People: Zoltek Companies Inc (ZOLT.O)
ZOLT.O on Nasdaq
12.99USD
20 May 2013
12.99USD
20 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Zsolt Rumy |
70 | 2009 | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer |
Andrew Whipple |
49 | 2009 | Chief Financial Officer |
Philip Schell |
56 | 2011 | Executive Vice President - Wind Energy |
George Husman |
67 | 2007 | Chief Technology Officer, Director |
David Purcell |
37 | 2011 | Vice President - Composite Intermediates Division |
Linn Bealke |
68 | 1992 | Independent Director |
Charles Dill |
73 | 1992 | Independent Director |
Michael Latta |
71 | 2007 | Independent Director |
Pedro Reynoso |
68 | 2009 | Independent Director |
Cayse Thomas |
IR Officer |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Zsolt Rumy |
Mr. Zsolt Rumy is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Zoltek Companies Inc. He is the founder of the Company and has served as its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President and as a Director since 1975 and served as its interim Chief Financial Officer from May 2008 to April 2009. Mr. Rumy received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1966. |
Andrew Whipple |
Mr. Andrew W. Whipple, CPA, is Chief Financial Officer of Zoltek Companies, Inc. Prior to this, he served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company from May 2008 to April 2009. Mr. Whipple served as a Senior Manager in the St. Louis office of Deloitte & Touche, LLP where he worked from 1993 to 1998, when he joined Digital Teleport, Inc. as its Controller and was later promoted to Chief Financial Officer. After Digital Teleport was acquired by CenturyTel in June of 2003, he became Vice President of Operational Support at the telecommunications company and served there for four years prior to joining E3 Biofuels as its Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Whipple is a CPA and received a B.S. degree in accounting from Virginia Tech in 1985. |
Philip Schell |
Dr. Philip Schell is Executive Vice President - Wind Energy of Zoltek Companies Inc. Prior to this, he served as Vice President of Sales since July 2009. Prior to joining Zoltek, Dr. Schell was Director of Corporate Growth at Fibergrate Composite Structures from August 2006 to July 2009. Additionally, he has worked at PPG Industries and Saint-Gobain Vetrotex in their Fiber Glass business units as well the adhesives business unit of Ashland Chemical. During his time with PPG, Dr. Schell spent five years as European Research Manager for PPG’s fiber glass business located in Hoogezand, The Netherlands. Dr. Schell holds over 10 United States patents from research and development work carried out at PPG Industries and Ashland and has published several papers in American Chemical Society journals from work carried out in graduate school. He earned a B.A. in chemistry from Benedictine College and a Ph.D. from Kansas State University in Physical Organic Chemistry. |
George Husman |
Mr. George E. Husman is Chief Technology Officer, Director of Zoltek Companies, Inc. Mr. Husman has served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Company since January 2007. Mr. Husman holds a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a M.S. in materials engineering from the University of Dayton. He spent 18 years at the Materials Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in research and management positions, including Director of the Nonmetallic Materials Division. Upon leaving the Air Force in 1986, he joined BASF Structural Materials, Inc., in Charlotte, North Carolina, as Vice President for Business Development. At BASF, he served as VP & General Manager of Thermoplastic Composites and Vice President for Research and Development. In 1993, Mr. Husman joined Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, as Vice President of the Engineering Division, and prior to joining Zoltek, he was the Associate Director for Research in the School of Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. |
David Purcell |
Mr. David A. Purcell is Vice President - Composite Intermediates Division of Zoltek Companies, Inc. Prior to this, he served as the Director of Marketing and Business Development from January 2008 to 2011. Prior to joining Zoltek, Mr. Purcell spent ten years as a management consultant in Deloitte’s Strategy & Operations Group, where he primarily worked on mergers & acquisitions in the high-tech manufacturing industry. Mr. Purcell holds an MBA and Masters in Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University. |
