People: Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM)

SAM on New York Consolidated

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17 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

C. James Koch

62 2010 Chairman of the Board

Martin Roper

49 2003 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

William Urich

55 2003 Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

Thomas Lance

57 2007 Vice President - Operations

John Geist

50 2007 Vice President - Sales

Ai-Li Lim

42 2012 Vice President - Human Resources

Kathleen Wade

62 2012 Vice President - Legal, Corporate Secretary

David Grinnell

53 2008 Vice President - Brewing

Robert Pagano

61 2011 Vice President - Brand Development

David Burwick

50 2005 Independent Director

Pearson Cummin

69 1995 Independent Director

Jay Margolis

2006 Independent Director

Gregg Tanner

56 2007 Independent Director

Jean-Michel Valette

52 2003 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

C. James Koch

Mr. C. James Koch is Chairman of the Board of Boston Beer Company Inc. Mr. Koch founded the Company in 1984 and currently serves as its Chairman. Until January 2001, Mr. Koch also served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and he served as the Company’s Secretary/Clerk until May 2010. Prior to starting the Company, he had worked as a consultant for an international consulting firm, with a focus on manufacturing. His 27 years at the helm of the Company, during which it grew from a small start-up company to its current position, is a testament to his skill in brewing, strategy, brand development and industry leadership.

Martin Roper

Mr. Martin F. Roper is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Boston Beer Company Inc. Mr. Roper is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a position he has held since January 2001. Mr. Roper joined the Company as Vice President of Manufacturing and Business Development in September 1994, became the Chief Operating Officer in April 1997 and became President and Chief Operating Officer in December 1999. In November 2007, Mr. Roper joined the board of directors of Lumber Liquidators, Inc., a Virginia-based hardwood flooring retailer and is chair of its compensation committee and a member of its audit committee. Mr. Roper holds a masters degree in manufacturing, as well as an advanced degree in business management. Prior to joining the Company, he worked as a strategy consultant and led small manufacturing companies in turn-around situations.

William Urich

Mr. William F. Urich is Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer of Boston Beer Company Inc., since September 2003. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Urich had been the Chief Financial Officer of Acirca, Inc., a producer of organic foods and beverages, from 2001 to 2003. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Urich served as Vice President Finance and Business Development for United Distillers & Vintners, a subsidiary of Diageo, PLC, and from 1995 to 1998 as its Vice President Finance and Treasurer.

Thomas Lance

Mr. Thomas W. Lance is Vice President - Operations of Boston Beer Company Inc., since January 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lance had served as Executive Vice President of Ken’s Foods, Inc., a food product manufacturer located in Marlborough, MA, from January 2001 to January 2007. Prior to joining Ken’s Foods, Mr. Lance held a number of positions in operations with Bausch and Lomb, a manufacturer of vision care products located in Rochester, NY.

John Geist

Mr. John C. Geist is Vice President - Sales of Boston Beer Company Inc., since February 2007. He served as National Sales Manager of the Company since December 1998. Mr. Geist came to the Company in 1997 from a alcohol beverage distributor where he had been a sales manager.

Ai-Li Lim

Ms. Ai-Li Lim is Vice President - Human Resources of Boston Beer Company, Inc., since February 2012. Prior to joining the Company in February 2012, Ms. Lim had served as Senior Director of Human Resources at Vistaprint USA, Inc., an online provider of marketing products and services located in Lexington, MA, for over three years. She served as Director of Management Effectiveness at Fidelity Human Resources Service at FMR LLC, part of the Fidelity group of companies, located in Marlborough, MA from 2007 to 2008. Before that, Ms. Lim worked for Monitor Group, an international consulting firm located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for 13 years, first as a consultant and then in the human assets department, serving during the last three years there as Global Human Asset Manager.

Kathleen Wade

Ms. Kathleen H. Wade is Vice President - Legal and Corporate Secretary of Boston Beer Company, Inc. She joined the Company in 1999 as Corporate Legal Director and Corporate Secretary. She became Secretary of the Company in 2010 and was appointed Vice President-Legal in March 2012.

David Grinnell

Mr. David A. Grinnell is Vice President - Brewing of Boston Beer Company Inc., since January 2008. He served as Director of Quality and Brewing of the Company since 2001. Mr. Grinnell came to the Company in 1988 from New Amsterdam Brewing Company, where he was a founding member.

