People: A. O. Smith Corp (AOS)
AOS on New York Consolidated
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17 May 2013
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17 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Paul Jones |
64 | 2013 | Executive Chairman of the Board |
Ajita Rajendra |
61 | 2013 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
John Kita |
57 | 2011 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
James Stern |
50 | 2007 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
Robert Heideman |
46 | 2013 | Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer |
Randall Bednar |
60 | 2007 | Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer |
Mark Petrarca |
49 | 2006 | Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Public Affairs |
Stephen Anderson |
64 | 2011 | Senior Vice President - Manufacturing and Supply Chain |
Wilfridus Brouwer |
54 | 2013 | Senior Vice President; President of A. O. Smith (China) Investment Co., Ltd. |
Wei Ding |
50 | 2013 | Senior Vice President; President and General Manager of A. O. Smith (China) Water Heater Co., Ltd. |
Charles Lauber |
50 | 2013 | Senior Vice President - Strategy and Planning |
Steve Rettler |
58 | 2006 | Senior Vice President - Corporate Development |
William Vallett |
53 | 2013 | Senior Vice President; Chief Executive Officer – Lochinvar, LLC |
Kevin Wheeler |
53 | 2013 | Senior Vice President; President and General Manager - North America, India and Europe Water Heating |
Bruce Smith |
64 | 2013 | Lead Independent Director |
Ronald Brown |
59 | 2013 | Independent Director |
Gloster Current |
67 | 2007 | Independent Director |
William Greubel |
61 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Mathias Sandoval |
52 | 2010 | Independent Director |
Mark Smith |
51 | 2001 | Independent Director |
Idelle Wolf |
60 | 2005 | Independent Director |
Gene Wulf |
62 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Patricia Ackerman |
Vice President - Investor Relations and Treasurer |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Paul Jones |
Mr. Paul W. Jones serves as an Executive Chairman of the Board of A.O. Smith Corp. Previously he served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He has been a director of company since 2004. He is a member of the Investment Policy Committee of the Board. He was elected chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer effective December 31, 2005. He was president and chief operating officer from 2004 to 2005. Prior to joining the company, he was chairman and chief executive officer of U.S. Can Company, Inc. from 1998 to 2002. He previously was president and chief executive officer of Greenfield Industries, Inc. from 1993 to 1998 and president from 1989 to 1992. Mr. Jones has been a director of Federal Signal Corporation since 1998, where he chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee and is a member of the Compensation and Benefits Committee and the Executive Committee, and Integrys Energy Group, Inc. since 2011, where he is a member of the Compensation and Financial Committees. He was also a director of Bucyrus International, Inc. from 2006 until its acquisition by Caterpillar, Inc. in 2011, and chaired the Compensation Committee. |
Ajita Rajendra |
Mr. Ajita G. Rajendra serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of A.O. Smith Corp. He has been a director of company since 2011. He is a member of the Investment Policy Committee of the Board. Mr. Rajendra was elected president and chief executive officer effective January 1, 2013. He was president and chief operating officer from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Rajendra joined the Company as President of A. O. Smith Water Products Company in 2005, and was named Executive Vice President of the Company in 2006. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Rajendra was Senior Vice President at Kennametal, Inc., a manufacturer of cutting tools, from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Rajendra also serves on the board of Donaldson Company, Inc., where he is a member of the Audit Committee and Human Resources Committee. Further, Mr. Rajendra was a director of Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. from 2007 until its acquisition by Eiger Holdco, LLC in 2008. |
John Kita |
