People: Copart Inc (CPRT.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Willis Johnson	65	2010	Chairman of the Board
Vincent Mitz	49	2011	President, Director
A. Jayson Adair	42	2010	Chief Executive Officer, Director
William Franklin	56	2004	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Russell Lowy	53	2007	Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President
Vincent Phillips	52	2010	Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Paul Styer	56	1995	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Robert Vannuccini	46	2007	Senior Vice President - Sales
Matthew Burgener	37	2011	Senior Vice President - Marketing
Thomas Wylie	61	2003	Senior Vice President - Human Resources
Anthony Cristello	43	2012	Senior Vice President - Business Development
Simon Rote	40	2003	Vice President - Finance
Matt Blunt	41	2009	Independent Director
Steven Cohan	51	2004	Independent Director
Daniel Englander	43	2006	Independent Director
James Meeks	63	2007	Independent Director
Thomas Tryforos	53	2012	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Willis Johnson	Mr. Willis J. Johnson is Chairman of the Board of Copart Inc. From 1982 until February 2010, Mr. Johnson served as the Company's chief executive officer and from 1986 until 1995, he also served as the Company's president. Mr. Johnson was an officer and director of U-Pull-It, Inc. (UPI), a self-service auto dismantler, which he co-founded, from 1982 through September 1994. Mr. Johnson sold his entire interest in UPI in September 1994. Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of experience in owning and operating auto dismantling companies and has overseen the Company's growth from a single salvage facility in California to 156 salvage facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United Arab Emirates.
Vincent Mitz	Mr. Vincent W. Mitz is President, Director of Copart Inc. He has served as the Company president since February 2010. From August 2007 to February 2010, Mr. Mitz served as the Company's executive vice president. From May 1995 until July 2007, Mr. Mitz served as the Company's senior vice president of marketing. Previously, Mr. Mitz was employed by NER Auction Systems Inc. (NER), an automotive auction company, from 1981 until its acquisition the Company'sin 1995. At NER, Mr. Mitz held positions, most recently as Vice President of Sales and Operations for NER’s New York region from 1990 to 1993 and Vice President of Sales & Marketing from 1993 to 1995.
A. Jayson Adair	Mr. A. Jayson Adair is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Copart Inc. From November 1996 to February 2010, Mr. Adair served as the Company's president. From 1995 until 1996, Mr. Adair served as the Company's executive vice president. From 1990 until 1995, Mr. Adair served as the Company's vice president of sales and operations, and from 1989 to 1990, Mr. Adair served as the Company's manager of operations.
William Franklin	Mr. William E. Franklin is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Copart Inc. Mr. Franklin has over 20 years of international finance and executive management experience. From October 2001 to March 2004, Mr. Franklin served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ptek Holdings, Inc., an international telecommunications company. Prior to that he was the President and CEO of Clifford Electronics, an international consumer electronics company. Mr. Franklin received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from California State University, Bakersfield. Mr. Franklin is a certified public accountant.
Russell Lowy	Mr. Russell D. Lowy is Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President of Copart Inc. From July 2002 to July 2007, Mr. Lowy served as the Company senior vice president of operations. Mr. Lowy served as the Company vice president of operations, eastern division from December 1999 to July 2002. From December 1998 to December 1999, Mr. Lowy served as the Company director of training and auditing. Mr. Lowy served as assistant vice president of operations from 1996 to 1997, regional manager of northern California from 1995 to 1996, and marketing manager from 1993 to 1994. Prior to the Company, Mr. Lowy spent nine years with ADP — Claims Solutions Group, a provider of computing services to automobile dealers. Mr. Lowy received a B.S. in Business Administration from California State University, Chico in 1982.
Vincent Phillips	Mr. Vincent J. Phillips is Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Copart Inc. Prior thereto in 2009, Mr. Phillips was Vice President of Product Development of Charles River Development, a provider of technology systems and services to the financial industry. From 1989 to 2008, Mr. Phillips was employed by The Charles Schwab Corporation, an online trading and investing company, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary, Cybertrader, Inc. Mr. Phillips received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego.
