People: Gorman-Rupp Co (GRC.A)

Dr. Peter B. Lake is Independent Director of Gorman-Rupp Company. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and founder of SRI Quality System Registrar (SRI), an international third party ISO registrar and audit firm. He has been an officer of the company since its inception in 1991, serving as President through 2005. SRI is one of the top five U.S. owned and operated ISO registrars and an industry serving metals, processing and manufacturing companies worldwide. The firm has operations in Asia and the European Union. Dr. Lake also founded an internationally recognized calibration and testing laboratory accreditation body. Dr. Lake spent his early career in the steel industry with Youngstown Sheet and Tube and National Steel holding a variety of management positions, including Director — R&D and Corporate Quality Manager, before founding SRI. He has a Ph.D. degree in Metallurgical Engineering and has international quality management systems experience.