People: Viasystems Group Inc (VIAS.OQ)
VIAS.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Market
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Steffen |
71 | 2003 | Independent Chairman of the board |
David Sindelar |
55 | 2001 | Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Gerald Sax |
52 | 2005 | Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President |
Timothy Conlon |
61 | 1998 | President, Chief Operating Officer, Director |
Richard Kampf |
57 | 2007 | Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing |
Brian Barber |
57 | 2007 | Senior Vice President - Operations Printed Circuit Board & Supply Chain Management |
Peter Frank |
65 | 2010 | Director |
Jack Furst |
2005 | Director | |
Edward Herring |
42 | 2006 | Director |
Michael Burger |
54 | 2010 | Independent Director |
Robert Cummings |
63 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Kirby Dyess |
66 | 2010 | Independent Director |
William Owens |
72 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Dominic Pileggi |
61 | 2012 | Independent Director |
David Stevens |
60 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Kelly Wetzler |
Investor Relations Contact Officer |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Christopher Steffen |
Mr. Christopher J. Steffen is Independent Chairman of the Board of Viasystems Group, Inc. He has been Chairman of the Board since December 2003 and a director since October 2003. Mr. Steffen serves as a director of W. R. Grace & Co., Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. and Accelrys, Inc. From 2002 to 2010, he served as an advisor to Wall Street Management and Capital, Inc., a boutique business financial advisory firm. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Steffen served as the Vice Chairman and director of Citicorp and its principal subsidiary, Citibank, N.A. and in 1993, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eastman Kodak. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Steffen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and director of Honeywell, Inc. |
David Sindelar |
Mr. David M. Sindelar is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. He has been a director since August 2001 and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since July 2001. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 1997 through June 2001. Previously, Mr. Sindelar served as Chief Executive Officer of International Wire Group, Inc. and LLS Corp. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Berg Electronics Corp. In addition, Mr. Sindelar served as a member of the board of directors of International Wire Group, Inc. and as a director, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer of LLS Corporation. |
Gerald Sax |
Mr. Gerald G. Sax is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Viasystems Group, Inc. Mr. Sax served as Senior Vice President-Supply Chain from February 2003 to August 2005. He served as Senior Vice President-Europe from July 1999 to January 2003. Mr. Sax joined the Company in November 1998, in the position of Vice President-Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sax was Vice President-Corporate Controller for Berg Electronics Corp. from September 1995 to October 1998. |
Timothy Conlon |
Mr. Timothy L. Conlon is President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Conlon was President and Chief Operating Officer of Berg Electronics Corp. from January 1997 through October 1998. Mr. Conlon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Berg Electronics Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berg Electronics Corp., from October 1993 through January 1997. Mr. Conlon is a member of the board of trustees of Maryville University and an advisor to Celerant Consulting. |
Richard Kampf |
Mr. Richard B. Kampf is Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing of Viasystems Group, Inc. From November 2002 to December 2007, Mr. Kampf was Vice President of Sales & Marketing, and from March 2000 to October 2002, Mr. Kampf was Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Viasystems Printed Circuit Board, Americas. Mr. Kampf joined the Company in April 1999, as Director of Sales for the Americas with over 18 years of experience in the electronics industry with companies such as Marshall Industries, where he was Vice President of Sales, and Thomas & Betts Corporation, where he was Vice President of Sales & Marketing. |
Brian Barber |
Mr. Brian W. Barber is Senior Vice President - Operations Printed Circuit Board & Supply Chain Management of Viasystems Group, Inc., since December 2007. From November 2000 to December 2007, Mr. Barber was Vice President Operations Printed Circuit Board/Electro-mechanical, Americas, and from January 2000 to October 2000, Mr. Barber was Vice President Printed Circuit Board Operations. Prior to joining Viasystems in 2000, Mr. Barber had been employed by Hadco Corporation since 1982 serving as Vice President and Business Unit Manager of their high technology operation. |
Peter Frank |
