People: Exide Technologies (XIDE.O)

XIDE.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Reilly, John 65 Chairman of the Board
Ulsh, Gordon 63 2009 Chief Executive Officer, Director
O'Leary, Edward 53 2009 President, Chief Operating Officer
Damaska, Phillip 54 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Bregman, Mitchell 55 2003 President - Industrial Energy, Americas
Cole, Bruce 46 2007 President - Transportation, Americas
Ostermann, Michael 43 2009 President - Transportation, Europe
Hatcher, Barbara 54 2006 Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Jones, George 56 2005 Executive Vice President - Human Resources and Communications
Martinez, Louis 43 2008 Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Corporate Controller
Ressner, Michael 60 2004 Director
D'Appolonia, Michael 60 2004 Director
Ferguson, David 64 2005 Director
Wetzel, Carroll 66 2005 Director
Aspbury, Herbert 64 2006 Director
Lash, Joseph 47 2007 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Reilly, John Mr. John P. Reilly has been a Director of Exide Technologies since 2004. He is the retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Figgie International. Mr. Reilly has more than thirty years of experience in the automotive industry, where he has served as President and CEO of a number of automotive suppliers, including Stant Corporation and Tenneco Automotive. He has also held leadership positions at the former Chrysler Corporation and Navistar, and has served as President of Brunswick Corporation. Mr. Reilly is currently on the Board of Directors of Material Sciences Corporation, Marshfield Door Systems, Inc. and Timken Company. Mr. Reilly serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee.
Ulsh, Gordon Mr. Gordon A. Ulsh has been a Director of Exide Technologies since 2005. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Exide Technologies. He was President of the company until November 5, 2009. Mr. Ulsh was appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director in April 2005. From 2001 until March 2005, Mr. Ulsh was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of FleetPride Inc., the nation’s largest independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck parts. Prior to joining FleetPride in 2001, Mr. Ulsh worked with Ripplewood Equity Partners, providing analysis of automotive industry segments for investment opportunities. Earlier, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Federal-Mogul Corporation in 1999 and as head of its Worldwide Aftermarket Division in 1998. Prior to Federal-Mogul, he held a number of leadership positions with Cooper Industries, Inc., including Executive Vice President of its automotive products segment. Mr. Ulsh joined Cooper’s Wagner Lighting business unit in 1984 as Vice President of Operations, following 16 years in manufacturing and engineering management at Ford Motor Company. Mr. Ulsh currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of OM Group, Inc.
O'Leary, Edward Mr. Edward J. O'Leary serves as President, Chief Operating Officer of Exide Technologies . He was Executive Vice President of Exide Technologies. He joined the Company in June 2005 as President, Transportation Americas, and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. O’Leary served as President, the Americas at Oetiker Inc. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. O’Leary served in a consulting capacity with Jag Management Consultants. Mr. O’Leary served as Chief Executive Officer of iStarSystems from 2000 to 2002, and served as Vice President Sales and Distribution, the Americas at Federal-Mogul Corp. from 1998 to 1999. Prior to that, Mr. O’Leary served as Executive Vice President of Cooper Automotive, a division of Cooper Industries, from 1995 to 1998, after spending 17 years at Tenneco Automotive.
Damaska, Phillip Mr. Phillip A. Damaska is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Exide Technologies. Mr. Damaska joined the Company in January 2005 as Vice President, Finance, was appointed Vice President and Corporate Controller in September 2005, was named Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller in March 2006, and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Damaska served in numerous capacities with Freudenberg-NOK from 1996 through 2004, most recently as President of Corteco, an automotive and industrial seal supplier that is part of the partnership’s global group of companies.
Bregman, Mitchell Mr. Mitchell S. Bregman is President, Industrial Energy Americas of Exide Technologies. Mr. Bregman joined Exide in September 2000 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of GNB. He has served in his current role since March 2003 and prior to that was President, Global Network Power. Mr. Bregman joined GNB in 1979. He served for 12 years as a Vice President with various responsibilities with GNB Industrial Power and nine years with GNB’s Transportation Division.
Cole, Bruce Mr. Bruce A. Cole is President, Transportation Americas of Exide Technologies. Mr. Cole joined the Company in September 2000 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of GNB. He has served in his current role since August 2007 and prior to that was Vice President and General Manager, North American Recycling. Mr. Cole joined GNB in 1989. He has served in a variety of roles including VP, Manufacturing & Engineering for Industrial Energy Americas and VP Global Marketing Industrial Energy.
Ostermann, Michael Mr. Michael Ostermann is President-Transportation Europe of Exide Technologies. He joined Exide in January 2009, continuing an extensive career in various automotive industry and operational roles including his most recent position as Management Board Member and Managing Director for Frauenthal Holding AG, a European manufacturer of industrial ceramic products. Mr. Ostermann was responsible for establishing that company’s Automotive Division.
Hatcher, Barbara Ms. Barbara A. Hatcher has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel of Exide Technologies since May 2006 and had served as Deputy General Counsel from April 2004 through April 2006. Ms. Hatcher joined the Company in 2000 through its acquisition of GNB, where she served as Vice President & General Counsel.
