People: Brooks Automation Inc (BRKS.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Joseph Martin

65 2006 Independent Chairman of the Board

Stephen Schwartz

53 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Martin Headley

56 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Mark Morelli

48 2012 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

Kush Mirchandani

48 2012 Senior Vice President - Global Sales and Service

William Montone

60 2012 Senior Vice President - Human Resources

Clinton Haris

40 2011 Senior Vice President - Brooks Life Science Systems

Thomas Leitzke

63 2010 Senior Vice President - Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations

Timothy Mathews

49 2008 Vice President, Corporate Controller, Principal Accounting Officer

Jason Joseph

42 2011 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

John O'Brien

42 2012 Vice President - Corporate Development

Ellen Zane

61 2012 Director

A. Clinton Allen

69 2003 Independent Director

John McGillicuddy

69 2003 Independent Director

Krishna Palepu

58 2005 Independent Director

Kirk Pond

68 2007 Independent Director

Alfred Woollacott

66 2005 Independent Director

Mark Wrighton

63 2005 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Joseph Martin

Mr. Joseph R. Martin is Independent Chairman of the Board of Brooks Automation Inc. He has been a director since June 2001 and chairman of the Board since May 2006. Mr. Martin served as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and later senior executive vice president, and then as member of Office of the Chairman of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., a supplier of power semiconductors, from June 1996 to May of 2004. He served as the vice chairman of Fairchild’s board of directors from 2003 until his retirement in June 2005. Mr. Martin is a member of the board of directors of Soitec, Inc., a semiconductor wafer processing company, and of SynQor, Incorporated, a manufacturer of power converters. Mr. Martin also serves as trustee of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mr. Martin holds an Executive Master Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors.

Stephen Schwartz

Dr. Stephen S. Schwartz, Ph.D., is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Brooks Automation Inc. He joined Brooks in April 2010 as president and became chief executive officer of Brooks on October 1, 2010. Dr. Schwartz was elected to the Brooks Board of Directors in August 2010. Dr. Schwartz had previously served, from August 2002 until April 20, 2009, as chief executive officer and a director of Asyst Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of integrated hardware and software automation systems primarily directed at the semiconductor manufacturing industry. He joined Asyst in January 2001 as senior vice president, Product Groups and Operations and was elected chairman of Asyst in January 2003. Asyst filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States bankruptcy act on April 24, 2009, and Asyst’s assets have since been liquidated. Prior to joining Asyst, Dr. Schwartz had served since 1987 in various capacities with Applied Materials, Inc., including acting as general manager for Applied Material’s service business and president of Consilium, Inc., an Applied Materials software subsidiary.

Martin Headley

Mr. Martin S. Headley is no longer Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Brooks Automation Inc., effective June 30, 2013. He has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2008. From August 2004 to March 2007, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Teleflex Inc., a global diversified industrial company specializing in the design, manufacture and distribution of specialty-engineered products. From July 1996 until August 2004 he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Roper Industries, Inc., a diversified company that designs, manufactures and distributes analytical instrumentation, digital imaging, fluid handling and specialty industrial controls for global niche markets.

Mark Morelli

Mr. Mark D. Morelli has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Brooks Automation, Inc. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2012. From September 2007 to May 2011, Mr. Morelli was President and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Conversion Devices, a company dealing with thin-film flexible photovoltaic laminates and, prior to that, Mr. Morelli was a senior executive at United Technologies Corporation, most recently as the President of UTC’s Carrier Commercial Refrigeration Division.

Kush Mirchandani

Mr. Kush K. Mirchandani serves as the Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Service of Brooks Automation Inc. since May 2012. Mr. Mirchandani joined Brooks in October 2005 when Brooks acquired Helix Technology Corporation and held various management positions within Brooks, including as President of Brooks’ Japan entities and as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Mr. Mirchandani left Brooks to join OC Oerlikon AG in June 2009 and returned to Brooks in November 2009. Prior to joining Brooks in 2005, Mr. Mirchandani was the Director, Service Operations for Lam Research Taiwan and Lam Research Singapore.