Mr. Peter R. Frank is Director of Viasystems Group Inc. In 2011, Mr. Frank joined Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. (“Black Diamond”) where he is currently a Senior Managing Director. From 2010 to 2011, he served as President and Senior Managing Director of GSC Group, which he joined in 2001. In addition, Mr. Frank was a member of the investment committees for GSC Group’s Recovery Funds, European Corporate Debt and European Mezzanine Funds. From 2008 to 2010, he served as Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Corporate Credit and Distressed Investment Group for GSC Group. From 2005 until 2008, he served as the Senior Operating Executive for GSC Group’s Recovery Funds and from 2001 to 2004, he served as a consultant for GSC Group. GSC Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2010. Prior to 2001, Mr. Frank was the Chief Executive Officer of Ten Hoeve Bros., Inc. and was an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He serves on the boards of directors of several privately held companies. |
Jack Furst |
Mr. Jack D. Furst is Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. He was a director of the Company from 1996 to February 2003 and resumed his position as a director of the Company in February 2005. Mr. Furst is the founder of his own private investment firm, Oak Stream Investors, which he started in 2012. He has been affiliated with HM Capital Partners LLC (“HM Capital”), a private equity firm, since 1989, the year in which it was formed (as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, Incorporated). Until 2008, he was a Partner in HM Capital and was in all aspects of the firm’s business, including originating, structuring and monitoring HM Capital’s investments. Mr. Furst has 25 years of experience in leveraged acquisitions and private investments. Prior to joining HM Capital, Mr. Furst served as a Vice President and subsequently a Partner of Hicks & Haas from 1987 to 1989. From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Furst was a merger and acquisitions/corporate finance specialist for The First Boston Corporation in New York. Before joining First Boston, Mr. Furst was a Financial Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
Edward Herring |
Mr. Edward Herring is Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. Mr. Herring is a Partner at HM Capital, which he joined in 1998. Mr. Herring serves as a director of several privately held companies, including BlackBrush Oil & Gas, L.P., TexStar Midstream Services, LP and Advanced H2O LLC, and is on the executive board of Capital for Kids. Mr. Herring previously served as a director of Regency Energy Partners LC and Swift & Company. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Herring attended Harvard Business School and earned a Masters in Business Administration degree. From 1993 to 1996 Mr. Herring was an investment banker with Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
Michael Burger |
Mr. Michael D. Burger is Independent Director of Viasystems Group Inc. Mr. Burger is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Cascade Microtech, Inc., which provides electrical measurement and semiconductor testing technology. He served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Merix Corporation from April 2007 until February 2010. From November 2004 until joining Merix Corporation, Mr. Burger served as President of the Components Business of Flextronics Corporation, a provider of advanced design and electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers. Prior to Flextronics, from 1999 to November 2004, Mr. Burger was employed by ZiLOG, Inc., a supplier of devices for embedded control and communications applications. From May 2002 until November 2004, Mr. Burger served as ZiLOG’s President and a member of its board of directors. |
Robert Cummings |
Mr. Robert F. Cummings is Independent Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. In 2010, Mr. Cummings became a Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at JP Morgan Chase & Co. He currently serves as a director of Corning Incorporated. Mr. Cummings joined GSC Group, Inc. (“GSC Group”), a privately held money management firm, in 2002 where he served as Senior Managing Director until he retired in July 2009. GSC Group filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2010. Mr. Cummings served as a member of the board of directors of Saratoga Investment Corp. from 2007 to 2010 and of RR Donnelley & Sons Company from 2003 to 2007. Before joining GSC Group, Mr. Cummings was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. for 28 years, where he was a member of the Corporate Finance Department. |
Kirby Dyess |
Ms. Kirby A. Dyess is Independent Director of Viasystems Group Inc. Ms. Dyess served as a director of Merix Corporation from 2002 until February 2010. She served as Vice President of Intel Corporation and Director of Operations for Intel Capital from April 2001 until her retirement in December 2002. She served as Vice President and Director of New Business Development of Intel Corporation from January 1997 to April 2001 and was Corporate Vice President and Director of Human Resources worldwide from 1993 to 1996. Ms. Dyess serves on the boards of directors of Portland General Electric and Itron, Inc., as well as privately held companies Prolifiq Software, Inc. and Compli, Inc. |
