People: Orion Energy Systems Inc (OESX.A)
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18 Jun 2013
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18 Jun 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
James Kackley |
70 | 2010 | Non-Executive Chairman of the Board |
Michael Potts |
48 | 2010 | President, Chief Operating Officer, Director |
John Scribante |
47 | 2012 | Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Scott Jensen |
45 | 2011 | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer |
Paul Kardish |
49 | 2011 | Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary |
Mark Williamson |
58 | 2009 | Lead Independent Director |
Michael Altschaefl |
53 | 2009 | Independent Director |
Kenneth Goodson |
60 | 2013 | Independent Director |
Tryg Jacobson |
56 | 2011 | Independent Director |
James Leslie |
52 | 2013 | Independent Director |
Elizabeth Rich |
53 | 2010 | Independent Director |
Thomas Schueller |
69 | 2010 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
James Kackley |
Mr. James R. Kackley is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Orion Energy Systems, Inc. He has been a director since 2005 and the non-executive chairman of the board since August 25, 2010, and served as president and chief operating officer from July 2009 until May 2010. Mr. Kackley practiced as a public accountant for Arthur Andersen, LLP from 1963 to 1999. From 1974 to 1999, he was an audit partner for the firm. In addition, in 1998 and 1999, he served as chief financial officer for Andersen Worldwide. From June 1999 to May 2002, Mr. Kackley served as an adjunct professor at the Kellstadt School of Management at DePaul University. Mr. Kackley serves as a director, a member of the executive committee and the audit committee chairman of Herman Miller, Inc. From 2004 until 2010, Mr. Kackley served as a director and member of the management resources and compensation committee and audit committee of PepsiAmericas, Inc. prior to its sale, and from February 2007 to October 2007 served as a director and a member of the nominating and governance committee and the audit committee of Ryerson, Inc. prior to its sale. In December 2010, Mr. Kackley was elected to the board of directors of Perficient, Inc., a publicly-traded information technology consulting firm, where serves as non-executive chairman of the board and as a member of the audit committee and nominating and governance committee. |
Michael Potts |
Mr. Michael J. Potts is President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Orion Energy Systems, Inc. He became president and chief operating officer in July 2010. Prior to becoming president and chief operating officer, Mr. Potts served as executive vice president since 2003 and has served as a director since 2001. Mr. Potts joined the company as vice president — technical services in 2001. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Potts founded Energy Executives Inc., a consulting firm that assisted energy-consuming clients on energy issues. From 1988 through 2001, Mr. Potts was employed by Kohler Co., one of the world’s manufacturers of plumbing products. From 1990 through 1999 he held the position of supervising engineer — energy in Kohler’s energy and utilities department. In 2000, Mr. Potts assumed the position of supervisor energy management group of Kohler’s entire corporate energy portfolio, as well as the position of general manager of its natural gas subsidiary. Mr. Potts is licensed as a professional engineer in Wisconsin. |
John Scribante |
Mr. John H. Scribante is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Orion Energy Systems, Inc. He was the President of Orion Engineered Systems Division since August, 2009, after serving as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Business Development since 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Scribante served as the Company’s Vice President of Sales from 2004 until 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Scribante co-founded and served as chief executive officer of Xe Energy, LLC, a distribution company that specialized in marketing energy reduction technologies, from 2003 to 2004. From 1996 to 2003, he co-founded and served as president of Innovize, LLC, a company that provided outsourcing services to mid-market manufacturing companies. |
Scott Jensen |
