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Robert E. Brunner was an Executive Vice President of Illinois Tools Works, Inc., a diversified manufacturer of advanced industrial technology, from 2006 until his retirement in 2012. Prior to that position, Mr. Brunner was President, Global Automotive Fasteners from 2005 to 2006 and President, North American Automotive Fasteners from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Brunner held a variety of positions within Illinois Tools Works, Inc., including general management, operations management and sales and marketing. Mr. Brunner currently serves as the Lead Director on the Board of Directors of Leggett & Platt, Inc., a publicly held diversified manufacturer of engineered components and products, where he also serves as a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee. From 2012 to 2023, Mr. Brunner served on the Board of Directors of NN, Inc., a diversified industrial company that designs and manufactures high-precision components and assemblies on a global basis, where he served as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Governance Committee. Mr. Brunner has been a director of the Company since 2013 and also serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee. |
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Michael N. Christodolou is the Manager of Inwood Capital Management, LLC, an investment management firm he founded in 2000. From 1988 to 1999, Mr. Christodolou was employed by Bass Brothers/Taylor & Company, an investment firm associated with the Bass family of Fort Worth, Texas. Since 2020, Mr. Christodolou has served as a member of the Board of Directors of NETSTREIT Corp., a publicly-traded REIT that acquires, owns, and manages single-tenant triple net lease e-commerce resistant retail commercial real estate, where he serves as a member of the Audit Committee and the Investment Committee. From 2016 until it was acquired in December 2017, Mr. Christodolou served on the Board of Directors of Omega Protein Corporation, a nutritional products company. From 2015 to 2016, Mr. Christodolou served on the Board of Directors of Farmland Partners, Inc., a publicly-traded REIT that acquires and owns high-quality North American farmland. Mr. Christodolou also previously served on the Board of Directors of XTRA Corporation from 1998 until 2001 when it was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Mr. Christodolou has been a director of the Company since 1999 and served as Chairman of the Board from 2003 to January 2015. He currently serves as a member of each of the Company’s Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. |
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Pablo Di Si is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Group of America and the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen North American Region. Mr. Di Si joined Volkswagen, a multinational automotive manufacturing company, in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Argentina and was subsequently appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Argentina in 2016, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Latin America in 2017, and to his current positions in 2022. Prior to joining Volkswagen, Mr. Di Si held various key positions in finance, business development, and project management with CNH Global, Fiat Industrial S.p.A., Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Monsanto, and Abbott Laboratories. Since 2021, Mr. Di Si has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Copersucar, a global trader of sugar and ethanol. Since 2023, Mr. Di Si has served as an independent member of the Boards of Directors of JHSF Participações (Brazil's Bovespa "JHSF") and its parent company JHSF International. JHSF is a Brazilian luxury real estate and hotel conglomerate. Since 2023, Mr. Di Si has served as Chairman of Autos Drive America, a trade association that represents international automakers with presences in the United States. Mr. Di Si has completed the Managing Efficient Boards program at Harvard University and the CEO Global Program at Wharton, IESE and CEIBS Business School. Mr. Di Si has been a director of the Company since 2022 and he is also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and the Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee.
