People: MKS Inc (MKX.TO)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Deck, Philip 40 2009 Executive Chairman of the Board
Harris, Michael 2009 President, Chief Executive Officer
Gibb, Robert 2001 Vice Chairman of the Board, Lead Independent Director
Sawatzky, Douglas 2005 Chief Financial Officer
Bosanko, Thomas President and Chief Operating Officer - Interoperability Business Unit
Ozols, Arnold 2003 Vice President - North American Customer Operations
Cull, John 2008 Vice President - Marketing and Business Development
Wigg, David Vice President - Technology
Mackin, Rob 2005 Managing Director, Northern Europe Region
Hornek, Thomas 2005 Managing Director, Central and Southern Europe Region
Jones, David 2005 Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Region
White, Alex 2000 Director
Hurlow, Gerald 2001 Director
Giffen, J. Ian 51 2001 Director
Hoffmann, Christopher 2003 Director
Gwin, Howard 2004 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Deck, Philip Mr. Philip Deck is Executive Chairman of the Board of MKS Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of MKS Inc since January 2001 to Nov. 24, 2009, and was appointed Chairman in October 2001. From 1994 to January 2000, Mr. Deck served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and/or Chief Executive Officer of Certicom Corp., a cryptography and information security company located in Mississauga, Ontario.
Harris, Michael Mr. Michael Harris has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of MKS Inc. He serves as President MKS Inc. Mr. Harris served as Chief Operating Officer since July 22, 2002 to Nov. 24, 2009 and was appointed President in November 2005. Mr. Harris was the former President of Industry Specific Applications (ISA) as well as CEO of the Interealty division of Geac Computer Corporation. Prior to his experience at Geac, Mr. Harris held executive positions of increasing responsibility at SunGard Data Systems, based out of London, England and New York, including Managing Director of North America. Mr. Harris holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from York University.
Gibb, Robert Mr. Robert Gibb has served as an outside member of the Board of Directors of MKS Inc since May 1994 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation in November 2000. Mr. Gibb served as Interim Chief Executive Officer until January 2001 and as Chairman until October 2001. In October 2001, Mr. Gibb was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Corporation and continues in that capacity as Lead Director. Mr. Gibb is President of The Cypress Group Inc., a strategic, operational and financial consulting firm, founded by him in October 1996. He is President and director of Carriff Engineered Fabrics Corporation, a private Delaware corporation specializing in the manufacturing and marketing of engineered textiles for the industrial, retail and medical markets in North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Gibb was Chief Operating Officer of The Coinamatic Group of Companies from October 2002 until November 2003. Since 1996 he has been a Director of Agrico Canada Ltd. Canada's largest privately held fertilizer distribution and marketing company. In May 2000 Mr. Gibb was elected Chairman of Prism Medical Ltd., a publicly traded medical devices company, a position he held until March, 2005. Mr. Gibb is currently a director of Prism Medical Ltd. and a member of the audit committee. Mr. Gibb is a founding partner and director of Summitt Energy Marketing LLP, a private company providing electricity and natural gas services across Canada.
Sawatzky, Douglas Mr. Douglas Sawatzky is Chief Financial Officer of MKS Inc. Mr. Sawatzky joined the Company in October 2001 and has held positions with the Company as Corporate Controller and Vice President, Finance. Mr. Sawatzky was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2005. Prior to joining MKS, Mr. Sawatzky held various financial positions at United Rentals of Canada and ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. Mr. Sawatzky is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator.
Bosanko, Thomas Mr. Thomas Bosanko is President of the MKS Inc Interoperability business unit, a position he has held since 1999. From 1995 to 1999 Mr. Bosanko served as President and COO of DataFocus Incorporated, which was acquired by the Company in 1999. Prior to 1995, Mr. Bosanko co-founded and was CEO of Convergent Solutions, Inc. (CSI), a software company publicly-traded on NASDAQ. Mr. Bosanko served on the Board of Directors of CSI from 1987 until 1995. From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Bosanko also served on the Board of Directors of KTI, an energy company publicly-traded on NASDAQ. Mr. Bosanko is currently a general partner in Monumental Venture Partners (MVP) and has served as an advisor to MVP’s Board of Directors, as well as advisor to the Board of Directors of SonoMedica, Inc., one of MVP’s portfolio companies.
Ozols, Arnold Mr. Arnold Ozols is Vice-President, North American Customer Operations of MKS Inc. Mr. Ozols joined MKS in January 2003 to his current position. Prior to joining MKS, Mr. Ozols was the Vice President of Customer Operations for Interealty, a provider of MLS and real estate agent productivity tools. Mr. Ozols was with Interealty from April, 2000 to January, 2003.
Cull, John Mr. John Cull is Vice President, Marketing and Business Development of MKS Inc., responsible for leadership of MKS’ global marketing activities and strategic alliance initiatives, a position he has held since September 2008. Additionally, Mr. Cull leads the North American team of Area Account Managers to develop territories and build a broader base of MKS customers. Mr. Cull joined the Company in 2003 as Eastern Regional Sales Director and was promoted to Vice-President, North American Sales in 2005. Prior to joining MKS, Mr. Cull was employed with Rational Software as a District Sales Manager (Atlanta, GA) from 1994 to 2002 where he managed both sales and technical personnel with overall responsibility for product sales and services.