William Montone

Mr. William T. Montone serves as the Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Brooks Automation Inc. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources in October 2005 when Brooks acquired Helix Technology Corporation, where he served as Vice President of Human Resources since 1998. Prior to joining Brooks, Mr. Montone held senior human resources roles at A.T. Cross, an international manufacturer of fine writing instruments, and Rogers Corporation, a materials technology company, for 13 and eight years, respectively.

Clinton Haris

Mr. Clinton M. Haris has been appointed as Senior Vice President - Brooks Life Science Systems of Brooks Automation Inc. He was appointed Senior Vice President of Brooks Life Science Systems in July 2011. Since joining Brooks in 2000, Mr. Haris has served in a variety of executive roles across Brooks’ product and services groups. Prior to Brooks, Mr. Haris worked for Motorola, Inc., where he worked in a technical capacity helping to develop 300mm semiconductor manufacturing technology.

Thomas Leitzke

Mr. Thomas R. Leitzke is Senior Vice President - Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations of Brooks Automation Inc. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Global Operations in July 2010. Prior to joining Brooks, Mr. Leitzke was previously a senior operations executive for Siemens Information Systems, Applied Materials, Inc., Asyst Technologies and Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Timothy Mathews

Mr. Timothy S. Mathews is Vice President, Corporate Controller, Principal Accounting Officer of Brooks Automation Inc. Prior to joining Brooks, Mr. Mathews was the Vice President of Finance for Equallogic, Inc., a manufacturer of storage area networking equipment that was acquired by Dell Computer in early 2008. From 2004 until 2007, he was Corporate Controller of Accellent, Inc., a manufacturer of medical device components, serving as Principal Accounting Officer of that firm during the final three months of his tenure there. During 2003 and 2004 Mr. Mathews served as Director of Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting for Enterasys Networks, Inc., a global manufacturer of network equipment.

Jason Joseph

Mr. Jason W. Joseph is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Brooks Automation Inc. He joined Brooks in March 2011 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to joining Brooks, Mr. Joseph served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Unica Corporation, a publicly traded marketing automation software company, from June 2007 through November 2010, and as General Counsel and Secretary of MapInfo Corporation, a publicly traded location intelligence software company, from December 2003 through April 2007. Mr. Joseph also previously practiced law at Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP (formerly Hale and Dorr LLP) from 2000 through 2003.

John O'Brien

Mr. John E. O'Brien serves as the Vice President, Corporate Development of Brooks Automation Inc. He joined Brooks as Vice President, Corporate Development in May 2010. Prior to joining Brooks, from March 2008 to May 2010, Mr. O’Brien was Senior Director, Corporate Development at EMC Corporation, a publicly traded information management technology company. Prior to EMC, Mr. O’Brien served as Vice President in the technology group at Cowen and Company, LLP, an investment banking firm, from July 2000 through March 2008.

Ellen Zane

Ms. Ellen M. Zane has been appointed as Director of Brooks Automation, Inc. She was elected as director of the Company in May 2012. Since 2011, Ms. Zane has served as CEO Emeritus and vice chair of the board of trustees at Tufts Medical Center & Floating Hospital for Children, and from 2004 to 2011, she served as its president and chief executive officer. From May 1994 to January 2004, Ms. Zane served as Network President for Partners Healthcare System, a physician network sponsored by the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Prior to 2004, Ms. Zane served as chief executive officer of Quincy Hospital in Quincy, Massachusetts. Ms. Zane is also currently a member of the board of directors at Parexel International Corporation, a publicly traded global bio-pharmaceutical services company, Haemonetics Corp, a publicly traded global blood management solutions company, Press Ganey, a private company nationally known as the preeminent provider of patient satisfaction measurement and data in acute hospital settings, and Century Capital Management, LLC, a private mutual fund company. Ms. Zane previously served as a director of Lincare Holdings Inc. until it was acquired in August 2012.

