People: Mobile Mini Inc (MINI.O)

MINI.O on Nasdaq

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23 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Michael Watts

64 2012 Chairman of the Board

Erik Olsson

50 2013 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Mark Funk

50 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Phillip Hobson

46 2013 Executive Vice President - Operations

Deborah Keeley

48 2005 Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

Christopher Miner

41 2008 Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Ronald Halchishak

65 2008 Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Europe

Kyle Blackwell

49 2002 Senior Vice President - Eastern Division

Jon Keating

43 2008 Senior Vice President - Operations

Ronald Marshall

62 Senior Vice President - Central Division

Frederick McNamee

55 2013 Director

Lawrence Trachtenberg

56 2013 Director

Jeffrey Goble

51 2006 Independent Director

James Martell

57 2010 Independent Director

Stephen McConnell

59 2008 Independent Director

Sanjay Swani

45 2008 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Michael Watts

Mr. Michael L. Watts has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Mobile Mini Inc., effective December 23, 2012. Mr. Watts has been a Mobile Mini Director since 2002 and its lead director since 2005. He currently serves on the Audit, Compensation and Governance & Nominating Committees. He founded Sunstate Equipment Co. in 1977, the second independently owned construction equipment leasing company in the U.S. with 54 locations across nine states, where he currently serves as Executive Chairman. Mr. Watts is also co-owner of Water Movers and Underground Safety Equipment, both specialty rental businesses operating in the southwestern U.S. He was a founder and Chairman of Trench Safety Equipment Company, a specialty equipment rental company, from 1987 until the company was sold in 1998.

Erik Olsson

Mr. Erik Olsson has been appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Mobile Mini Inc., effective March 18, 2013. He was President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of RSC Holdings Inc. from 2006 until the company's acquisition by United Rentals, Inc. in April 2012. During Olsson's tenure as CEO, RSC became a premier provider of rental equipment in North America, servicing the industrial and non-residential construction markets. Over the five years prior to its acquisition in 2012, the company averaged double digit revenue growth, delivered EBITDA margins in the mid-to-high 40s and generated free cash flow resulting in more than $1 billion in debt reduction. Olsson also led RSC's 2007 IPO and sale in 2012 creating gains in shareholder value. Previously, Olsson served as RSC's COO and CFO. Olsson began his career at Atlas Copco Group, where he held several senior financial management positions in Sweden, Brazil and the United States, including Chief Financial Officer for Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation from 1998 to 2000. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Gothenburg.

Mark Funk

Mr. Mark E. Funk is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Mobile Mini Inc., since November 3, 2008. Prior to joining the Company, he was with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. from September 1988 to November 2008, most recently as Managing Director in its Structured Debt Group, where he had worked on numerous high profile transactions. During his tenure at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Funk worked in their New York, London, Chicago and Los Angeles offices. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Funk passed the certified public accountant examination and was a senior auditor with KPMG. Mr. Funk earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University Long Beach and an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles.

Phillip Hobson

Mr. Phillip Hobson has been appointed as Executive Vice President - Operations of Mobile Mini, Inc., effective April 11, 2013. Mr. Hobson previously served as Senior Vice President, Operations–Northern Division of RSC Holdings, Inc. from 2009 until 2012. From 2007-2009, Mr. Hobson was RSC’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations where his duties included responsibility for marketing, IT, purchasing, fleet management, its customer care call center, operational excellence, national accounts and M&A. Mr. Hobson joined RSC in 1998 and served in various financial roles of increasing responsibility until becoming involved in operations in 2005. Mr. Hobson holds a degree in economics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Deborah Keeley

Ms. Deborah K. Keeley is Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of Mobile Mini Inc., since November 2005. From September 2005 to November 2005, she served as Senior Vice President. From June 2005 to September 2005, she served as Senior Vice President and Controller. From August 1996 to June 2005 she served as Vice President and Controller and from August 1995 as Controller. Prior to joining the Company, she was Corporate Accounting Manager for Evans Withycombe Residential, an apartment developer, for six years. Ms. Keeley has an Associate’s degree in Computer Science and received her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Arizona State University.

Christopher Miner

Mr. Christopher J. Miner is Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Mobile Mini Inc., since December 2008. He joined Mobile Mini in June 2008 as Vice President and General Counsel. He was previously a partner at DLA Piper from 2007 to 2008 and advised numerous corporate and financial institution clients on merger, acquisition and capital markets transactions. Prior to that, he was a partner at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, which he joined in 2004. He was an attorney in New York and Europe with Davis Polk & Wardwell from 1999 to 2004 where he specialized in corporate and securities law. Mr. Miner received a B.A. and a J.D. from Brigham Young University.

Ronald Halchishak

Mr. Ronald Halchishak is Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Europe of Mobile Mini Inc. He joined Mobile Mini after the combination with Mobile Storage Group in June 2008 as Senior Vice President and Managing Director-Europe. He had been a Managing Director of Ravenstock MSG since July 2007. Prior to that, from June 2003 to January 2007, he served as the Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic for Nations Rent. From June 1991 to March 2001, Mr. Halchishak was Division President at Rental Service Corporation. He graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.A. in political science and psychology.

Kyle Blackwell

Mr. Kyle G. Blackwell is Senior Vice President - Eastern Division of Mobile Mini Inc. He joined Mobile Mini in 1989 and has served in numerous capacities, currently as Senior Vice President, Eastern Division, since 2002 and as Vice President, Operations from 1999 to 2000. He served as a Regional Manager from 1995 to 1999 and was engaged with the start-up of Texas locations.