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Ibrahim Gokcen has served as the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in risk, retirement and health, since May 2023. From October 2020 until he joined Aon in May 2023, Mr. Gokcen was the Founder and Managing Partner of Velocis Digital LLC, an interim executive services and management and execution consulting firm. From 2021 to 2023, Mr. Gokcen was also Strategic Advisor for NEO Holdings International, LLC, a blockchain company focused on transforming commodity trading for which he also previously served as Chief Technology Officer during 2021. Mr. Gokcen was the President and Chief Revenue Officer for Open Insights LLC, a data advisory and services company, during 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Gokcen was the Senior Vice President and Digital Chief Technology Officer for Schneider Electric, an energy management and automation company, from 2018 to 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Gokcen served as the Chief Digital Officer for A.P. Moller Maersk, an integrated transport and logistics company, from 2016 to 2018. Mr. Gokcen also previously held senior product, information technology, and research and development leadership roles at General Electric. Mr. Gokcen is NACD Directorship CertifiedTM. Mr. Gokcen currently serves as an independent director for ZeroNorth, a maritime technology company, and PNO, a company with the Nordics' largest range of short and long-term trailer rentals. Mr. Gokcen also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of AnitaB.org, an organization that helps women and nonbinary people succeed in technology. From 2018 to 2023, Mr. Gokcen served as an independent director for Maersk Tankers, a service company that provides commercial management solutions for shipowners in the tanker industry. Mr. Gokcen has been a director of the Company since 2021 and currently serves as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. |
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Mary A. Lindsey is the retired Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Metals Company, a global manufacturer and recycler of steel and other metals. Ms. Lindsey joined Commercial Metals Company in September 2009 as Vice President-Tax. She was subsequently appointed Commercial Metals Company’s Vice President-Tax and Investor Relations in June 2015, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2016, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2017. In connection with Ms. Lindsey’s planned retirement from Commercial Metals Company, Ms. Lindsey stepped down as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 2019. Prior to joining Commercial Metals Company, Ms. Lindsey served as Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel for Albany International Corp., a global advanced textiles and materials processing company, from March 2006 to September 2009, and from January 2005 to March 2006, Ms. Lindsey was an attorney at Baker & Hostetler LLP, a national law firm. In addition, Ms. Lindsey served in various roles, including Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel, Legal Counsel responsible for global M&A and intellectual property, and General Manager of Corporate M&A, at The Timken Company, a global manufacturer of bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, and related components, from January 1985 to January 2005. Since 2020, Ms. Lindsey has served as a member of the Boards of Directors and the Audit Committees of Methode Electronics, Inc. and Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. Ms. Lindsey serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee of Methode Electronics, Inc. Ms. Lindsey has been a director of the Company since 2018 and currently serves as Chairperson of the Company’s Audit Committee and as a member of the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
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Consuelo E. Madere is the President of Proven Leader Advisory, LLC, a management consulting and executive coaching firm she founded in 2014. She is a former executive officer of Monsanto Company, a leading global provider of innovative, sustainable agricultural solutions. She retired from Monsanto in 2013 as Vice President of the company’s Global Vegetables and Asia commercial businesses and was a member of the Chief Executive Officer’s executive leadership team. Ms. Madere currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Nutrien, a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, where she chairs the Nominations and Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. From 2018 to 2022, Ms. Madere served as a member of the Board of Directors of S&W Seed Company,a Nasdaq-listed agricultural seed biotechnology company, where she chaired the Nominations and Governance Committee and was a member of the Compensation Committee. From 2014 to 2018, Ms. Madere served as a member of the Board of Directors of PotashCorp and was a member of its Audit Committee and its Safety, Health and Environment Committee. Ms. Madere is a NACD Board Leadership Fellow and holds a CERT certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Ms. Madere has been a director of the Company since 2018 and currently serves as Chairperson of the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and as a member of the Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee. |
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David B. Rayburn is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Modine Manufacturing Company, a publicly-traded thermal management company that designs, manufactures and tests heat transfer products. Mr. Rayburn was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Modine Manufacturing Company from January 2003 until March 2008 when Mr. Rayburn retired. From 2002 to January 2003 Mr. Rayburn served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Modine Manufacturing Company. From 1991 to 2002, he served in various executive roles at Modine Manufacturing Company including Executive Vice President, Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Rayburn previously served on the Board of Directors of Twin Disc, Inc. from 2000 to 2022, on the Board of Directors of Creative Foam Corporation from 2009 to 2017, on the Board of Directors of Jason, Inc. from 2001 to 2010, and on the Board of Directors of Unico, Inc., from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Rayburn has been a director of the Company since 2014 and he is also Chairperson of the Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee and a member of the Company’s Audit Committee.
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Randy A. Wood |
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President, CEO and Director |
Director Since: 2021 |
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Randy A. Wood is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and has held such position since January 2021. Mr. Wood has also been a director of the Company since January 2021 and he is the only executive officer of the Company serving on the Board of Directors. Between September 2020 and December 2020, Mr. Wood served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Between May 2016 and August 2020, Mr. Wood served as the Company's President – Irrigation. Between October 2013 and May 2016, Mr. Wood served as President – International Irrigation of the Company. Between February 2012 and October 2013, Mr. Wood served as Vice President – Americas / ANZ Sales and Marketing. Previously he was Vice President – North America Irrigation Sales of the Company and held such position from March 2008, when he joined the Company. Prior to March 2008, Mr. Wood spent 11 years with Case Corporation / CNH Global including roles as the Senior Director of Marketing, Case IH Tractors, and Senior Director of Sales and Marketing, Parts and Service. with valuable insight into the Company’s day-to-day operations and achievements.
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