Robert Pagano

Mr. Robert P. Pagano is Vice President - Brand Development of Boston Beer Company Inc., since February 2011. Mr. Pagano had previously served as Managing Director of the brand strategy firm, Red Sky Insights, LLC, located in Sudbury, Massachusetts and New York, New York. From 2000-2006, he served as a partner of Monitor Group, a consulting company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1986, Mr. Pagano co-founded the advertising firm, Pagano Schenck & Kay, Inc., located in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1997, he sold his interest in the agency to become Senior Vice President and Group Account Director at Mullen Advertising, which is currently located in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served until 2000.

David Burwick

Mr. David A. Burwick is Independent Director of Boston Beer Company Inc. In April, 2010, Mr. Burwick became President, North America, of Weight Watchers International, Inc., a publicly-held company based in New York City and a provider of weight management services. Mr. Burwick had been Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of PepsiCo — North American Beverages, headquartered in Purchase, New York until September 2009. Before assuming that position in April 2008, he had been Executive Vice President, Commercial, of PepsiCo International and President of Pepsi-QTG Canada, headquartered in Toronto, a position he held from November 2005 to March 2008. Mr. Burwick held several positions with Pepsi-Cola North America, including serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from June 2002 until immediately prior to his move to Pepsi-QTG Canada.

Pearson Cummin

Mr. Pearson C. Cummin, III, is Independent Director of Boston Beer Company Inc. Mr. Cummin has been active as a private investor for over five years and is currently the Managing Member of Grey Fox Associates I, LLC, a private investment company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. He served as a Director of Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc., a California-based specialty apparel retailer, from 1988 through March 2010, where he also had served as chair of its compensation committee and a member of its audit and nominating/governance committees. Mr. Cummin currently serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the American Diabetes Association. From 1986 through 2002, Mr. Cummin served as a general partner of Consumer Venture Partners, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based venture capital firm.

Jay Margolis

Mr. Jay Margolis is Independent Director of Boston Beer Company Inc. Mr. Margolis is Chairman of Intuit Consulting LLC, a consulting firm specializing in retail, fashion and consumer products located in Watermill, New York. He serves as a Director of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, a privately held company headquartered in Burlington, New Jersey, Godiva Chocolatier Inc., a privately held, high-end specialty chocolate manufacturer and retailer, with its North American headquarters located in New York, New York, and Built NY, Inc., a privately held designer and manufacturer of fashionable and functional totes, bags, cases and similar consumer products, also headquartered in New York, New York. From October 2005 through July 2007, Mr. Margolis served as the President and CEO of the Apparel Group of Limited Brands located in Ohio. Before assuming that position, he had been President and Chief Operating Officer of Massachusetts-based Reebok, Inc. since 2001, where he also served as a Director. Prior to that he served on the boards and as an executive officer of other well-known clothing brands.

Gregg Tanner

Mr. Gregg A. Tanner is Independent Director of Boston Beer Company Inc. Mr. Tanner is currently President, Fresh Dairy Direct, and Chief Supply Chain Officer of Dean Foods Company of Dallas, Texas, a position he has held since December 2011, after having served as its Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer since November 2007. From July 2006 through October 2007, Mr. Tanner was Senior Vice President of Global Operations for The Hershey Company of Hershey, Pennsylvania. He was with ConAgra Foods of Omaha, Nebraska from September 2001 through July 2005, holding the position of Senior Vice President, Retail Supply Chain from June 2002 through July 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Tanner held positions of increasing responsibility at the Quaker Oats Company and Ralston Purina Company. Mr. Tanner has over 30 years of operations and supply chain management experience in the food and beverage industry, with experience in risk management.

Jean-Michel Valette

Mr. Jean-Michel Valette is Independent Director of Boston Beer Company Inc. Mr. Valette currently serves as an independent advisor to select branded consumer companies. He is Chairman of the Board and a member of the audit and nominating/governance committees of Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc., a California-based specialty coffee company. He is also Chairman of the Board and a member of the audit committee of Select Comfort Corporation, a Minneapolis-based bedding company. Until October 2006, he was Chairman of Robert Mondavi Winery, a California wine company. Prior to assuming that position, he had served as President and Managing Director of Robert Mondavi Winery from October 2004 to January 2005. From May 2003 through May 2006, Mr. Valette served as a Class B Director of the Company.

Basic Compensation

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

C. James Koch

50,000 597,094

Martin Roper

908,323 10,544,410

William Urich

211,500 3,947,710

Thomas Lance

0 0

John Geist

11,800 690,967

Ai-Li Lim

0 0

Kathleen Wade

0 0

David Grinnell

42,436 17,479

Robert Pagano

0 0

David Burwick

0 0

Pearson Cummin

0 0

Jay Margolis

0 0

Gregg Tanner

0 0

Jean-Michel Valette

0 0
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