrial markets. From 1972 to 1993 Mr. Laird held a number of management and executive positions in units of GE. |
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Neil H. Thomas is President of the Measurement and Distribution Segment of Dresser Inc. He previously served as President of Dresser Wayne -North America and as Vice President, Global Business Development. Prior to joining the Company in 2003, Mr. Thomas served as Vice President, Marketing for Tokheim Corporation. He was a strategic management consultant with Arthur D. Little from 1998 to 2001 and previously served in several sales, marketing and planning roles with Chevron Corporation in the United Kingdom. |
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