Mr. John J. Kita serves as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of A.O. Smith Corp. He served as Controller of the Company. He was Vice President, Treasurer and Controller from 1996 to 2006, Treasurer and Controller from 1995 to 1996 and Assistant Treasurer from 1988 to 1994. |
James Stern |
Mr. James F. Stern serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of A.O. Smith Corp. Mr. Stern was Partner - Foley & Lardner LLP, 1997 to 2006. |
Robert Heideman |
Mr. Robert J. Heideman serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of A.O. Smith Corp. He was Senior Vice President - Corporate Technology from 2010 to 2011, Vice President - Corporate Technology from 2007 to 2010, Director - Materials from 2005 to 2007 and Section Manager from 2002 to 2005. He has also been Engineering Supervisor - Kohler Company in 2001. |
Randall Bednar |
Mr. Randall S. Bednar is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of A. O. Smith Corp., sicne 2007. Mr. Bednar served as Senior Vice President - Information Technology in 2006. He was Vice President - Information Technology from 2001 to 2006 and Mr. Bednar was Vice President and Chief Information Officer - Gates Corporation from 1996 to 2000. |
Mark Petrarca |
Mr. Mark A. Petrarca serves as Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Public Affairs of A.O. Smith Corp. He was the Vice President - Human Resources and Public Affairs from 2005 to 2006, Vice President of Human Resources of A. O. Smith Water Products Company 1999 to 2004. |
Stephen Anderson |
Mr. Stephen S. Anderson serves as Senior Vice President - Manufacturing and Supply Chain of A.O. Smith Corp. He has been Senior Vice President – Manufacturing and Supply Chain – A. O. Smith Water Products Company since 2004 to 2011. |
Wilfridus Brouwer |
Dr. Wilfridus M. Brouwer, Ph.D., serves as Senior Vice President; President of A. O. Smith (China) Investment Co., Ltd., of A.O. Smith Corp. He was Executive Project Leader of Akzo Nobel since 2007 to 2008, Vice President Decorative Coatings; President Asia Operations of Akzo Nobel since 2005 to 2007 and Global Sub Business Unit Manager - Akzo Nobel since 2004 to 2005. He earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in chemistry from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He received a Ph.D in chemistry from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands in 1984. In 1995, he received an MBA degree from Pace University, New York, N.Y. |
Wei Ding |
Mr. Wei Ding serves as Senior Vice President; President and General Manager – A. O. Smith (China) Water Heater Co., Ltd., of A.O. Smith Corp. He served as Senior Vice President – A. O. Smith Water Products Company since 2011 to 2012; Vice President – China – A. O. Smith Water Products Company from 2006 to 2011. |
Charles Lauber |
Mr. Charles T. Lauber serves as Senior Vice President - Strategy and Planning of A.O. Smith Corp. He served as Senior Vice President – Group Chief Financial Officer – A. O. Smith Water Products Company from 2011 to 2012; Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer – A. O. Smith Water Products Company from 2006 to 2011; Vice President – Global Finance – A. O. Smith Electrical Products Company from 2004 to 2006; Vice President and Controller – A. O. Smith Electrical Products Company from 2001 to 2004 and Director of Audit and Tax from 1999 to 2001. |
Steve Rettler |
Mr. Steve W. Rettler serves as Senior Vice President - Corporate Development of A.O. Smith Corp. He was the Vice President of Business Development from 1998 to 2006. |
William Vallett |
Mr. William L. Vallett, Jr., is Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Lochinvar, LLC, of A. O. Smith Corporation. He is Senior Vice President since 2013; Chief Executive Officer – Lochinvar Corporation from 1992 to 2012; Vice President Operations – Lochinvar Corporation from 1987 to 1992. |
Kevin Wheeler |
Mr. Kevin J. Wheeler serves as Senior Vice President; President and General Manager - North America, India and Europe Water Heating of A.O. Smith Corp. He is Senior Vice President and General Manager – North America, India and Europe – A. O. Smith Water Products Company from 2011 to 2012; Senior Vice President and General Manager – U.S. Retail – A. O. Smith Water Products Company from 2007 to 2011; Vice President – International – A. O. Smith Water Products Company from 2004 to 2007 and Managing Director – A. O. Smith Water Products Company B.V. from 1999 to 2004. |
Bruce Smith |
