People: U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (SLCA.N)
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Charles Shaver |
51 | Independent Chairman of the Board | |
Bryan Shinn |
51 | 2012 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Donald Merril |
48 | 2013 | Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance |
David Murry |
51 | 2012 | Chief Human Resource Officer, Vice President - Talent Management |
Michael Winkler |
48 | 2011 | Vice President - Operations |
John Blanchard |
39 | 2012 | Vice President, General Manager - Industrial and Specialty Products |
Don Weinheimer |
54 | 2012 | Vice President and General Manager - Oil and Gas |
Bradford Casper |
38 | 2011 | Vice President - Strategic Planning |
Jason Tedrow |
38 | 2012 | Vice President - Supply Chain |
Christine Marshall |
51 | 2012 | General Counsel, Corporate Secretary |
Prescott Ashe |
45 | 2008 | Director |
Brian Slobodow |
44 | 2012 | Director |
Rajeev Amara |
36 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Peter Bernard |
51 | 2012 | Independent Director |
William Kacal |
64 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Michael Lawson |
Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Charles Shaver |
Mr. Charles W. Shaver (Charlie) is Independent Chairman of the Board of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Mr. Shaver has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Axalta Coating Systems, a privately-held company, since February 2013. Mr. Shaver also has served as a member of the board of directors of Taminco Inc., a privately-held producer of alkylamines and alkylamine derivatives, since January 2013. Mr. Shaver was an Operating Partner of Golden Gate Capital from April 2011 to December 2012. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Shaver served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the TPC Group Inc. from 2004 to April 2011, as a Vice President and General Manager for Gentek, Inc. from 2001 to 2004 and as a Vice President and General Manager for Arch Chemicals, Inc. from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Shaver began his career with The Dow Chemical Company, where he held a series of operational and business positions from 1980 to 1996. Mr. Shaver earned a B.S. in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University. |
Bryan Shinn |
Mr. Bryan A. Shinn is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. He has served as the company President since March 2011 and as the company Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company board of directors since January 10, 2012. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Shinn was the company Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from October 2009 to February 2011. Before joining the company, Mr. Shinn was employed by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company from 1983 to September 2009, where he held a variety of key leadership roles in operations, sales, marketing and business management, including Global Business Director and Global Sales Director. Mr. Shinn earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware. |
Donald Merril |
Mr. Donald A. Merril is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., since January 1, 2013. Previously, Mr. Merril had served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Myers Industries Inc. from January 2006 through August 2012. Prior to serving at Myers Industries, Mr. Merril held the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Rubbermaid Home Products Division at Newell Rubbermaid Inc. from 2003 through 2005. Mr. Merril has a B.S. in Accounting from Miami University. |
David Murry |
Mr. David D. Murry is Chief Human Resource Officer, Vice President - Talent Management of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Murry was the Director of Human Resources and Talent Management for Arkema, a diversified chemicals company, from October 2005 to October 2011. He has held positions of increasing leadership with Armstrong, Dell, and Alcoa. Mr. Murry oversees the company Human Resources, Occupational Health, and Safety team members in the corporate office as well as at all of the company operating facilities. Mr. Murry earned a B.S. in Mining Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master’s of Science in Management from Antioch University. |
Michael Winkler |
Mr. Michael L. Winkler is Vice President - Operations of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Before joining the company, Mr. Winkler was Vice President of Operations for Campbell Soup Company from August 2007 to June 2011 and held various positions with Mars Inc. from 1996 to August 2007, including Plant Manager—Columbus Plant and Director of Industrial Engineering. Mr. Winkler earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin—Platteville and an M.B.A. from the University of North Texas. |
John Blanchard |
Mr. John P. Blanchard is Vice President, General Manager - Industrial and Specialty Products of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. Mr. Blanchard possesses over 17 years’ experience in a variety of industries, including nonwovens, composites, building materials and pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Blanchard held various positions of increasing responsibility with Johns Manville from 2005 to September 2011, including Global Business Director from December 2010 to September 2011 and Global Business Manager from February 2008 to December 2010. Mr. Blanchard earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. |
