Philippe Lemaitre joined our board of directors in March 2009. From October 1999 to January 2007, Mr. Lemaitre served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Woodhead Industries, a publicly held automation and electrical products manufacturer. From October 1999 to September 2006, Mr. Lemaitre also served as a member of Woodhead Industries' board of directors, and was the Chairman of the Board from January 2001 through September 2006. Before joining Woodhead in 1999, Mr. Lemaitre held the position of Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of AMP, Inc. and was responsible for the Computer and Telecom Business Group ($2.5 billion annual sales). Prior to joining AMP Inc., Mr. Lemaitre was employed by TRW, Inc. as Executive Vice President of TRW and General Manager of its Automotive Electronics Group ($1 billion annual sales). He previously held various management and research engineering positions with TRW, Inc., International Technegroup, Inc., General Electric and Engineering Systems International.
Since September 2007, Mr. Lemaitre has served as a director of Sun Hydraulics Corporation, (NASDAQ: SNHY) a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance screw-in hydraulic cartridge valves and manifolds for worldwide industrial and mobile markets, serving on its Audit and Nominating Committees and as the Chairman of its Compensation Committee.
Mr. Lemaitre holds a Master of Civil Engineering degree from Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics, Paris, France, and a Master of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Reza has served as president and chief executive officer of MFLEX since March 2008, having established a proven track record of leading the company as a senior executive. He was then named to the MFLEX board of directors in April 2008. Reza demonstrated strategic and operational leadership excellence as president and chief operating officer since 2004. He was appointed vice president and general manager in 2002.
Reza has proven himself to be an innovative and talented engineer throughout his tenure with the company. His strategic approach has played an instrumental role in the significant growth of MFLEX over the years, including the major expansion of the company's overseas manufacturing capacity.
Additionally, Reza led the company's ongoing strategic initiative to substantially diversify the MFLEX customer base across a broader range of leading electronics manufacturers. In fiscal 2007, four global manufacturers of portable handheld devices represent approximately 95 percent of the company's net sales. An impressive accomplishment considering that one key customer represented 86 percent of net sales in fiscal 2006.
Reza began his career at MFLEX in 1989, serving as engineering supervisor, application engineering manager, director of engineering, and telecommunications division manager.
He holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Wichita State University and a masters of business administration from the University of California at Irvine.
Kheng-Joo Khaw joined our Board in March 2011. Mr. Khaw currently serves on the board of the Singapore Airport Terminal Service, Ltd. (SATS), a position he has held since 2005. He also serves on both the Board Risk Committee and the Nominating Committee for SATS.
Previously, Mr. Khaw was Chief Executive Officer of MediaRing, Ltd. from 2002 to 2009 and was also a member of its Board of Directors during that time. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Khaw was President of Omni Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Singapore Exchange Limited Main Board-listed Omni Industries, Ltd, one of the largest electronic contract manufacturers in Asia before it was acquired by Celestica, Inc. in 2001. After the acquisition, Mr. Khaw served as Senior Vice President at Celestica, Inc. until 2002. Prior to Omni Electronics, Mr. Khaw spent 26 years at Hewlett-Packard from 1973 until 1999. Mr. Khaw previously served on the board of directors of Total Automation, Ltd., Amtek Engineering, Ltd., and Senoko Power.
Mr. Khaw holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University, California and a Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University. Mr. Khaw has extensive experience in both technology and manufacturing operations with Hewlett Packard, including leading the effort to start manufacturing in China and pioneering the smartphone category. Mr. Khaw's experience as the CEO of two publicly listed, Asia-based companies also provides insight into geographic regions and economic markets where the Company operates. Mr. Khaw will bring this familiarity and expertise to the Board.
Linda Y. C. Lim, Ph.D., became a member of the board of directors in March 2008. Dr. Lim is a faculty member at the University of Michigan where she has been a professor of strategy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business since 2001. She is also the director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, a member of the executive committees of the Center for International Business Education, the Office of International Programs and the Center for Chinese Studies, and a faculty associate of the Center for Japanese Studies and the Center for South Asian Studies. Dr. Lim also has consulted for many organizations, including various U.S. companies, private think tanks, United Nations agencies and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Between January 1998 and August 2006, Dr. Lim was a director of NASDAQ listed Woodhead Industries, an industrial communications provider. She holds a bachelor of arts in economics from Cambridge University, a master of arts from Yale University in economics and a doctorate in economics from the University of Michigan.