Mr. Bruce M. Smith serves as an Lead Independent Director of A.O. Smith Corp. He has been a director of company since 1995. He is the Chairperson of the Investment Policy Committee and a member of the Personnel and Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board. He was elected president of Smith Investment Company Inc. (“SICO”) in 1993, and served as chairman and chief executive officer of SICO from 1999 until its merger with company in 2009. Shares of Class A Common Stock and Common Stock were SICO’s principal asset and represented a controlling position in company until the merger. Mr. Smith was a director of SICO from 1983 to 1988 and from 1991 to 2009. From 2009 until his retirement in 2012, Mr. Smith also was chief executive officer of Smith Investment Company LLC, an entity that holds all of the assets and liabilities of SICO (other than Class A Common Stock and Common Stock owned by SICO until the merger). Since 2009, Mr. Smith has been Chairman of the Board of Managers of Smith Investment Company, LLC. He was also chief executive officer of Berlin Industries LLC, which was engaged in multicolor printing and related services, from 1996 until its sale in 2011. Further, Mr. Smith is one of three trustees of the Smith Family Voting Trust, which holds a controlling position in the stock of company. |
Ronald Brown |
Mr. Ronald D. Brown serves as an Independent Director of A.O. Smith Corp. He is Chairperson of the Personnel and Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Since 2010, Mr. Brown has served as chief financial officer of Makino, Inc., a privately held global metalworking technologies company. In addition, since 2009, Mr. Brown has been managing director of Taft Business Consulting, LLC, a consulting group affiliated with the law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, which provides advisory services on a range of business issues. Prior to that, Mr. Brown was chairman and chief executive officer of Milacron Inc. from 2001 to 2008, and president and chief operating officer of Milacron Inc. from 1999 through 2001. He joined Milacron Inc. in 1980. Milacron is a supplier of plastic processing and metalworking fluid technologies; the company filed for bankruptcy in 2009. Mr. Brown also serves on the board of Zep Inc., where he is Chairperson of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. |
Gloster Current |
Mr. Gloster B. Current, Jr., serves as an Independent Director of A.O. Smith Corp. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Mr. Current retired from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (“NML”) in 2009 as vice president corporate affairs and assistant to the chief executive officer. He previously served as vice president of policyowner services at NML from 2006 to 2007 and as vice president, corporate planning when he joined the company in 2003. NML is the nation’s direct provider of individual life insurance. Prior to joining NML, he was vice president and chief marketing officer of Lincoln Financial Group from 1995 to 2003. |
William Greubel |
Mr. William P. Greubel serves as an Independent Director of A.O. Smith Corp. He is Chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board. Mr. Greubel was the chief executive officer of Wabash National from 2002 to 2007, and held various director positions with Wabash National, including chairman and executive director, until his retirement as a director in 2009. Wabash National is one of the manufacturers of semi-truck trailers in North America, specializing in the design and production of dry freight vans, refrigerated vans, flatbed trailers, drop deck trailers, and intermodal equipment. Mr. Greubel previously was chief executive officer of Accuride Corporation from 1998 until 2002 and president from 1994 until 1998. Mr. Greubel served as a director of Wabash National from 2002 to 2009 and of privately held Utilimaster Corp. from 2002 to 2009. |
Mathias Sandoval |