Jones, George Mr. George S. Jones, Jr. is Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Communications of Exide Technologies. Mr. Jones joined the Company in July 2005. From 1974 to 2004, Mr. Jones served in several executive positions at Cooper Industries, most recently as Vice President, Operations at the Lighting Division from 1997 to 2004.
Martinez, Louis Mr. Louis E. Martinez is Vice President, Corporate Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Martinez was appointed to this position in March 2008. Previously, Mr. Martinez served as the Company’s Assistant Corporate Controller since joining the Company in May 2005. Mr. Martinez served as Corporate Controller for Airgate PCS, Inc., from March 2003 through May 2005. Mr. Martinez has also served as Corporate Controller for Cotelligent, Inc., from March 2000 through February 2003 and as Director of Finance & Controller for Aegis Communications Group from 1996 through February 2000.
Ressner, Michael Mr. Michael P. Ressner has been a Director of Exide Technologies since 2004. He is a retired Nortel Networks executive who, between 1981 and 2003, served in a number of senior financial and operational management positions. Mr. Ressner was an Adjunct Professor of Applied Financial Management at North Carolina State University between 2002 and 2004. He has been an adviser within the College of Management at North Carolina State University since 2004. Mr. Ressner currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the following companies: Entrust, Inc., Magellan Health Services, Inc. and Tekelec, Inc. Mr. Ressner is Chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
D'Appolonia, Michael Mr. Michael R. D'Appolonia has been Director of Exide Technologies since 2004. He currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kinetic Systems, Inc., a global provider of process and mechanical solutions to the electronics, solar and biopharmaceutical industries. From 2001 through 2005, Mr. D’Appolonia was President of Nightingale & Associates, LLC, a global management consulting firm providing financial and operational restructuring services to both publicly and privately held middle-market companies. In his consulting capacity, Mr. D’Appolonia served as an executive officer of a number of companies including Cone Mills Corporation, Moll Industries, Inc., McCulloch Corporation, Ametech, Inc., Halston Borghese, Inc. and Simmons Upholstered Furniture Inc. Mr. D’Appolonia is a member of the Board of Directors of Kinetic Systems Inc. and Westmoreland Coal Company, and was a member of the Board of Directors of The Washington Group International, Inc., prior to that company’s sale in November 2007. Mr. D’Appolonia is Chairman of the Compensation Committee.
Ferguson, David Mr. David S. Ferguson has been a Director of Exide Technologies since 2005. He is the principal of DS Ferguson Enterprises, LLC, a retail consulting business. From September 2000 through July 2003, Mr. Ferguson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal*Mart Europe. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal*Mart Canada from February 1996 to September 2000. Mr. Ferguson was President and Chief Operating Officer as well as a director of Stuarts Department Stores from August 1994 through October 1995. Mr. Ferguson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Empire Company Limited, the parent company of Sobeys Inc., a Canadian grocery chain and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Business School at Morehouse College. Mr. Ferguson is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Wetzel, Carroll Mr. Carroll R. Wetzel has been a Director of Exide Technologies since 2005. He most recently served as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Safety Components International, Inc., a supplier of automotive airbag fabric and cushions and technical fabrics from 2000 to 2005. Previously, from 1988 to 1996, Mr. Wetzel served as co-head of the Merger and Acquisition Group at the Chase Manhattan Bank and previously served as a corporate finance officer at Dillon Read & Co., Inc. and Smith Barney, and served as Vice Chairman and lead director at Arch Wireless from 2001 through 2002. Mr. Wetzel currently serves on the Board of Directors of Brinks Company. Mr. Wetzel is Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Finance Committee.
Aspbury, Herbert Mr. Herbert F. Aspbury has been Director of Exide Technologies since 2006. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Villanova University and previously served as the chair of the university’s Audit and Finance Committee for seven years. He is also an Adjunct Professor of the Fisher Graduate School of International Business of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and a regular lecturer at Cornell University’s joint MBA program with Queens University, Ontario. Mr. Aspbury retired from Chase Manhattan Bank in 2000 where he served in a number of capacities, most recently as the London-based Regional Executive for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Aspbury was a member of Chase’s Management Committee, and also sat on the Management Committees of Chase’s predecessor banks, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company and Chemical Bank. His overall banking career has spanned 34 years, and was focused on corporate and investment banking. Mr. Aspbury is also a past director of the Royal Oak Foundation, the U.S. arm of Britain’s National Trust, and served as its Chairman from 2004 through 2007. He continues to serve as a member of Royal Oak’s Finance Committee. Mr. Aspbury is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Finance Committee.
Lash, Joseph Mr. Joseph V. Lash has been a Director of Exide Technologies since 2007. He has been employed by Tontine Associates, LLC, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based investment firm, since July 2005. Tontine Associates, LLC is an affiliate of Jeffrey L. Gendell, the beneficial owner of 31.5% of our common stock as described in a Form 4 filed by Mr. Gendell on November 11, 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Lash was a Senior Managing Director of Conway, Del Genio, Gries & Co., LLC, a financial advisory firm from April 2002 to July 2005. From June 1998 to April 2001, Mr. Lash was a Managing Director of JP Morgan Chase & Co., a financial services firm. Mr. Lash also serves as a director of Integrated Electrical Services, Inc., an electrical contracting services provider, and Neenah Foundry Company, a metals casting manufacturer. Mr. Lash is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Finance Committee.

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