People: Knight Transportation Inc (KNX)
KNX on New York Consolidated
17.03USD
18 Jun 2013
17.03USD
18 Jun 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Knight |
56 | 1999 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer |
David Jackson |
37 | 2012 | President |
Gary Knight |
61 | 2004 | Vice Chairman of the Board |
Randy Knight |
64 | 2009 | Vice Chairman of the Board |
Adam Miller |
32 | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary |
Keith Knight |
58 | 2006 | Chief Operating Officer |
Donald Bliss |
80 | Lead Independent Director | |
Michael Garnreiter |
61 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Richard Kraemer |
69 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Richard Lehmann |
68 | 2006 | Independent Director |
G. Madden |
73 | 1997 | Independent Director |
Kathryn Munro |
64 | 2005 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Kevin Knight |
Mr. Kevin P. Knight is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Knight Transportation Inc. He has served as the Chairman of the company Board of Directors since May 1999 and has served as the company Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") since 1993. He has been one of the company officers and directors since 1990. From 1975 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1990, Mr. Knight was employed by Swift Transportation Co., Inc. ("Swift"), where he served as Executive Vice President and President of Cooper Motor Lines, Inc., a Swift subsidiary. Mr. Knight currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the American Trucking Association. |
David Jackson |
Mr. David A. Jackson serves as President of Knight Transportation Inc. He joined the company in April 2000. He has served as the company President since February 2011 and was also the company CFO from January 2004 until May 2012. Mr. Jackson served as the company Treasurer from May 2006 to February 2011 and the company Secretary from November 2007 to February 2011. Prior to his appointment as the CFO, Mr. Jackson served in several positions at Knight between 2000 and 2004. |
Gary Knight |
Mr. Gary J. Knight is Vice Chairman of the Board of Knight Transportation Inc., since January 2004. Mr. Knight served as the company President from 1993 to January 2004, and has been one of the company officers and a member of the company Board of Directors since 1990. From 1975 until 1990, Mr. Knight was employed by Swift, where he was an Executive Vice President. |
Randy Knight |
Mr. Randy Knight is Vice Chairman of the Board of Knight Transportation Inc. Randy Knight has served as a member of the company Board of Directors since 1989. Mr. Knight rejoined the Company as an employee in January 2009 and was appointed as a Vice Chairman of the Board in February 2009. Mr. Knight was a founder of the Company and served as an officer from 1989 until 1999 and as Chairman of the Board from 1993 until 1999. From 1999 until December 2008, Mr. Knight worked outside of the Company on a variety of personal investments, including Total Warehousing, Inc., a commercial warehousing and local transportation business that he sold in 2004. Mr. Knight was employed by Swift or related companies from 1969 to 1985, where he was a Vice President. |
Adam Miller |
Mr. Adam Miller is Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary of Knight Transportation, Inc. He joined the company in September 2002. He was appointed as the company CFO in May 2012 and has also served as the company Secretary and Treasurer since February 2011. Prior to becoming CFO of the Company, Mr. Miller served as the Senior Vice President of Accounting and Finance from February 2011 to May 2012 and as Controller of Knight Refrigerated, LLC from January 2006 to February 2011. Prior to his appointment as Controller of Knight Refrigerated, LLC, Mr. Miller served in several other accounting and finance positions at Knight since 2002. |
Keith Knight |
Mr. Keith T. Knight is Chief Operating Officer of Knight Transportation Inc., since May 2006. Prior to his appointment as COO, Mr. Knight served as the company Executive Vice President from 1993 until May 2006, and has been one of the company officers since 1990. He served as a member of the company Board of Directors from 1990 to 2004. From 1977 until 1990, Mr. Knight was employed by Swift, where he was a Vice President and Manager of Swift's Los Angeles terminal. |
Donald Bliss |
Mr. Donald A. Bliss is Lead Independent Director of Knight Transportation, Inc. Until his retirement in December 1994, Mr. Bliss was the CEO and Vice President of U.S. West Communications, a U.S. West company. Mr. Bliss also is a director of the Western and Southern Life Insurance Company and the Biltmore Bank of Arizona. Mr. Bliss served as Chairman of the Western Region Advisory Board of AON Risk Services of Arizona, Inc. from October 2001 to February 2005. |
Michael Garnreiter |
Mr. Michael Garnreiter is Independent Director of Knight Transportation, Inc., since September 19, 2003. Mr. Garnreiter is currently the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Shamrock Foods Company, a privately held manufacturer and distributor of foods and food-related products based in Phoenix, Arizona. From January 2010 until August 2012, Mr. Garnreiter was a managing director of a Scottsdale-based financial consulting organization, Fenix Financial Forensics LLC, which provides financial analysis, forensic accounting, litigation support, and other dispute resolution services to a variety of businesses and organizations. Mr. Garnreiter is also the Chairman of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of Taser International, Inc., a manufacturer of non-lethal protection devices; chair of the audit and governance committees for Amtech Systems, Inc., a supplier of horizontal diffusion furnace systems; chair of the audit committee and member of the nominations and governance and compensation committees for IA Global, Inc., an Asian business processes outsourcing company; and a member of the board of directors of Banner Health Systems, a nonprofit multistate hospital system based in Phoenix, Arizona. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Garnreiter was also formerly the Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of Main Street Restaurant Group, Inc. ("Main Street"), a publicly held restaurant operating company. Prior to joining Main Street, Mr. Garnreiter served as a general partner of Arthur Andersen LLP ("Arthur Andersen"). Mr. Garnreiter began his career with Arthur Andersen in 1974 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from California State University at Long Beach. |