A. Clinton Allen

Mr. A. Clinton Allen is Independent Director of Brooks Automation Inc., since October 1, 2003. In addition to serving as a director, Mr. Allen is chairman and chief executive officer of A.C. Allen & Company, an investment banking consulting firm, and principal of the American College of Corporate Directors, an organization that provides educational and other services to public company directors, chief executive officers and corporate counsel. From 1989 to 2002, Mr. Allen served as vice chairman of the board of Psychemedics Corporation, Inc., a biotechnology company with a proprietary drug testing product, and as chairman of the board of Psychemedics from 2002 to 2003. Mr. Allen is currently the non-executive chairman and a director of Collectors Universe, a provider of value added services to dealers and collectors. He also serves as a director of LKQ Corporation, a supplier of recycled OEM automotive parts, and Avantair, Inc., a provider of fractional aircraft shares for business and personal use. Mr. Allen holds an Executive Master Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors.

John McGillicuddy

Mr. John K. McGillicuddy is Independent Director of Brooks Automation Inc. He has been a director since October 2003. Mr. McGillicuddy was a partner with the international accounting firm of KPMG LLP, a public accounting firm, from 1975 until his retirement in June 2000. Mr. McGillicuddy is also a member and chairman of the board of directors of Watts Water Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of water safety and flow control products, as well as member of the board of directors of Cabot Corporation, a chemical manufacturer.

Krishna Palepu

Professor Krishna G. Palepu is Independent Director of Brooks Automation Inc. He has been a director since November 2005. Dr. Palepu is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and senior advisor to the president of Harvard University on global strategy. Among his other responsibilities at Harvard, Dr. Palepu teaches in several different corporate governance educational programs. Prior to assuming his current administrative position, Dr. Palepu held other positions at Harvard Business School, including Senior Associate Dean for International Development and Senior Associate Dean for Research. Dr. Palepu was formerly a member of the board of directors of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., an Indian global pharmaceuticals company, from 2002 until 2009, PolyMedica Corp, a Massachusetts provider of diabetes testing supplies and products, from June 2006 until it was sold in August 2007, and Partners Harvard Medical International, a non-profit subsidiary of Partners HealthCare System, Inc. devoted to promoting collaboration among international health care leaders, from 2008 to 2012. Dr. Palepu has also been a director of the Exeter Group, a privately owned software services company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and BTM Corporation, a privately owned management solutions provider focused on converging business with technology. Dr. Palepu was also formerly a member of the board of directors of Satyam Computer Services Limited (“Satyam”), an Indian company whose shares are publicly traded in India and on the New York Stock Exchange. In December 2008, Dr. Palepu resigned from the board of Satyam. Dr. Palepu holds a Master Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors.

Kirk Pond

Mr. Kirk P. Pond is Independent Director of Brooks Automation, Inc. He became a director in November 2007. Mr. Pond was the president and chief executive officer of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., from June 1996 until May 2005. He served as the chairman of Fairchild’s board of directors from 1997 until June 2006. Prior to Fairchild Semiconductor’s separation from National Semiconductor, Mr. Pond held several executive positions with National Semiconductor, including executive vice president and chief operating officer. Mr. Pond served as a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from January 2004 until January 2007 and since 2005 has been a director of Wright Express Corporation. Mr. Pond also has been a director of Sensata Technologies Holding (NV) since March 2011 and has served on the advisory board of the University of Arkansas Engineering School since 1987.

Alfred Woollacott

Mr. Alfred Woollacott III, is Independent Director of Brooks Automation Inc. He has been a director since October 2005 following the Company’s acquisition of Helix. Mr. Woollacott is a certified public accountant and was a partner with the accounting firm of KPMG LLP from 1979 until his retirement in September 2002. He is currently a board member of William Hart Realty Trust and the Hart Haven Community Association. Mr. Woollacott also served as a director of Greencore U.S. Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Greencore Group PLC, an Irish corporation listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, which is an international manufacturer of convenience foods and ingredients until 2010. Mr. Woollacott holds a Master Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors.

Mark Wrighton

Dr. Mark Stephen Wrighton is Independent Director of Brooks Automation Inc. He has been a director since October 2005 following the Company’s acquisition of Helix. Dr. Wrighton has been chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis since July 1995. Dr. Wrighton also serves as director of Cabot Corporation, a chemical manufacturer, and of Corning Incorporated, a manufacturer of specialty glass and ceramics. He previously served as a director of A.G. Edwards, Inc., a financial services company, until 2007.
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