Mr. Mathias F. Sandoval serves as an Independent Director of A.O. Smith Corp. He has been a director of the Company since October, 2010. He is a member of the Personnel and Compensation Committee and the Nominating Governance Committee. Mr. Sandoval was chief executive officer and president of Phelps Dodge International Corporation from 2001 to 2012 and executive vice president of its parent company, General Cable Corporation, where he was chief executive officer and president of General Cable’s Rest of World Segment, from 2007 to 2012. Mr. Sandoval began his 28-year career in the wire and cable industry as a process engineer in Phelps Dodge’s Costa Rican operation and held numerous executive management positions at Phelps Dodge, including general manager of the Honduras-based business, president of the Venezuelan operations, vice president of the Global Aluminum Business Segment, and vice president of the Global Energy Segment. Mr. Sandoval resigned from those positions in November 2012. |
Mark Smith |
Mr. Mark D. Smith serves as an Independent Director of A.O. Smith Corp. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. He has served as a product business manager for Strattec Security Corporation since 1997. Strattec Security Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets mechanical locks and keys, electronically enhanced locks and keys, steering column and instrument panel ignition lock housings, latches, and related access control products for automotive manufacturers. |
Idelle Wolf |
Ms. Idelle K. Wolf serves as an Independent Director of A.O. Smith Corp. She is a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Ms. Wolf was president of Barnes Distribution from 2006 to 2007 and vice president of Barnes Group Inc. from 2000 to 2007. She previously was president of Barnes Distribution North America from 2004 through 2005. She joined Barnes Group Inc. as vice president and as chief operating officer of Barnes Distribution in 2000. She is a Certified Public Accountant. |
Gene Wulf |
Mr. Gene C. Wulf serves as an Independent Director of A.O. Smith Corp. He is Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board. Until his retirement in December, 2011, Mr. Wulf served as executive vice president of Bemis Company, Inc. (“Bemis”), where he was responsible for integration of recent acquisitions, as well as global corporate strategy and information technology. He previously was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Bemis from 2005 through 2010; was vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Bemis from 2002 through 2005; and was vice president and controller from 1998 through 2002. He also served as a director of Bemis from 2006 until his retirement in 2011. |
Patricia Ackerman |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Paul Jones |
6,890,420 |
Ajita Rajendra |
2,899,880 |
John Kita |
2,332,400 |
James Stern |
1,588,230 |
Robert Heideman |
-- |
Randall Bednar |
-- |
Mark Petrarca |
1,454,410 |
Stephen Anderson |
-- |
Wilfridus Brouwer |
-- |
Wei Ding |
-- |
Charles Lauber |
-- |
Steve Rettler |
-- |
William Vallett |
-- |
Kevin Wheeler |
-- |
Bruce Smith |
-- |
Ronald Brown |
-- |
Gloster Current |
-- |
William Greubel |
-- |
Mathias Sandoval |
-- |
Mark Smith |
-- |
Idelle Wolf |
-- |
Gene Wulf |
-- |
Patricia Ackerman |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Paul Jones |
490,050 | 12,325,900 |
Ajita Rajendra |
109,050 | 3,158,104 |
John Kita |
33,750 | 1,164,890 |
James Stern |
44,550 | 1,622,520 |
Robert Heideman |
0 | 0 |
Randall Bednar |
0 | 0 |
Mark Petrarca |
22,050 | 708,621 |
Stephen Anderson |
0 | 0 |
Wilfridus Brouwer |
0 | 0 |
Wei Ding |
0 | 0 |
Charles Lauber |
0 | 0 |
Steve Rettler |
0 | 0 |
William Vallett |
0 | 0 |
Kevin Wheeler |
0 | 0 |
Bruce Smith |
0 | 0 |
Ronald Brown |
0 | 0 |
Gloster Current |
0 | 0 |
William Greubel |
0 | 0 |
Mathias Sandoval |
0 | 0 |
Mark Smith |
0 | 0 |
Idelle Wolf |
0 | 0 |
Gene Wulf |
0 | 0 |
Patricia Ackerman |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
WULF GENE C |
1,375 | $68.38 |
WOLF IDELLE K |
1,375 | $68.38 |
SMITH MARK D |
1,375 | $68.38 |
KITA JOHN J |
6,000 | $73.74 |
JONES PAUL W |
81,600 | $27.93 |
JONES PAUL W |
81,600 | $73.26 |
KITA JOHN J |
300 | $0.00 |
RETTLER STEVE W |
1,114 | $69.68 |
ANDERSON STEPHEN |
450 | $69.63 |
DING WEI |
260 | $69.60 |
LAUBER CHARLES T |
1,333 | $43.12 |
STERN JAMES F |
2,207 | $69.64 |
LAUBER CHARLES T |
450 | $69.63 |
RAJENDRA AJITA G |
1,906 | $69.66 |
BEDNAR RANDALL S |
1,075 | $69.66 |
BROUWER WILFRIDUS M |
1,180 | $69.66 |
LAUBER CHARLES T |
4,183 | $69.57 |
LAUBER CHARLES T |
2,850 | $27.93 |
KITA JOHN J |
1,135 | $69.63 |
JONES PAUL W |
12,774 | $69.76 |
WHEELER KEVIN J |
400 | $69.60 |
STERN JAMES F |
5,100 | $0.00 |
RAJENDRA AJITA G |
5,850 | $0.00 |
PETRARCA MARK A |
4,200 | $0.00 |
BROUWER WILFRIDUS M |
2,250 | $0.00 |
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