Richard Kraemer |
Mr. Richard C. Kraemer is Independent Director of Knight Transportation, Inc. Mr. Kraemer currently serves as President of Chartwell Capital, Inc., a private investment company. From 1975 to March 1996, Mr. Kraemer served as an officer of UDC Homes, becoming a director and President in 1985 and CEO in 1994. Mr. Kraemer also served on the boards of directors of America West Holdings Corporation and America West Airlines, Inc. from 1992 to 2005. Following the merger of such companies with US Airways Group, Inc. in 2005, he became a member of the board of directors of both US Airways Group, Inc. and its subsidiary, US Airways, Inc. Currently for US Airways Group, Inc., Mr. Kraemer is Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and a member of both the Audit Committee and Compensation and Human Resources Committee. |
Richard Lehmann |
Mr. Richard J. Lehmann is Independent Director of Knight Transportation, Inc., since February 10, 2006. Mr. Lehmann serves as the founding principal and a director of the Biltmore Bank of Arizona and is the Chairman of the Biltmore Bank of Arizona. Until December 31, 1999, Mr. Lehmann served as Vice Chairman of Banc One Corporation, when it acquired FCNBC, creating the fifth bank in the United States, with responsibility for all consumer banking and credit card operations. Mr. Lehmann's previous positions include Chairman and CEO of Valley National Bank. Prior to that, Mr. Lehmann spent 20 years with Citigroup in various positions, including 10 years in the International Division, with more than three years as a Senior Corporate Officer in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Lehmann is presently a member of the board of directors of both the TGen Foundation and Cole Real Estate Investments. He also served previously as a director of Banc One Corporation, Valley National Corporation, eFunds Corporation, iCrossing, Inc., and Moore Corporation. |
G. Madden |
Mr. G. D. Madden is Independent Director of Knight Transportation, Inc., since January 1997. Since 1996, Mr. Madden has been President of Madden Partners, a consulting firm he founded, which specializes in transportation technology and strategic issues. Prior to founding Madden Partners, he was President and CEO of Innovative Computing Corporation ("ICC"), then a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Mr. Madden founded ICC, a privately held company, which grew to be the supplier of fully integrated management information systems to the trucking industry. Mr. Madden sold ICC to Westinghouse in 1990 and continued to serve as its President and CEO until 1996. Mr. Madden is also Chairman of the Board of Clay Crossing Foundation, Inc., an extended chemical dependency treatment center in Maud, Oklahoma. |
Kathryn Munro |
Ms. Kathryn L. Munro is Independent Director of Knight Transportation, Inc., since April 1, 2005. She is a principal of BridgeWest, LLC, a private equity investment company specializing in wireless technology companies. Ms. Munro was the Chairperson of BridgeWest from February 1999 until July 2003. Prior to BridgeWest, Ms. Munro spent over 20 years in the banking industry with Bank of America. From 1996 to 1998, Ms. Munro served as CEO of Bank of America's Southwest Banking Group and was President of Bank of America Arizona from 1994 to 1996. Ms. Munro has served on the board of directors of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, the holding company of Arizona Public Service and Pinnacle West Energy, since 2000. Ms. Munro also serves on the board of Premera, a privately held health insurance company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Ms. Munro served on the board of Capitol Bancorp Limited, a Michigan-based multi-bank holding company, from 2002 to 2006 and she served on the board of directors of Flow International Corporation, a Seattle-based manufacturer of industrial tools, from 1996 to September 2011. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Kevin Knight |
1,159,400 |
David Jackson |
333,018 |
Gary Knight |
294,124 |
Randy Knight |
120,000 |
Adam Miller |
211,750 |
Keith Knight |
492,514 |
Donald Bliss |
-- |
Michael Garnreiter |
-- |
Richard Kraemer |
-- |
Richard Lehmann |
-- |
G. Madden |
-- |
Kathryn Munro |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Kevin Knight |
817,500 | 4,338,072 |
David Jackson |
15,788 | 62,287 |
Gary Knight |
45,000 | 297,148 |
Randy Knight |
0 | 0 |
Adam Miller |
0 | 0 |
Keith Knight |
52,500 | 335,023 |
Donald Bliss |
0 | 0 |
Michael Garnreiter |
0 | 0 |
Richard Kraemer |
0 | 0 |
Richard Lehmann |
0 | 0 |
G. Madden |
0 | 0 |
Kathryn Munro |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
MADDEN G D |
1,618 | $16.99 |
BLISS DONALD A |
1,618 | $16.99 |
MUNRO KATHRYN L |
1,648 | $16.99 |
GARNREITER MICHAEL |
1,765 | $16.99 |
KRAEMER RICHARD C |
1,618 | $16.99 |
LEHMANN RICHARD J |
1,618 | $16.99 |
KNIGHT KEITH T |
38,000 | $0.00 |
LIU MICHAEL K |
608 | $11.44 |
LIU MICHAEL K |
608 | $16.39 |
UPDIKE JAMES E JR |
1,125 | $16.26 |
UPDIKE JAMES E JR |
1,125 | $11.44 |
KNIGHT KEVIN P |
1,600 | $16.04 |
KUTTER ERICK |
2,250 | $11.44 |
KUTTER ERICK |
2,250 | $16.11 |
CARLSON TODD F |
478 | $15.95 |
KNIGHT KEVIN P |
4,500 | $15.95 |
UPDIKE JAMES E JR |
2,700 | $15.95 |
UPDIKE JAMES E JR |
955 | $15.95 |
JACKSON DAVID A |
4,050 | $15.95 |
KNIGHT KEVIN P |
1,464 | $15.95 |
KNIGHT KEITH T |
4,050 | $15.95 |
QUAST KEVIN |
1,273 | $15.95 |
QUAST KEVIN |
3,600 | $15.95 |
LIU MICHAEL K |
3,600 | $15.95 |
JACKSON DAVID A |
1,432 | $15.95 |
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