William Owens |
Admiral William Arthur Owens is Independent Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. He has served as the Chairman of AEA Investors (Asia) since April 2006 and has served as Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AEA Holdings Asia, a New York private equity company at various times since then. Mr. Owens previously served as Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Nortel Networks Corporation, a global supplier of communications equipment, from May 2004 to November 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Owens served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Teledesic LLC, a satellite communications company, from February 1999 to May 2004. During that same period, Mr. Owens also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Teledesic’s affiliated company, Teledesic Holdings Ltd. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Owens was President, Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Mr. Owens served in the U.S. military from 1962 to 1996, holding various key leadership positions, including Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Mr. Owens also serves as Chairman of CenturyLink, Inc. (2009 to present), a director of Polycom, Inc. (2005 to present) and a director of Wipro Limited (2006 to present), all public companies. He served as a member of the boards of directors of Daimler Chrysler AG from 2003 until 2009 and of Embarq Corporation from 2006 to 2009. |
Dominic Pileggi |
Mr. Dominic J. Pileggi is Independent Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. He is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Thomas & Betts Corporation, positions he has held since 2004 and 2006, respectively. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Pileggi held other senior executive positions with Thomas & Betts Corporation. From 1998 to 2000, he was President of the Electro-Mechanical Solutions Division of the Company. From 1995 to 1998, he held senior executive positions with Casco Plastic, Inc. and Jordan Telecommunications. Mr. Pileggi held executive positions with Thomas & Betts Corporation from 1979 through 1994. He serves as a director of Exide Corporation and served as a director of the Lubrizol Corporation from 2005 to 2011. |
David Stevens |
Mr. David D. Stevens is Independent Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. Mr. Stevens was the Chief Executive Officer of Accredo Health Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc., from 2005 to 2006. He was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Accredo Health, Inc. from 1996 to 2005. Mr. Stevens was the President and Chief Operating Officer of the predecessor companies of Accredo Health from their inception in 1983 until 1996. Mr. Stevens has been a director and Chairman of the Board of Wright Medical Group, Inc. since 2004 and a director of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. since 2012 to present, both public companies. He served as a member of the boards of directors of Thomas & Betts Corporation from 2004 to May 2012 and of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. from 2006 to April 2012. |
Kelly Wetzler |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Christopher Steffen |
-- |
David Sindelar |
4,520,160 |
Gerald Sax |
1,413,680 |
Timothy Conlon |
2,925,330 |
Richard Kampf |
1,153,820 |
Brian Barber |
1,614,130 |
Peter Frank |
-- |
Jack Furst |
-- |
Edward Herring |
-- |
Michael Burger |
-- |
Robert Cummings |
-- |
Kirby Dyess |
-- |
William Owens |
-- |
Dominic Pileggi |
-- |
David Stevens |
-- |
Kelly Wetzler |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Christopher Steffen |
0 | 0 |
David Sindelar |
0 | 0 |
Gerald Sax |
0 | 0 |
Timothy Conlon |
0 | 0 |
Richard Kampf |
0 | 0 |
Brian Barber |
0 | 0 |
Peter Frank |
0 | 0 |
Jack Furst |
0 | 0 |
Edward Herring |
0 | 0 |
Michael Burger |
0 | 0 |
Robert Cummings |
0 | 0 |
Kirby Dyess |
0 | 0 |
William Owens |
0 | 0 |
Dominic Pileggi |
0 | 0 |
David Stevens |
0 | 0 |
Kelly Wetzler |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
8,189,803 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
1,425,833 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
23,303 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
2,632,918 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
1,352,023 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
35,064 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
1,595,482 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
222,120 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
10,100 | $0.00 |
VG HOLDINGS L L C |
75,912 | $0.00 |
CONLON TIMOTHY L |
21,557 | $11.51 |
BARBER BRIAN W |
5,674 | $11.51 |
SINDELAR DAVID M |
26,003 | $11.51 |
STEFFEN CHRISTOPHER J |
11,848 | $0.00 |
FRANK PETER R |
11,848 | $0.00 |
CUMMINGS ROBERT F JR |
11,848 | $0.00 |
STEVENS DAVID D |
11,848 | $0.00 |
HERRING EDWARD |
11,848 | $0.00 |
PILEGGI DOMINIC J |
11,848 | $0.00 |
BURGER MICHAEL D |
11,848 | $0.00 |
FURST JACK D |
11,848 | $0.00 |
DYESS KIRBY A |
11,848 | $0.00 |
OWENS WILLIAM ARTHUR |
11,848 | $0.00 |
STEFFEN CHRISTOPHER J |
874 | $13.22 |
STEFFEN CHRISTOPHER J |
3,068 | $13.40 |