Mr. Scott R. Jensen is Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer of Orion Energy Systems, Inc. He has been Chief Financial Officer since June 3, 2011, Chief Accounting Officer since October 31, 2011 and Treasurer since July 2008. He also served as Chief Accounting Officer from April 2011 until June 3, 2011, as Chief Financial Officer from July 2008 until April 2011, as Controller and Vice President of Corporate Finance from 2007 until 2008 and as Director of Finance from 2004 to 2007. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Jensen was the manager of financial planning and analysis at the Mirro Co. (a division of Newell Rubbermaid). Mr. Jensen is a certified public accountant. |
Paul Kardish |
Mr. Paul J. Kardish is Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Orion Energy Systems Inc. He became Vice President — General Counsel on October 17, 2011. Mr. Kardish was appointed by the Board of Directors as Corporate Secretary on November 15, 2011. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Kardish served as senior corporate attorney and director — labor relations and corporate security at Kohler Co., a manufacturer of kitchen products, bath products, engines, power systems, furniture and decorative tile with more than 30,000 employees worldwide, since 2010. In his position at Kohler Co., Mr. Kardish had global responsibilities that included labor, employment and corporate security functions. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Kardish was assistant general counsel at IM Flash Technologies, LLC, a joint venture of Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. that manufactures memory technology for use in consumer electronics, removable storage and handheld communication devices, and served as the joint venture’s primary legal advisor, reporting directly to its chief executive officers. Mr. Kardish was assistant general counsel at Honeywell International Inc., a technology and manufacturing company, from 2003-2005, and served as benefits and employment counsel at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., an international mining company, from 2001-2003. Prior to his employment at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Mr. Kardish was associated with K&L Gates LLP (formerly Hughes & Luce) from 1999-2000. |
Mark Williamson |
Mr. Mark C. Williamson is Lead Independent Director of Orion Energy Systems, Inc. He has served as a director since April 2009 and has been the lead independent director since October 2009. Mr. Williamson has been a partner of Putnam Roby Williamson Communications of Madison, Wis., a strategic communications firm specializing in energy utility matters, since 2008. He has more than 20 years of executive-level utility experience. Prior to joining Putnam Roby Williamson Communications, Mr. Williamson was vice president of projects for American Transmission Company from 2002 to 2008, served as executive vice president and chief strategic officer with Madison Gas and Electric Company from 1986 to 2002 and, prior to 1986, was a trial attorney with the Madison firm Geisler and Kay S.C. |
Michael Altschaefl |
Mr. Michael W. Altschaefl is an Independent Director of Orion Energy Systems Inc., since October 2009. Mr. Altschaefl is an owner and chief executive officer of Albany-Chicago Company LLC, a custom die cast and machined components company. Mr. Altschaefl is a certified public accountant. Prior to joining Albany-Chicago Company LLC in 2008, Mr. Altschaefl served as a partner with Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, for six years. |
Kenneth Goodson |
Mr. Kenneth L. Goodson, Jr., has been appointed as Independent Director of Orion Energy Systems, Inc., effective May 13, 2013. Since 1997, he has been employed by Herman Miller Inc., serving as the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations from 2001 to the present. Mr. Goodson currently expects to retire to special projects with Herman Miller Inc. in June 2013. Mr. Goodson was elected to the Fender Musical Board of Directors in 2006 and has served on the Audit Committee and Personnel Committee and is currently the Chair of the Personnel Committee. Mr. Goodson graduated in 1975 from The Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Administrative Management. |
Tryg Jacobson |