Jon Keating

Mr. Jon David Keating is Senior Vice President - Operations of Mobile Mini Inc., since January 2008. He joined Mobile Mini in 1996 and served as Vice President, Manufacturing from April 2005 to December 2007, a Regional Manager from March of 2000 to April 2005 and from November of 1996 to March of 2000 as Branch Manager at Phoenix sales branch.

Ronald Marshall

Mr. Ronald Edward Marshall is Senior Vice President - Central Division of Mobile Mini Inc. From June of 1999 to September of 2003 he was a Regional Manager for three of regions beginning with the Colorado/Utah and ending with the California/Arizona market. He was Director-Acquisitions from February of 1998 to May of 1999. He joined Mobile Mini, Inc. in February of 1997 as Branch Manager of Tucson, Arizona. Prior to joining the Company, he was the General Manager of Pearce Distributing, a beverage distributorship in Phoenix, Arizona.

Frederick McNamee

Mr. Frederick G. McNamee, III, is Director of Mobile Mini Inc. He served as Interim Co-Chief Executive Officers since December 23, 2012. He has served as a director of the Board since June 2008 and is the Chairman of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He has been a principal of Quadrus Consulting, a consulting practice primarily focused in the manufacturing operations and strategic planning domains, since 2000. From 1994 to 1998, he served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Circuits Corporation, which manufactured complex, multi-layer circuit boards used in electronic equipment intended for the computer, communications, instrumentation and industrial controls industries. Following the acquisition of Continental Circuits by Hadco Corporation in 1998, he served as Hadco’s Interim Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President in charge of operations in Malaysia and Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. McNamee received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in 1979.

Lawrence Trachtenberg

Mr. Lawrence Trachtenberg is Director of Mobile Mini Inc. He served as Interim Co-Chief Executive Officers since December 23, 2012. He previously served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Secretary and Treasurer. He retired from the General Counsel and Secretary positions in June 2008 and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer positions in November 2008. He retired from being an Executive Vice President on December 31, 2008 and continued to serve the Company thereafter as a non-officer employee until February 28, 2012. Mr. Trachtenberg received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1981 and his B.A. in Accounting/Economics from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1977.

Jeffrey Goble

Mr. Jeffrey S. Goble is Independent Director of Mobile Mini Inc since February 2006. He is chairman of Compensation Committee. Mr. Goble is President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Providien, LLC, which supplies contract manufacturing services to the medical device and biotech industries. From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Goble was President of Medegen, Inc., which developed and manufactured specialty infusion therapy medical devices and provided contract-manufacturing services for medical device and pharmaceutical original equipment manufacturers. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Goble was Medegen’s Corporate Vice President of Strategic Business Development. Medegen was founded when Mr. Goble, along with other Medegen executives, executed a management-led buy-out of certain operations of the Tech Group Inc. in 2001. Before co-founding Medegen as an independent company, Mr. Goble was Vice President-General Manager of the Tech Group’s North American contract manufacturing division. Mr. Goble joined the Tech Group in 1996 as Vice President-General Manager and established its Customer/Engineering Center. Earlier, Mr. Goble held various marketing and operational management positions in the general merchandise distribution industry. He holds a B.S. in Political Science from Arizona State University.

James Martell

Mr. James J. Martell is Independent Director of Mobile Mini Inc since January 1, 2010. Mr. Martell serves as a Director of Express-1 Expedited Solutions, Inc., a public company engaged in the ground and air freight business, and has over 30 years of experience in the transportation and logistics sectors. Mr. Martell has acted, and continues to act, as a consultant to WCAS X, where he is a member of WCAS X’s Resources Group and serves as a Director of two WCAS X privately-held portfolio companies, Ozburn-Hessey Logistics and Vision Holdings Logistics. Mr. Martell also serves as a Director of 3PD, Inc., a third-party logistics and last-mile delivery provider, and as an independent Director of logistics services providers Unitrans International Corporation and Protrans International, Inc. Mr. Martell graduated in 1976 from Michigan Technological University with a B.S. degree in Business Administration.

Stephen McConnell

Mr. Stephen A McConnell is Independent Director of Mobile Mini Inc since August 1998. He is chairman of Audit Committee. Since 1996, he has been President of Solano Ventures, a private capital investment company holding investments in a broad range of businesses, primarily in Arizona. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. McConnell served as majority stockholder and Chairman of G-L Industries, L.L.C., a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of wood glu-lam beams used in the construction industry. From 1991 to 1997, he was Chairman of Mallco Lumber & Building Materials, Inc., a wholesale distributor of lumber and doors. From 1991 to 1995, he was President of Belt Perry Associates, Inc., a property tax consulting firm. He is also a Director of a number of private companies. Mr. McConnell has a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sanjay Swani

Mr. Sanjay Swani is Independent Director of Mobile Mini Inc since June 27, 2008. He was appointed to the Board of Directors upon Mobile Mini’s acquisition of MSG pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement between Mobile Mini and WCAS X. Mr. Swani served as a Director of MSG from August 2006 until June 2008. Mr. Swani joined WCAS X as a vice president in 1999 and became a general partner in 2001. Prior to joining WCAS X, Mr. Swani worked at Fox Paine & Company, L.L.C. from June 1998 to May 1999 and was with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in their mergers and acquisitions area from 1994 to 1998, and in their debt capital markets area from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Swani has an undergraduate degree from Princeton University (1987) and graduate degrees from the MIT Sloan School of Management (1994) and Harvard Law School (1994).
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