People: Comfort Systems USA Inc (FIX)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

William Murdy

71 2011 Chairman of the Board

Brian Lane

55 2011 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

William George

48 2005 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Julie Shaeff

47 2005 Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

Trent McKenna

40 2005 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Franklin Myers

60 2005 Lead Independent Director

Alfred Giardinelli

64 1997 Director

Constance Skidmore

61 2012 Director

Vance Tang

45 2012 Director

Darcy Anderson

55 2008 Independent Director

Herman Bulls

57 2001 Independent Director

Alan Krusi

57 2008 Independent Director

James Schultz

63 2002 Independent Director

Robert Wagner

70 2001 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

William Murdy

Mr. William F. Murdy serves as Chairman of the Board of Comfort Systems USA Inc. served as our Chief Executive Officer from June 2000 until December 2011. Prior to joining the Company, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Club Quarters, a privately owned chain of membership hotels. From January 1998 through July 1999, Mr. Murdy served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of LandCare USA, a publicly traded commercial landscape and tree services company. LandCare USA was acquired in July 1999 by another publicly traded company specializing in services to commercial facilities and homeowners. From 1989 through December 1997, Mr. Murdy was President and Chief Executive Officer of General Investment and Development Company, a privately held real estate operating company. From 1981 to 1989, Mr. Murdy served as the Managing General artner of the Morgan Stanley Venture Capital Fund. From 1974 to 1981, Mr. Murdy served as the Senior Vice President, among other positions, of Pacific Resources, Inc., a publicly traded company involved primarily in petroleum refining and marketing. Mr. Murdy also serves on the Board of Directors of UIL Holdings Corporation and Kaiser Aluminum Corporation. Mr. Murdy is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and of the Harvard Business School.

Brian Lane

Mr. Brian E. Lane is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Comfort Systems USA Inc. He has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Comfort Systems since December 2011 and as a director since November 2010. Brian served as Comfort Systems' President and Chief Operating Officer from March 2010 until December 2011. Brian joined Comfort Systems in October 2003 and served as Vice President and then Senior Vice President for Region One of the Company until he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2009. Prior to joining Comfort Systems, Brian spent fifteen years at Halliburton, the global service and equipment company devoted to energy, industrial, and government customers. During his tenure, he held various positions in business development, strategy, and project initiatives. He departed as the Regional Director of Europe and Africa. Brian's additional experience included serving as a Regional Director of Capstone Turbine Corporation, a distributed power manufacturer. He also was a Vice President of Kvaerner, an international engineering and construction company where he focused on the chemical industry. Brian earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from Boston College.

William George

Mr. William George is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Comfort Systems USA Inc. He was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from May 1998 to May 2005, and was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from March 1997 to April 1998. From October 1995 to February 1997, Mr. George was Vice President and General Counsel of American Medical Response, Inc., a publicly-traded healthcare transportation company. From September 1992 to September 1995, Mr. George practiced corporate and antitrust law at Ropes & Gray, a Boston, Massachusetts law firm.

Julie Shaeff

Ms. Julie S. Shaeff is Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of Comfort Systems USA Inc. She was Vice President and Corporate Controller from March 2002 to May 2005, and was Assistant Corporate Controller from September 1999 to February 2002. From 1996 to August 1999, Ms. Shaeff was Financial Accounting Manager—Corporate Controllers Group for Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., a publicly-traded waste services company. From 1987 to 1995, she held various positions with Arthur Andersen LLP. Ms. Shaeff is a Certified Public Accountant.

Trent McKenna

Mr. Trent T. McKenna is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Comfort Systems USA Inc. He was Associate General Counsel from August 2004 to May 2005. From February 1999 to August 2004, Mr. McKenna was a practicing attorney in the area of complex commercial litigation in the Houston, Texas office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, an international law firm.

Franklin Myers

Mr. Franklin Myers serves as Lead Independent Director of Comfort Systems USA Inc., since May 2005. From April 2008 until March 2009, Mr. Myers served as Senior Advisor for financial and merger and acquisition matters for Cameron International Corporation, a global provider to the oil & gas and process industries. Mr. Myers served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Cameron International Corporation from 2003 to 2008. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Myers served at various times as Senior Vice President and President of a division within Cooper Cameron Corporation as well as General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to joining Cooper Cameron Corporation in 1995, Mr. Myers served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Baker Hughes Incorporated, and an attorney and partner at the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski. Mr. Myers currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ion Geophysical Corporation and HollyFrontier Corporation. Mr. Myers served on the Board of Directors of Seahawk Drilling Company from 2009 until 2011, and of Frontier Oil Corporation—a predecessor of HollyFrontier Corporation—from 2009 until its 2011 merger with Holly Corporation. Currently, Mr. Myers is an operating advisor to Paine and Partners, a private equity firm. Mr. Myers holds a Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, from Mississippi State University and a J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Mississippi..

Alfred Giardinelli

Mr. Alfred J. Giardinelli, Jr., serves as Director of Comfort Systems USA Inc. He is one of the original founders of the Company, has served as a Director of the Company since June 1997. Since 1982, Mr. Giardinelli has been the President of Eastern Heating & Cooling, Inc., a New York corporation that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Giardinelli is a graduate of Florida State University.

Constance Skidmore

Ms. Constance E. Skidmore has been appointed as the Director of Comfort Systems USA, Inc. effective November 19, 2012. She formally retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2009 after more than 30 years with the firm. Ms. Skidmore served in numerous leadership positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers, including as managing partner and as a member of the firm’s governing board. She serves on the Board of Directors of BayCare Health Systems, a private health care provider, and on the Board of Directors of Ivis Technologies, Mahoot, and VizKinect, three private technology companies. Ms. Skidmore is also a member of the Board of of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a non-profit organization that funds cancer research.