Paul Styer	Mr. Paul A. Styer is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Copart, Inc. He has served as general counsel since September 1992, corporate secretary since October 1993, and senior vice president since April 1995. From September 1992 until April 1995, Mr. Styer served as vice president. Mr. Styer served as one of directors from September 1992 until October 1993. From August 1990 to September 1992, Mr. Styer conducted an independent law practice. Mr. Styer received a B.A. from the University of California, Davis and a J.D. from the University of the Pacific. Mr. Styer is a member of the State Bar of California.
Robert Vannuccini	Mr. Robert H. Vannuccini is Senior Vice President - Sales of Copart Inc. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Vannuccini served as the Company vice president of national accounts. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Vannuccini served as the Company Midwest Regional Account Manager. Prior to that, Mr. Vannuccini was employed by NER as the Midwest Regional Account Manager from 1994 until its acquisition by Copart in 1995. Prior to his experience at NER, Mr. Vannuccini was an Assistant Vice President with Fleet Financial Group, a northeastern bank that was acquired by Bank of America, N.A. in 2004, from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Vannuccini received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Banking and Finance from Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York in 1988.
Matthew Burgener	Mr. Matthew M. Burgener is Senior Vice President - Marketing of Copart Inc. Mr. Burgener has over 12 years of digital marketing and ecommerce experience. From 2008 to July 2011, he was Senior Vice President of Digital Marketing at Bank of America, N.A., and from 2006 to 2007, Mr. Burgener was the Vice President, eCommerce Sales and Fulfillment at Bank of America, N.A. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Burgener was the Senior Marketing Manager for LendingTree, LLC, an online home mortgage marketplace. Mr. Burgener received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree from Colby College.
Thomas Wylie	Mr. Thomas E. Wylie is Senior Vice President - Human Resources of Copart Inc. Mr. Wylie has over 25 years of human resources and organizational change management experience. From January 2001 to November 2003 he served as Vice President, Human Resources, Systems and Administration for the California Division of Kaiser Permanente, a health care organization headquartered in Oakland, California. Prior to that he was the Vice President of Human Resources for Global Business Services, a division of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), a diversified technology and manufacturing company, in Morristown, New Jersey. He held several other positions with Honeywell starting in 1979. Mr. Wylie received a Bachelor’s degree from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Anthony Cristello	Mr. Anthony F. Cristello is Senior Vice President - Business Development of Copart Inc. From January 2010 to February 2012, Mr. Cristello served as Managing Director-Head of Consumer Research Group at BB&T Capital Markets (BBT), a part of BB&T Corporation, publicly traded financial services holding company. From April 2005 to December 2009, Mr. Cristello served as Senior Vice President, Equity Analyst at BBT and from November 2000 through April 2005, he served as Vice President, Equity Analyst at BBT. Mr. Cristello received a Bachelor’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Simon Rote	Mr. Simon E. Rote is Vice President - Finance of Copart, Inc. Prior thereto, Mr. Rote served as the Company controller from December 1998 to March 2003, and as assistant controller from December 1997 to December 1998. Mr. Rote was an auditor with KPMG LLP, an auditing and tax advisory firm, from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Rote received a B.S. in Accounting from St. Mary’s College in 1994.
Matt Blunt	Governor Matt Blunt is Independent Director of Copart, Inc. He served as the Governor of the State of Missouri from 2005 to 2009. Prior to serving as the Governor of Missouri, Mr. Blunt served as a member of the Missouri General Assembly from 1999 through 2001 and as Missouri’s Secretary of State from 2001 through his inauguration as Governor in 2005. Since leaving the Office of the Governor of the State of Missouri, Mr. Blunt has served as a senior advisor to government affairs and financial firms. Since February 2011, Mr. Blunt has served as the president of the American Automobile Policy Council, which represents the public policy interests of Chrysler Group, LLC, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Company. He is a 1993 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and received four Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals during his military service as well as other awards.
Steven Cohan	Mr. Steven D. Cohan is Independent Director of Copart, Inc. He served as the chief executive officer and president and as a director of Loco Ventures, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of food products in Northern California, since 1997. From 1992 to 1994, he served as the Company's vice president of finance and principal accounting officer and, from 1994 to 1996, he served as the Company's vice president of corporate development. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a certified public accountant.