Linn Bealke |
Mr. Linn H. Bealke is an Independent Director of Zoltek Companies, Inc. For five years prior to October 2002, he was President and Director of Mississippi Valley Bancshares, Inc. (a bank holding Company) and Vice Chairman of Southwest Bank of St. Louis (a commercial bank). In October 2002, Mississippi Valley Bancshares, Inc. was merged into Marshall and Ilsley Corporation. Mr. Bealke serve as Vice Chairman of Southwest Bank of St. Louis until his retirement in December 2004. |
Charles Dill |
Mr. Charles A. Dill is an Independent Director of Zoltek Companies, Inc. He is currently Managing Partner of Two Rivers Associates, LLC, a private equity firm, which is the successor to Gateway Associates, LP, where Mr. Dill was a General Partner since 1995. From 1990 to 1995, he served as CEO of Bridge Information Systems, Inc. (a provider of online data to institutional investors). From 1987 to 1990, Mr. Dill was President of AVX Corporation (a NYSE global manufacturer of electronic components). Previous to 1987, Mr. Dill’s early career was spent in a number of executive positions with Emerson Electric, where he led the international growth and globalization of the Company. Mr. Dill serves as a director of two public companies: Stifel Financial Corp. (an investment banking firm) and TransAct Technologies (a manufacturer of transaction-based printers), as well as several private companies. |
Michael Latta |
Mr. Michael D. Latta is an Independent Director of Zoltek Companies, Inc. Mr. Latta serves as Chairman of the Board of Universe Corporation (a construction engineering and materials distributor). He has served in this position since 1997. He served as Chairman of the Board of Res Q Tec, Inc. (a manufacturer of hydraulic and pneumatic rescue equipment) from 1995 to 2010. Prior to 1995 he was President of Safety Equipment (a manufacturer of emergency vehicle warning equipment) from its founding in 1974. |
Pedro Reynoso |
Mr. Pedro Reynoso is an Independent Director of Zoltek Companies, Inc. Mr. Reynoso is President and CEO of Planfin, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican consulting firm he founded in 1982. Since 2002, he has served as Director of Operations for the textile and packaging divisions of Cydsa, S.A. de C.V., a publicly traded Mexican Company that operates in the chemical and textile markets. Before joining Cydsa, Mr. Reynoso served in executive and operating positions in manufacturing and financial services businesses. He serves on the Boards of Directors of publicly traded and privately owned Mexican companies in a range of industries, including mining, real estate, textiles, electronics and energy. |
Cayse Thomas |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Zsolt Rumy |
1,150,540 |
Andrew Whipple |
736,453 |
Philip Schell |
702,078 |
George Husman |
592,806 |
David Purcell |
632,078 |
Linn Bealke |
-- |
Charles Dill |
-- |
Michael Latta |
-- |
Pedro Reynoso |
-- |
Cayse Thomas |
-- |
As Of 29 Sep 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Zsolt Rumy |
487,500 | 6,549,375 |
Andrew Whipple |
0 | 0 |
Philip Schell |
0 | 0 |
George Husman |
0 | 0 |
David Purcell |
0 | 0 |
Linn Bealke |
0 | 0 |
Charles Dill |
0 | 0 |
Michael Latta |
0 | 0 |
Pedro Reynoso |
0 | 0 |
Cayse Thomas |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
LATTA MICHAEL D |
5,000 | $6.98 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
5,000 | $6.89 |
DILL CHARLES ANTHONY |
5,000 | $7.22 |
DILL CHARLES ANTHONY |
5,000 | $7.11 |
RUMY ZSOLT |
20,195 | $7.73 |
RUMY ZSOLT |
10,107 | $8.01 |
RUMY ZSOLT |
14,893 | $7.74 |
SCHELL PHILIP L |
1,000 | $7.45 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
9,900 | $7.45 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
100 | $7.44 |
SCHELL PHILIP L |
1,000 | $8.20 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
3,500 | $7.70 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
200 | $7.63 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
11,100 | $7.65 |
WHIPPLE ANDREW W |
500 | $8.00 |
PURCELL DAVID A |
2,500 | $7.70 |
PURCELL DAVID A |
3,100 | $7.81 |
RUMY ZSOLT |
75,000 | $7.92 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
2,000 | $7.68 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
600 | $7.66 |
PURCELL DAVID A |
900 | $7.84 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
1,500 | $7.64 |
LATTA MICHAEL D |
1,100 | $7.60 |
PURCELL DAVID A |
602 | $10.15 |
PURCELL DAVID A |
1,398 | $10.16 |