Don Weinheimer |
Mr. Don D. Weinheimer is Vice President and General Manager - Oil and Gas of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., since July 30, 2012. Before joining the company, Mr. Weinheimer had served in various executive positions with Key Energy Services since October 2006 including as Senior Vice President, Strategy, Markets and Technology; Senior Vice President of Business Development, Technology and Strategic Planning; Senior Vice President of Product Development, Strategic Planning and Quality; and Senior Vice President, Production Services. Prior to joining Key Energy Services, Mr. Weinheimer held various positions of increasing responsibility with Halliburton Company, a global energy services company, since 1981 including as Vice President of Technology Globalization within its Energy Services Group from July 2006 to October 2006 and as Vice President of Innovation and Marketing in its Production Optimization Division from July 2004 to June 2006. Mr. Weinheimer has over 31 years of industry experience, including international operational and business development experience in both the Middle East and Algeria. Mr. Weinheimer earned his B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M University. |
Bradford Casper |
Mr. Bradford B. Casper is Vice President - Strategic Planning of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., since May 2011. Before joining the company, Mr. Casper was at Bain & Company, Inc., where he held various positions from 2002 to May 2011 in the United States, Australia and Hong Kong, most recently serving as a Principal from July 2010 to May 2011. Mr. Casper earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. |
Jason Tedrow |
Mr. Jason L. Tedrow is Vice President - Supply Chain of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc., since January 2012. Before joining the company, Mr. Tedrow was with Lafarge Cement where he held various distribution and supply chain management roles of increasing responsibility from 2006 through January 2012, most recently serving as the Director of Distribution for Lafarge’s River Business Unit from July 2011 to January 2012. Mr. Tedrow also held various engineering and supply chain management positions with ConAgra Foods from 2000 to January 2006 and The Amway Corporation from 1998 to August 2000. Mr. Tedrow earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Western Michigan University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. |
Christine Marshall |
Mr. Christine C. Marshall is General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc., since November 2012. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Marshall served as Vice President and General Counsel of the Security Technologies Sector of Ingersoll Rand Company from September 2010 to January 2012. From 2005 to 2010, Ms. Marshall held various positions of increasing responsibility with Tyco International, including General Counsel of Tyco Flow Control Americas from January 2008 to May 2010. Ms. Marshall earned a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Georgetown University School of Law. |
Prescott Ashe |
Mr. Prescott H. Ashe is Director of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., since November 2008. Mr. Ashe has been a Managing Director of Golden Gate Capital since 2000. Mr. Ashe has over 20 years of private equity investing experience and has participated in both growth-equity and management buyout transactions with more than $20.0 billion in value. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Ashe worked at Bain Capital, LLC from 1991 to 2000 and at Bain & Company, Inc. from 1990 to 1991. With respect to service on public company boards, Mr. Ashe has served on the board of directors of Aeroflex Holding Corp. since August 2007, GXS Worldwide, Inc. since June 2010, Aspect Software, Inc. since May 2003 and Infor Inc. since April 2012. Mr. Ashe earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.S. in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. |
Brian Slobodow |
Mr. Brian Slobodow is Director of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Mr. Slobodow has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Atrium Corporation, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, since October 2012. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Slobodow served as the company Chief Administrative Officer from January 2012 to October 2012 and as the company Chief Executive Officer from March 2011 to January 2012. Before joining the company, Mr. Slobodow was President and Chief Operating Officer of Neways Worldwide, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, from May 2007 to March 2011, held numerous positions at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. from 2003 to May 2007, including Vice President, Global Supply Chain and served as a management consultant for A.T. Kearney from 1995 to 2003. Mr. Slobodow earned a B.S. in industrial and manufacturing engineering from the University of Rhode Island and an M.B.A. from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. |