Mr. Tryg C. Jacobson is an Independent Director of Orion Energy Systems, Inc., since May 31, 2011. Since 2010, Mr. Jacobson has been the founder and president of Jake’s Café LLC, a collaborative community for creative professionals. Prior to founding Jake’s Café LLC, Mr. Jacobson was the owner and chairman of Jacobson Rost, a Wisconsin-based marketing communications firm specializing in corporate branding, from 1981 to 2010. Before joining Jacobson Rost, Mr. Jacobson ran Ice Nine Corporation, a Minneapolis textile printing firm he founded in 1978. In addition to his business responsibilities, Mr. Jacobson served until 2010 on the Kohler Foundation’s Board of Directors. He has been a brand specialist/speaker for The Executive Committee since 1995, focusing on teaching his brand methodology to businesses in the United States and Canada. Mr. Jacobson has served as a director of US Sailing Center Sheboygan since 2009. |
James Leslie |
Mr. James D. Leslie has been appointed as Independent Director of Orion Energy Systems, Inc., effective May 13, 2013. Since October 3, 2011, he has been employed by Datalink Corporation, a national data center solutions company, serving as its Executive Vice President of Advisory Services from October 1, 2012 to the present and as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development from October 3, 2011 to September 30, 2012. Prior to joining Datalink Corporation, Mr. Leslie served as Chairman and CEO of Midwave, an IT services company founded by Mr. Leslie. Mr. Leslie graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. |
Elizabeth Rich |
Ms. Elizabeth Gamsky Rich is an Independent Director of Orion Energy Systems, Inc., since June 23, 2010. Since January 2009 and from 2000 to 2007, Ms. Rich has been the owner of, and an attorney with, Elizabeth Gamsky Rich & Associates S.C., a law firm offering legal services in the areas of energy law, environmental law, land use, real estate law and business law. From September 2007 to January 2009, Ms. Rich was a principal shareholder of Petrie & Stocking S.C., supervising a general legal practice and practicing in the areas of energy, environmental and real estate law and related litigation. Ms. Rich has served as a member of the board of directors for Outpost Natural Foods, Gateway 2 Center Inc., the Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors and the Plymouth Arts Foundation, and she serves on the board of directors for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Foundation. |
Thomas Schueller |
Mr. Thomas N. Schueller is an Independent Director of Orion Energy Systems Inc., since April 2010. From 2007 until his retirement in 2009, Mr. Schueller was chief credit officer and managing director of Lake Shore Wisconsin Corporation, a commercial banking enterprise headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Prior to his position at Lake Shore Wisconsin Corporation, Mr. Schueller served as president and senior loan review officer of Community Bank and Trust of Sheboygan, a commercial bank headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, from 1990 to 2007. From 1970 to 1989, Mr. Schueller served in a variety of positions, including senior vice president and regional senior lender, for Citizens Bank and Trust in Sheboygan. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
James Kackley |
270,829 |
Michael Potts |
331,193 |
John Scribante |
337,599 |
Scott Jensen |
253,864 |
Paul Kardish |
-- |
Mark Williamson |
-- |
Michael Altschaefl |
-- |
Kenneth Goodson |
-- |
Tryg Jacobson |
-- |
James Leslie |
-- |
Elizabeth Rich |
-- |
Thomas Schueller |
-- |
As Of 30 Mar 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
James Kackley |
48,000 | 74,600 |
Michael Potts |
30,000 | 1,200 |
John Scribante |
78,000 | 98,869 |
Scott Jensen |
1,000 | 2,500 |
Paul Kardish |
0 | 0 |
Mark Williamson |
0 | 0 |
Michael Altschaefl |
0 | 0 |
Kenneth Goodson |
0 | 0 |
Tryg Jacobson |
0 | 0 |
James Leslie |
0 | 0 |
Elizabeth Rich |
0 | 0 |
Thomas Schueller |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
SCHUELLER THOMAS N |
1,000 | $2.35 |
SCRIBANTE JOHN H |
95,883 | $0.00 |
RICH ELIZABETH GAMSKY |
2,075 | $0.00 |
LESLIE JAMES D |
2,189 | $0.00 |
ALTSCHAEFL MICHAEL W |
7,261 | $0.00 |
JENSEN SCOTT R |
18,594 | $0.00 |
POTTS MICHAEL J |
29,688 | $0.00 |
GOODSON KENNETH L JR |
2,189 | $0.00 |
SCRIBANTE JOHN H |
1,000 | $2.86 |
ALTSCHAEFL MICHAEL W |
6,810 | $0.00 |
JACOBSON TRYG C |
3,892 | $0.00 |
SCHUELLER THOMAS N |
1,000 | $1.48 |
SCHUELLER THOMAS N |
300 | $1.48 |
SCRIBANTE JOHN H |
2,200 | $1.45 |
SCRIBANTE JOHN H |
1,800 | $1.34 |
SCHUELLER THOMAS N |
2,000 | $1.65 |
KACKLEY JAMES R |
10,000 | $1.66 |
SCRIBANTE JOHN H |
5,000 | $1.65 |
JACOBSON TRYG C |
6,173 | $0.00 |
JACOBSON TRYG C |
5,000 | $1.70 |
WILLIAMSON MARK C |
10,000 | $1.65 |
ALTSCHAEFL MICHAEL W |
6,000 | $1.65 |
SCRIBANTE JOHN H |
25,000 | $0.00 |
VERFUERTH NEAL R |
434,174 | $0.00 |
POTTS MICHAEL J |
25,000 | $0.00 |