Daniel Englander	Mr. Daniel J. Englander is Independent Director of Copart Inc. He is managing partner of Ursula Capital Partners, an investment management firm that he founded in May 2004. In addition, since 2007, Mr. Englander has served as a director of America’s Car-Mart, Inc., an automotive retailer based in Bentonville, Arkansas; and he served as a director of Ambassadors International, a cruise ship operator based in Seattle, Washington from 2009 through May 2011. From October 1994 until January 2004, Mr. Englander was employed as an investment banker with Allen & Company, a New York-based merchant bank, serving as a Managing Director from September 2002 until his departure. He holds a B.A. from Yale University.
James Meeks	Mr. James E. Meeks is Independent Director of Copart, Inc. He served as the Company's chief operating officer from 1992, when he the Company in connection with the Company purchase of South Bay Salvage Pool, until his retirement in 2007. From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Meeks also served as the Company senior vice president and from 1996 until 2007 he served as the Company executive vice president. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Meeks, together with owned and operated the South Bay Salvage Pool, a salvage yard company. From 1991 to 2001, Mr. Meeks was an officer, director and part owner of CAS & Meeks, Inc., a towing and subhauling service company.
Thomas Tryforos	Mr. Thomas N. Tryforos is Independent Director of Copart Inc. He has been a private investor since 2005. Between May 1991 and September 2004, Mr. Tryforos was a General Partner at Prescott Investors, Inc., a private investment firm. Mr. Tryforos also serves as a director of Credit Acceptance Corporation, a publicly-traded indirect auto finance company. Mr. Tryforos received a B.A. from Columbia College in 1981. He received an MBA in accounting and finance from Columbia Business School in 1984.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Willis Johnson	231,687
Vincent Mitz	1,263,400
A. Jayson Adair	10,801
William Franklin	637,328
Russell Lowy	563,956
Vincent Phillips	--
Paul Styer	346,000
Robert Vannuccini	636,356
Matthew Burgener	--
Thomas Wylie	--
Anthony Cristello	--
Simon Rote	--
Matt Blunt	--
Steven Cohan	--
Daniel Englander	--
James Meeks	1,283,000
Thomas Tryforos	--

As Of 30 Jul 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Willis Johnson	1,400,000	27,646,410
Vincent Mitz	498,334	7,050,115
A. Jayson Adair	2,265,926	39,790,810
William Franklin	24,890	237,310
Russell Lowy	30,000	669,537
Vincent Phillips	0	0
Paul Styer	454,000	6,411,860
Robert Vannuccini	60,000	895,800
Matthew Burgener	0	0
Thomas Wylie	0	0
Anthony Cristello	0	0
Simon Rote	0	0
Matt Blunt	0	0
Steven Cohan	0	0
Daniel Englander	0	0
James Meeks	858,300	12,221,710
Thomas Tryforos	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
ENGLANDER DANIEL J	40,000	$33.14
ENGLANDER DANIEL J	20,195	$14.86
ROTE SIMON EDWARD	5,000	$33.97
BURGENER MATTHEW MORRISON	419	$33.45
ROTE SIMON EDWARD	5,000	$34.03
LOWY RUSSELL	21,472	$34.26
COHAN STEVEN D	20,388	$14.86
COHAN STEVEN D	20,388	$33.50
COHAN STEVEN D	20,000	$9.56
COHAN STEVEN D	79,612	$33.47
COHAN STEVEN D	19,612	$14.86
COHAN STEVEN D	40,000	$12.02
ADAIR AARON JAYSON	101,814	$33.59
ADAIR AARON JAYSON	298,259	$33.55
ADAIR AARON JAYSON	96,387	$34.15
STYER PAUL A	780	$35.91
STYER PAUL A	1,762	$4.40
STYER PAUL A	34,808	$35.91
STYER PAUL A	71,466	$9.00
BLUNT MATT	20,000	$13.20
BLUNT MATT	20,000	$16.56
BLUNT MATT	60,000	$31.73
BLUNT MATT	20,000	$22.59
ADAIR AARON JAYSON	10,735	$30.36
ADAIR AARON JAYSON	46,785	$30.41

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