Vance Tang

Mr. Vance W. Tang has been appointed as the Director of Comfort Systems USA, Inc., effective December 1, 2012. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of KONE, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Finland-based KONE Corporation, since February 2007. Before joining KONE, Mr. Tang served as Vice President and General Manager in Building Control Solutions for Honeywell Automation from 2004 to 2007, and in various executive and senior positions with Trane from 1990 to 2004. He also serves on the Board of Directors of American Woodmark Corporation, a publicly traded company in the building products industry, and on the Board of Governors for the Center for Creative Leadership, a private company that provides consulting and other services related to leadership education, training, and development.

Darcy Anderson

Mr. Darcy G. Anderson serves as anIndependent Director of Comfort Systems USA Inc., since March 2008. Since April 2009, Mr. Anderson has served as Vice Chairman of Hillwood, a real estate, oil and gas, and investments company. From November 2000 until April 2009, Mr. Anderson served as Chief People Officer and Vice President for Perot Systems Corporation, an information technology services and consulting firm. Prior to joining Perot Systems, Mr. Anderson held various positions at Hillwood Development Corporation beginning in 1987, including Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Anderson also served as president of Hillwood Urban, overseeing all of the operations and development for the company's Victory project and the new American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas. He also served in various leadership roles for the Perot '92 Presidential Campaign. Mr. Anderson joined Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1983 working in recruiting management. Prior to his employment with EDS, Mr. Anderson completed five years of active duty in the United States Army Corp of Engineers. He is a Director for the West Point Association of Graduates. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Herman Bulls

Mr. Herman E. Bulls serves as an Independent Director of Comfort Systems USA Inc., since February 2001. Since September 2001, Mr. Bulls has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Bulls Advisory Group, a real estate consulting and advisory firm, and serves as Chief Executive Officer, Public Institutions of Jones Lang LaSalle, an international full-service real estate firm. From September 2000 until August 2001, Mr. Bulls served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of one of the nation's Fannie Mae multifamily lenders. From March 1998 to September 2000, Mr. Bulls was a Managing Director for Jones Lang LaSalle, an international full-service real estate firm. From 1989 until 1998, he held several positions with the predecessor organization, LaSalle Partners. Prior to his employment with Jones Lang LaSalle, he served over eleven years of active duty service with the United States Army. Mr. Bulls was the Co-Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Bulls Capital Partners, a commercial mortgage firm. He sold the firm to a Wall Street entity in 2010. Mr. Bulls retired as a Colonel from the Army Reserve. Mr. Bulls is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the West Point Association of Graduates, serves as a member of the Real Estate Advisory Committee for New York State Teachers' Retirement System, one of the retirement systems in the United States, and serves on the Board of Directors of Rasmussen College, ITT EXELIS, and USAA. Mr. Bulls is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and of the Harvard Business School.

Alan Krusi

Mr. Alan P. Krusi serves as an Independent Director of Comfort Systems USA Inc., since March 2008. Mr. Krusi is President, Strategic Development of AECOM Technology Corporation. From 2003 until 2009 Mr. Krusi served as President of Earth Tech, Inc., an engineering, consulting, and construction services firm owned by Tyco International. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Krusi served as CEO of RealEnergy, Inc., a company providing on-site cogeneration to commercial and industrial customers. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Krusi served as President of the Construction Services division of URS Corporation, where he oversaw an international construction services business specializing in construction management and program management. Prior to his employment with URS, and over a period of twenty-two years, Mr. Krusi held a number of technical and management positions within the engineering and construction industries. Mr. Krusi is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara and is a Registered Geologist, Certified Engineering Geologist, and Licensed General Contractor in the State of California.

James Schultz

Mr. James H. Schultz serves as an Independent Director of Comfort Systems USA Inc., since November 2002. He retired from the American Standard Companies in 2001, where he had worked for thirty-one years. Mr. Schultz served as President of the Trane Commercial Air Conditioning Group, a division of the American Standard Companies, from 1998 to 2001. Prior to that time he served in various other capacities, including Executive Vice President. Mr. Schultz served on the Board of Directors of Goodman Global, Inc. from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Schultz has been Chair and a Board member of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, and serves on The Engineering College Industry Advisory Board. Mr. Schultz is also a Board Member of Twin City Fan and currently serves on the Iowa State University Engineering College and Industry Advisory Board. Mr. Schultz is a graduate of Iowa State University.

Robert Wagner

Mr. Robert D. Wagner, Jr. serves as an Independent Director of Comfort Systems USA Inc., since April 2001. He is currently a Principal and Advisory Director of Rivington Capital Advisors LLC, which provides advisory services and private equity and debt placement for independent oil and gas producers. Mr. Wagner previously served as a Managing Director of Bankers Trust/BT Alex Brown in their Energy Corporate Finance Group. He also was Executive Vice President of First City National Bank of Houston's energy division, and later, the special loans division. Mr. Wagner served on the Board of Directors of Electric City Corp. from 2001 until 2005 and of Blue Dolphin Energy Corp. from 2001 until 2004. Mr. Wagner is a graduate of Holy Cross College and the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Basic Compensation

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

William Murdy

612,500 3,589,371

Brian Lane

0 0

William George

100,000 513,295

Julie Shaeff

52,500 911,869

Trent McKenna

5,000 41,572

Franklin Myers

0 0

Alfred Giardinelli

0 0

Constance Skidmore

0 0

Vance Tang

0 0

Darcy Anderson

0 0

Herman Bulls

0 0

Alan Krusi

0 0

James Schultz

0 0

Robert Wagner

0 0
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