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Gary Riley, President and CEO
Gary was named President and CEO in February 2005. He previously
served as COO of Magnequench, Inc, and prior to that he was CEO
of Xolox Corporation and Executive Chairman of Xolox Malaysia.
He also has served as President of Zollner Pistons, a Tier 1 supplier
of automotive and heavy-duty pistons. He began his professional
career with Price Waterhouse, where he achieved Partner (Mergers
and Acquisitions) in 1989. Gary holds a B.S. degree in Accounting
from Morehead State University and an M.S. in Accounting from University
of Kentucky. He currently serves as a director of Micro Poise Measurement Systems,
LLC and is a member of the Advisory Board of American Industrial Partners.
Previously he served as a director of Applegate Steel, Wolverine
Brass, and Seilkop Industries. |
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Lyle Lohmeyer, Chief Financial Officer
Lyle joined Kane Magnetics in April 2004, and became CFO of ECS in
July 2005. Lyle earned a B.S.G.M. from Purdue University, and a
M.S.M. at Northwestern University. Prior to joining ECS, Lyle held
a variety of financial management positions with companies such
as NavTech, GenCorp, and Tenneco Automotive. He started his career
with Price Waterhouse and is a CPA. |
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Suitbert Kessler, Vice President, Magnetic
Technology
Suitbert holds a degree in Physical Engineering from the School of
Engineering at Iserlohn. He has held positions of increasing responsibility
in Krupp Widia, later Magnequench GmbH and Kane Magnetics GmbH,
since 1966 he has been a manufacturing engineer and has progressed
through various assignments in plant and operations management.
He became President of Magnequench Europe in 2001. |
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Neil Thompson, Vice President, European
Operations
Neil started with the Morgan Auto/Consumer Group (later ECS) in October
2002. He came to ECS from Visteon, where he served as Plant Manger
in Swansea, UK. He joined Ford Motor Company in 1986, as an engineer
and supervisor. He held progressively more responsible positions
including engineering and manufacturing management. Neil has a
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Nottingham University,
and a Master’s in Engineering from Brunel University. He
is a Chartered Engineer from the Institute of Materials. |
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Pat Reagan, Vice-President Of Management Development
Pat started with Morganite, Inc. (later ECS) in 2001 As Director
of Human Resources. He holds a B.S. in Social Sciences from Rockford
College He worked in operations training and development with GE
Plastics for 12 years. Following the completion of an MBA from
Illinois State University, Pat joined J.W. Hobbs division of BTR
(later Invensys) as HR Manager. He became Director of HR for Invensys
Sensor Systems Group before joining Morganite. He has previously
served on the Illinois Council for Workforce Development, and has
co-authored two articles on employment arbitration. |
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