Wigg, David Mr. David Wigg is Vice-President of Technology of MKS Inc. Mr. Wigg joined MKS in 1998 and was previously the Director of Strategic Development where he was responsible for the evolution of the company's core technology. Prior to joining MKS, Mr. Wigg was employed by technology companies HumanCAD and Virtek Vision Corp.
Mackin, Rob Mr. Rob Mackin is Managing Director, Northern Europe Region of MKS Inc. and is responsible for all sales and service activities in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. Mr. Mackin joined MKS in 2003 and has held the position of Managing Director since January 2005. Mr. Mackin was Director of Sales at i4i, Inc. from June 1998 to October 2003. i4i, Inc. is a world leader in the design and development of collaborative content solutions and technologies. Mr. Mackin holds an Economics and Finance degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Hornek, Thomas Mr. Thomas Hornek is Managing Director of Central and Southern Europe Region of MKS Inc. and is responsible for all sales and service activities in Central and South Europe. Mr. Hornek joined MKS in November 1995 and has held the position of Managing Director since 2001. Mr. Hornek holds a degree of business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany.
Jones, David Mr. David Jones is Managing Director of Asia-Pacific Region of MKS Inc. and is responsible for all sales and service activities in Asia-Pacific. Mr. Jones joined MKS in December 2005. Prior to joining MKS, Mr. Jones was employed by Eontec Ltd as Managing Director, Asia Pacific & Japan until its acquisition by Siebel Systems where Mr. Jones was employed as General Manager and Vice President, Financial Services, Asia Pacific & Japan. Prior to that, Mr. Jones launched several software businesses in Japan and Asia, after receiving a scholarship from the Irish government in 1986 to study Japanese and Japanese business practices.
White, Alex Mr. Alex White is a founder of MKS Inc. and has served on the Corporation’s Board of Directors from May 1994 until September 2000 and from October 2000 to the present. Mr. White is currently Chief Architect of the Corporation and was also Vice President, Product Development from January 1995 until March 2001. From January 1991 until January 1995, Mr. White served as Vice President, Special Projects of the Corporation.
Hurlow, Gerald Mr. Gerald Hurlow has served as an outside member of MKS Inc. Board of Directors since January 2001. Since 1987, Mr. Hurlow has been a managing partner of HSD Partners Inc. (and predecessor entities). Mr.Hurlow has extensive executive and investor experience in the technology and consumer products industries.
Giffen, J. Ian Mr. J. (Ian) Giffen has served as an outside member of the Board of Directors of MKS Inc since October 2001 and previously served as an outside member of the Corporation’s board of directors in the period April 1996 to September 1999. Since 1996, Mr. Giffen has been an advisor/director to software companies and technology investment funds. From January 1992 to January 1996, Mr. Giffen was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Alias Research, a developer of 3D graphics software. Mr. Giffen is currently Chairman of Descartes Systems Inc. and a director of Corel Corporation Inc. and RuggedCom Inc. as well as a director/advisor to a number of other private companies. Mr. Giffen is a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Hoffmann, Christopher Mr. Christopher Hoffmann has served as an outside member of MKS Inc. Board of Directors since September 2003. Mr. Hoffmann has been Executive Vice President of Brompton Limited, a provider of specialized financial products and services, since October 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Hoffmann was a partner with the law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto. Mr. Hoffmann has been a director of numerous publicly traded and private companies. Currently he is a director of Brompton Corp. and Northern Trust Company, Canada.Mr. Hoffmann is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and holds a Bachelor of Laws from McGill University.
Gwin, Howard Mr. Howard Gwin has served as an outside member of the Board of Directors of MKS Inc since September 2004. Mr. Gwin is currently an executive management consultant, advising chief executive officers in the technology industry. Prior to being an executive management consultant, Mr. Gwin served as a Consultant at Solect Technology Group, a provider of billing, customer care and service management software from May 2000 to December 2000 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Solect Technology Group from February 2000 to April 2000. Prior to Solect, Mr. Gwin served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations at Peoplesoft, Inc. from February 1999 to January 2000, as Senior Vice President, International from January 1998 to January 1999, as Vice President, Europe from May 1996 to December 1997 and as Vice President, Canada from September 1994 to May 1996. Mr. Gwin is currently a director of Taleo Corporation. Mr. Gwin holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University, of Burnaby, British Columbia.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Deck, Philip 569,666
Harris, Michael 585,022
Gibb, Robert --
Sawatzky, Douglas 244,183
Bosanko, Thomas 479,089
Ozols, Arnold --
Cull, John --
Wigg, David --
Mackin, Rob --
Hornek, Thomas 1,047,090
Jones, David 444,466
White, Alex --
Hurlow, Gerald --
Giffen, J. Ian --
Hoffmann, Christopher --
Gwin, Howard --
As Of 29 Apr 2009

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Deck, Philip 560,012 99,512
Harris, Michael 1,540,812 319,700
Gibb, Robert 0 0
Sawatzky, Douglas 198,968 12,534
Bosanko, Thomas 284,394 105,825
Ozols, Arnold 0 0
Cull, John 0 0
Wigg, David 0 0
Mackin, Rob 0 0
Hornek, Thomas 110,354 9,033
Jones, David 165,900 1,800
White, Alex 0 0
Hurlow, Gerald 0 0
Giffen, J. Ian 0 0
Hoffmann, Christopher 0 0
Gwin, Howard 0 0

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