People: Measurement Specialties Inc (MEAS.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Morton Topfer	75	2003	Independent Chairman of the Board
Frank Guidone	47	2007	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mark Thomson	44	2007	Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Steven Smith	63	2009	Chief Operating Officer
Glen MacGibbon	50	2009	Executive Vice President
Jeffrey Kostelni	45	2008	Vice President - Finance, Treasurer
Mitch Thompson	57	2008	Vice President - Technology
John Arnold	57	1995	Independent Director
Satish Rishi	53	2005	Independent Director
Kenneth Thompson	53	2006	Independent Director
R. Barry Uber	67	2003	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Morton Topfer	Mr. Morton L. Topfer is Independent Chairman of the Board of Measurement Specialties Inc. since January 2003. Mr. Topfer is Managing Director of Castletop Capital, L.P., an investment firm. He previously served at Dell, Inc., a global systems and services company, as Counselor to the Chief Executive Officer, from December 1999 to February 2002, and Vice Chairman, from June 1994 to December 1999. Mr. Topfer was a member of the Board of Directors of Dell from December 1999 to July 2004. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Topfer served for 23 years at Motorola, Inc., where he held several executive positions, including CEO of a $5 billion segment of the company, and last served as Corporate Executive Vice President and President of the Land Mobile Products Sector. Mr. Topfer was conferred the Darjah Johan Negeri Penang State Award in July 1996 by the Governor of Penang for contributions to the development of the electronics industry in Malaysia. Mr. Topfer also served as a director for Staktek Technologies until December 31, 2005 and Advanced Micro Devices until July 2009. Mr. Topfer holds honorary doctorate degrees from Brooklyn College and Polytechnic Institute of New York.
Frank Guidone	Mr. Frank D. Guidone is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Measurement Specialties Inc. He has served as Chief Executive Officer since June 2002 and has been a Director since December 2002. Mr. Guidone has been instrumental in the restructuring and expansion of the Company, increasing market capitalization tenfold. Prior to his service with the Company, Mr. Guidone was a Managing Director/Principal of Corporate Revitalization Partners, a Dallas-based turnaround/crisis management consultancy firm, from 2000 to 2006, where he guided multiple companies through complex operational and balance sheet restructurings. Mr. Guidone has been a partner at Four Corners Capital Partners, a boutique private investment firm of which Mr. Guidone is a co-founder, since 1999, and where he retains interests in partnerships that acquired several private companies through leveraged buyouts. Prior to forming Four Corners, Mr. Guidone spent 13 years in management consulting with Andersen Consulting and George Group, Inc. Through his career, Mr. Guidone has worked with numerous solvent and insolvent companies, focusing on operational and financial restructurings. Mr. Guidone received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the board of Port-A-Cool LLC, a private Texas-based company jointly owned by Four Corners and Rosewood Private Investments.
Mark Thomson	Mr. Mark Thomson is Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Measurement Specialties Inc. since April 2, 2007. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Thomson held the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Allied Aerospace Industries, Inc., a provider of complex engineering solutions for aerospace & defense contractors and government agencies, since May 2002. Mr. Thomson served as the Senior Director of Finance & Accounting at the Launch Systems Group of Orbital Sciences Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of small space and rocket systems, from January 2001 to May 2002 and Group Controller from June 1998 to January 2001, prior to which he held financial management positions with several subsidiaries of Lockheed Martin, a global designer and manufacturer of aeronautics, electronic systems, information systems and space systems, from 1991 to 1998. Mr. Thomson is a graduate of the Lockheed Martin Financial Management program, holds an MBA from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a BA in Financial Economics from Saint Anselm College and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School General Management program.
Steven Smith	Mr. Steven Smith is Chief Operating Officer of Measurement Specialties Inc. since March 2009. Prior to that, he served as Vice President/General Manager – Asia since January 2006. Prior to joining the Company in December 2005, Mr. Smith spent five years as Vice President/General Manager of a wholly owned subsidiary of Compass Aerospace, Inc., a manufacturer of precision aircraft parts; five years in management consulting in the product development and private equity/due diligence practice areas of George Group, Inc., a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company; and 19 years combined with the aerospace electronics firms of Rockwell International, a manufacturer of defense and aerospace products, and Electrospace Systems, a manufacturer of electronic equipment and systems. Mr. Smith has held operational, engineering, marketing, financial and general management positions in his varied work experience. Mr. Smith received a B.A. in Economics (with minor studies in engineering) from the University of Southern California and a MBA (Finance) from the University of Louisville.
Glen MacGibbon	Mr. Glen MacGibbon is Executive Vice President of Measurement Specialties Inc. since March 2009. Prior to that, he was Group Vice President – Pressure/Force since April 1, 2007, prior to which he served as Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing of Sensor Products Division since March 1, 2005. Prior to that, he was Director of Global Sales & Marketing since joining the Company in 1998. Mr. MacGibbon joined Measurement Specialties through 1998 acquisition of PiezoSensors from AMP Incorporated, where he held various sales management roles since 1989. Previously he was working in both regional sales and technical support roles for the Riston Division of Dupont Electronics, a supplier of electronics and advanced display materials. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University, and an M.B.A. from Illinois Benedictine College.