Donald Schwanz joined the MFLEX board of Directors in April 2008. In October 2007 Mr. Schwanz retired from CTS Corporation after serving as Chairman and CEO since 2001. CTS Corporation, (NYSE: CTS) is a global manufacturer of electronic components and sensors and provider of electronic manufacturing services for a wide variety of industries. Before joining CTS, Mr. Schwanz spent 20 years with Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) in a variety of management positions, including President of Honeywell's Industrial Controls business and before that as President of Honeywell's Space and Aviation Controls business. Mr. Schwanz also spent approximately 12 years with Sperry Univac before joining Honeywell.
Mr. Schwanz graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966 with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 1968 he earned a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard's Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Schwanz is also a member of the board of directors for PNM Resources, Inc. (NYSE: PNM), a utility serving both regulated and unregulated markets in the southwestern portion of the U.S.
Choon Seng Tan has served on our Board since January 2005. Since December 2004, Mr. Tan has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of WBL Corporation Limited, a multi-national company listed on the Singapore Exchange and parent company of Wearnes Technology Pte. Ltd. and United Wearnes Technology Pte. Ltd. Mr. Tan served as the Vice President and Managing Director, South East Asia of Hewlett-Packard Singapore, an IT product and services company from June 2002 through November 2004. From 1996 through 2002, Mr. Tan served in various senior management roles with Compaq Computer Corporation, including Vice President and Managing Director of Compaq Computer Asia and Corporate VP, Director and Director of Finance and Strategic Planning for Compaq Computers Asia Pacific. Mr. Tan held various management positions at Hewlett-Packard Far East Ltd. from 1989 through 1996, including Director-Finance and Human Resources and Chief Financial Officer, Singapore. Mr. Tan holds as B.A.C.C. from the University of Singapore.
Mr. Wong graduated from the University of Singapore (now known as the National University of Singapore) in business administration with honors in 1971 and was admitted as Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (U.K.) in 1983. He also holds the membership of the Singapore Institute of Directors and the Singapore Institute of Management. Between 1971 and 1972, he worked in ESSO ("EXXON") Singapore Pte. Ltd.. He joined ESSO ("EXXON") Singapore Pte. Ltd. as a finance trainee in 1971 and was appointed refinery accountant and head of the refinery accounting department in 1972. Between 1972 and 1973, he worked as a project analyst in Singapore Petroleum Co., Pte. Ltd. He worked as assistant manager in Orient Leasing Singapore Ltd. from 1973 and worked as manager from 1976 to 1978. He joined GATX Leasing (Pacific) Ltd. as personal assistant to the general manager in 1978 and became assistant vice president and general manager in 1980. From 1978 to 1981, he worked in GATX Leasing (Pacific) Ltd. He joined Forward Overseas Credit Ltd. as the general manager in 1981 and became the chief general manager in 1983 until 1987. From 1987 to 2001, he worked in Development Bank of Singapore Ltd. He joined the Development Bank of Singapore Ltd. as the General Manager in 1987 and became the senior vice president in 1993 and the managing director in 1997. He was the general manager of Raffles Medical Group (Hong Kong) between 2001 and 2002 and the business development manager of Sino Land Group (Hong Kong) between 2002 and 2003. From 2003 to 2007, he was the managing director of ORIX Leasing Singapore Ltd. Currently Mr. Wong provides training on banking and finance for senior management staff from various Chinese banks.
Sam Yau became a member of our board of directors in June 2004. Since 1997, Mr. Yau has been a private investor. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Yau served as Chief Executive Officer of National Education Corporation. From 1993 through 1994, Mr. Yau served as Chief Operating Officer of Advacare, Inc., a medical services company. Mr. Yau currently serves as a member of the board of directors of SRS Labs, Inc., a provider of audio and voice technology solutions, and New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., an independent information technology training company. Mr. Yau previously served as Chairman of the Forum for Corporate Directors in Orange County and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of California in Irvine. Mr. Yau holds a B.S.S. in economics from the University of Hong Kong and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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