People: Pulse Electronics Corp (PULS.K)

Mr. Howard C. Deck serves as Independent Director of Pulse Electronics Corp., since October, 2008. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Icynene, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of spray polyurethane foam insulation products. From 2004 until 2009 he was President of CertainTeed Corporation’s Insulation Group (a unit of Paris-based Compagnie de Saint-Gobain), a manufacturer of fiber glass insulation products. During his 15 years at Saint-Gobain, he also headed the company’s Precision Abrasives business in North America and was President of its worldwide Superabrasives and Composite Materials businesses. He holds a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and has international financial experience as well.