Jeffrey Kostelni	Mr. Jeffrey C. Kostelni is Vice President - Finance, Treasurer of Measurement Specialties Inc since January 14, 2008. He previously served as Vice President of Finance from November 2006 until January 2008, as Corporate Controller from May 2005 until November 2006, and as SEC and Technical Accounting Director from June 2004 until May 2005. Prior to joining the Company, he was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Bontex, Inc., an international specialty fiberboard manufacturer, from 1994 to 2004, and held various positions in the audit department of Deloitte & Touche, a public accounting firm, from 1988 to 1993. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from Villanova University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mitch Thompson	Mr. Mitch Thompson is Vice President - Technology of Measurement Specialties Inc. since March 2011. Prior to that, he was Vice President – Technology since April 2008, having previously served as Global Engineering Director, Piezo Electric Products. Mr. Thompson joined Measurement Specialties through 1998 acquisition of PiezoSensors from AMP Incorporated, a designer and manufacturer of sensor systems and applications, where he held various technical and management roles since 1986. He holds a B.S. in Meteorology (atmospheric physics) from Penn State University.
John Arnold	Mr. John D. Arnold is Independent Director of Measurement Specialties Inc since June 19, 1995. Mr. Arnold has been in private law practice since 1988, primarily representing technology companies with relationships with Asian investors and/or manufacturers. Prior to 1988, Mr. Arnold was employed with the law firms of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, California and Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Arnold received a B.B.A. in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
Satish Rishi	Mr. Satish Rishi is Independent Director of Measurement Specialties Inc since September 2005. Since April 2006, Mr. Rishi has served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Rambus, Inc., a designer of high-speed chip interfaces. From 2001 to April 2006, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Toppan Photomasks, Inc. (formerly DuPont Photomasks, Inc.), a global provider of photomask technology. During his career, Mr. Rishi has held senior financial management positions at semiconductor and electronics manufacturers. He served as Vice President and Assistant Treasurer at Dell Inc. from 1999 until 2001, and prior to his service at Dell, spent 13 years at Intel Corp., where he held financial management positions of increasing responsibility, both in the United States and overseas. His last position at Intel was Assistant Treasurer. Mr. Rishi received a B.S. with honors in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University, and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from the Walter J. Hass School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Kenneth Thompson	Mr. Kenneth E. Thompson is Independent Director of Measurement Specialties, Inc. since November 10, 2006. Since April 2011, Mr. Thompson has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Verisk Analytics, Inc., a provider of data, analytical tools and decision support services that help measure, manage and reduce risk. From October 2006 to March 2011 he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Verisk and its predecessor, Insurance Services Office, Inc. From January 1997 through September 2006, Mr. Thompson was a partner of McCarter & English, LLP, a law firm that provided legal services to the Company. Mr. Thompson received a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law.
R. Barry Uber	Mr. R. Barry Uber is Independent Director of Measurement Specialties Inc since October 2003. Since 2005, Mr. Uber has been a partner of Coastal Capital Consultants, L.L.C., an investment firm. Mr. Uber was President and Chief Operating Officer of American Commercial Lines Inc. (formerly American Commercial Barge Line), a provider of marine transportation and manufacturing services and solutions, from July 2001 to July 2003. From 1998 to 2000, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of North American Van Lines. Prior to joining North American Van Lines, Mr. Uber served for 30 years at Ingersoll-Rand Co. Inc., a diversified commercial products manufacturer, where he held increasingly responsible executive positions, last serving as Corporate Vice President and President of the Construction Machinery Equipment Group. Mr. Uber received a B.B.A. in business administration from Penn State University where he was awarded an Alumni Fellow Award in 1996.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Morton Topfer	61,956
Frank Guidone	704,059
Mark Thomson	340,502
Steven Smith	291,582
Glen MacGibbon	323,201
Jeffrey Kostelni	--
Mitch Thompson	223,297
John Arnold	--
Satish Rishi	--
Kenneth Thompson	--
R. Barry Uber	--

As Of 30 Mar 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Morton Topfer	0	0
Frank Guidone	800,782	8,176,520
Mark Thomson	12,500	297,527
Steven Smith	55,981	642,684
Glen MacGibbon	79,000	1,313,950
Jeffrey Kostelni	0	0
Mitch Thompson	420	8,694
John Arnold	0	0
Satish Rishi	0	0
Kenneth Thompson	0	0
R. Barry Uber	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
GUIDONE FRANKLIN D JR	8,947	$40.13
TOPFER MORTON L	5,000	$26.91
TOPFER MORTON L	6,500	$34.24
TOPFER MORTON L	5,000	$23.90
GUIDONE FRANKLIN D JR	1,053	$40.01
MACGIBBON GLEN E	6,250	$35.51
GUIDONE FRANKLIN D JR	10,000	$38.16
GUIDONE FRANKLIN D JR	10,000	$36.89
TOPFER MORTON L	16,520	$37.00
KOSTELNI JEFFREY CHARLES	1,375	$4.85
KOSTELNI JEFFREY CHARLES	1,375	$32.09
THOMSON MARK EDWARD	2,946	$31.09
TOPFER MORTON L	20,615	$31.39
MACGIBBON GLEN E	3,454	$31.15
TOPFER MORTON L	4,385	$31.25
MACGIBBON GLEN E	11	$31.50
TOPFER MORTON L	4,841	$31.10
TOPFER MORTON L	189	$31.22
TOPFER MORTON L	900	$31.10
TOPFER MORTON L	12,489	$31.22
TOPFER MORTON L	2,759	$31.15
TOPFER MORTON L	3,822	$31.15
TOPFER MORTON L	16,963	$30.23
TOPFER MORTON L	8,037	$30.20
MACGIBBON GLEN E	3,300	$30.11

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