Rajeev Amara |
Mr. Rajeev Amara is Independent Director of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Mr. Amara is a Managing Director of Golden Gate Capital, which he joined in 2000. At Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Amara leads the investment effort in the industrials and energy sector. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Amara worked as an investment banker with the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from 1997 to 1999. With respect to service on public company boards, Mr. Amara has served on the board of directors of Aspect Software, Inc. since January 2011. Mr. Amara earned a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
Peter Bernard |
Mr. Peter C. Bernard is Independent Director of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., since May 1, 2012. Mr. Bernard has been the Chairman of Zeitecs, a specialized artificial lift technology company, since October 2010 and in addition he has served as Chairman of Tendeka, a global completions solutions company headquartered in the United Kingdom, since January 2011. Mr. Bernard served in various roles of increasing responsibility and seniority at Halliburton Company until his retirement in December 2008, including as a member of the Executive Committee from 2007 until December 2008 and as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing from 2006 to April 2008. Additionally, Mr. Bernard served as Vice President and Global Account Executive for Royal Dutch Shell from 2003 to 2004 and President and CEO of Landmark Graphics from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Bernard received his B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. |
William Kacal |
Mr. William J. Kacal is Independent Director of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc., since January 2012. Mr. Kacal currently serves as a director of Integrity Bancshares, Inc., located in Houston, Texas, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Integrity Bank SSB (“Integrity Bank”), the National Association of Corporate Directors—Texas Tri-Cities Chapter, Goodwill Industries International (“Goodwill International”), Goodwill Industries of Houston (“Goodwill Houston”) and the Boy Scouts of America—Sam Houston Area Council (“Boy Scouts Houston”). Mr. Kacal serves on the Audit Committee of Integrity Bank, serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Boy Scouts Houston, and previously served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Goodwill International and Goodwill Houston. Mr. Kacal has over 40 years of accounting and management experience with Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), most recently serving as a partner from 1981 until his retirement in May 2011, and prior to that serving as a member of the audit staff from 1970 to 1981. Mr. Kacal also served as a member of the board of directors of Deloitte from 2004 to May 2011 and as a member of the executive committee from 2004 to 2008. During his time with Deloitte, Mr. Kacal worked with companies in the oil and natural gas industry. Mr. Kacal earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Texas. |
Michael Lawson |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Charles Shaver |
-- |
Bryan Shinn |
1,006,810 |
Donald Merril |
850,865 |
David Murry |
-- |
Michael Winkler |
-- |
John Blanchard |
-- |
Don Weinheimer |
1,150,220 |
Bradford Casper |
-- |
Jason Tedrow |
-- |
Christine Marshall |
-- |
Prescott Ashe |
-- |
Brian Slobodow |
541,871 |
Rajeev Amara |
-- |
Peter Bernard |
-- |
William Kacal |
-- |
Michael Lawson |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Charles Shaver |
0 | 0 |
Bryan Shinn |
0 | 0 |
Donald Merril |
0 | 0 |
David Murry |
0 | 0 |
Michael Winkler |
0 | 0 |
John Blanchard |
0 | 0 |
Don Weinheimer |
0 | 0 |
Bradford Casper |
0 | 0 |
Jason Tedrow |
0 | 0 |
Christine Marshall |
0 | 0 |
Prescott Ashe |
0 | 0 |
Brian Slobodow |
0 | 0 |
Rajeev Amara |
0 | 0 |
Peter Bernard |
0 | 0 |
William Kacal |
0 | 0 |
Michael Lawson |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
BLANCHARD JOHN PAUL |
781 | $21.81 |
CASPER BRADFORD B |
971 | $21.81 |
TEDROW JASON LEROY |
1,600 | $21.81 |
MURRY DAVID D |
617 | $21.81 |
SHINN BRYAN ADAIR |
1,715 | $21.81 |
WINKLER MICHAEL L |
971 | $21.81 |
ASHE PRESCOTT H |
9,775,000 | $21.12 |
SHINN BRYAN ADAIR |
9,775,000 | $21.12 |
GGC USS HOLDINGS L L C |
9,775,000 | $21.12 |
AMARA RAJEEV |
9,775,000 | $21.12 |
SHAVER CHARLES W |
9,775,000 | $21.12 |
GGC OPPORTUNITY FUND MANAGEMENT GP LTD |
9,775,000 | $21.12 |
TEDROW JASON LEROY |
10,000 | $0.00 |
SHINN BRYAN ADAIR |
19,000 | $0.00 |
BLANCHARD JOHN PAUL |
10,000 | $0.00 |
WINKLER MICHAEL L |
12,000 | $0.00 |
CASPER BRADFORD B |
12,000 | $0.00 |
TEDROW JASON LEROY |
10,000 | $0.00 |
MURRY DAVID D |
7,000 | $0.00 |
KACAL WILLIAM JENNINGS |
10,000 | $9.89 |
BLANCHARD JOHN PAUL |
500 | $12.75 |
WINKLER MICHAEL L |
1,000 | $14.54 |
KACAL WILLIAM JENNINGS |
8,000 | $13.99 |
CASPER BRADFORD B |
500 | $17.00 |
GGC OPPORTUNITY FUND MANAGEMENT GP LTD |
8,804,552 | $15.81 |

