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Board of Directors
David W. Devonshire |
John F. Fort III |
Brian D. Jellison |
Robert D. Johnson David W. Devonshire has been a director since November 2002. From April 2002 until his retirement in December 2007, he has served as an executive vice president of Motorola, Inc. and from April 2002 to April 2007, he also served as Motorola’s chief financial officer. From January 1998 to March 2002, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ingersoll-Rand Company, prior to which, from July 1993 he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Owens Corning. Mr. Devonshire is also a director of ArvinMeritor, Inc. John F. Fort III has been a director since December 1995. From March 2003 to March 2004, he served as an advisor director of Tyco International Ltd. Prior thereto, Mr. Fort was Tyco’s chief executive officer from December 1982 to July 1992 and also served as director and chairman of its Board of Directors from December 1982 until his retirement from the company in January 1993. Brian D. Jellison has served as Roper’s President and Chief Executive Officer since November 2001 and became Chairman of the Board of Directors in November 2003. From January 1998 to July 2001, Mr. Jellison was corporate executive vice president of Ingersoll-Rand Company, or IR. During this period, in addition to serving as executive vice president, Mr. Jellison held the following positions: president of the industrial sector, president of the infrastructure development sector, and president of IR Europe. From 1994 to 1998, he was a corporate vice president and head of IR’s architectural hardware business. From 1985 until 1994, he held several IR product line, division and group senior executive positions, with lead responsibility for the financial performance and supervision of a wide variety of global businesses. During his career at IR, Mr. Jellison assumed the principal responsibility for completing and integrating a variety of public and private new business acquisitions. Robert D. Johnson has been a director since May 2005. Since August 2006 until his retirement in June 2008, Mr. Johnson has served as chief executive officer of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. From January 2005 to January 2006, he served as chairman of Honeywell’s Aerospace business and from 1999 to 2005, he served as its president and chief executive officer. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Johnson worked at AlliedSignal, rising to the position of president and chief executive officer of AlliedSignal Aerospace Marketing, Sales & Service. Prior to joining AlliedSignal, he was vice president and general manager of manufacturing and services for AAR Corporation, an aviation company. Mr. Johnson began his career at GE Aircraft Engines. Mr. Johnson is also a director of Spirit AeroSystems and Ariba, Inc. Robert E. Knowling has been a director since August 2008. He serves as Chairman of Eagles Landing Partners. EL Partners specializes in helping senior management formulate strategy, lead organizational transformations, and re-engineering businesses. Previously he served as Chief Executive Officer of Telewares from 2005-2009. Telewares is a leading provider of telecommunications expense management services. Prior to joining Telewares he was CEO of the NYC Leadership Academy, an independent non-profit corporation that is chartered with developing the next generation of principals in the New York City public school system. From 2001 to 2003 Mr. Knowling was Chairman and CEO of SimDesk Technologies, Inc. (STI, formerly Internet Access Technologies, Inc.). In 1998 Mr. Knowling joined Covad Communications, a Private Equity/Venture Capital backed start-up company as Chairman, President and CEO. In 1996 Mr. Knowling joined US West as Vice President of Network Operations and in 1997 was named Executive Vice President of Operations and Technologies. Mr. Knowling began his career in 1977 at Indiana Bell which became part of Ameritech. During his tenure he progressed rapidly through a variety of assignments in operations, engineering and marketing. Mr. Knowling was named Vice President of Network Operations for Ameritech in 1994. Mr. Knowling also serves on the boards of Ariba, Inc., Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., and Aprimo, Inc. He is a member of the Advisory Board for Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and has served as Chair of the National Services Group for the YMCA. Wilbur J. Prezzano has been a director since September 1997. Following completion of a 32-year career at Eastman Kodak Company, where he served in various executive capacities, Mr. Prezzano retired in January 1997 as its board vice-chairman and as chairman and president of its greater China region businesses. Mr. Prezzano served as a director of Eastman Kodak Company from May 1992 until his retirement. Mr. Prezzano is a director of TD Bank Financial Group, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, Lance, Inc., and EnPro Industries, Inc. Richard F. Wallman has been a director since January 2007. From March 1995 to July 2003, Mr. Wallman served as the CFO and Senior Vice President of Honeywell and its predecessor AlliedSignal. Mr. Wallman served in senior financial positions with IBM, AlliedSignal and Honeywell International. He presently serves as a director of Ariba, Inc. and Convergys Corporation. Christopher Wright is Chairman of EMAlternatives LLC in Washington DC, an emerging markets focused private equity asset management firm and a director of Merifin Capital Group, a private European investment firm. Until mid-2003 he served as Head of Global Private Equity for Dresdner Kleinwort Capital and was a Group Board Member of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson working in New York, London and Frankfurt with responsibility for c$5bn in alternative assets in developed and emerging markets. He acted as Chairman of various investment funds prior to and following the latter’s integration with Allianz A.G. He is also non-executive Chairman of Maxcess International Corporation, a director of IDOX PLC (AIM) and of Yatra Capital Ltd (EuroNext). Mr Wright was educated at Oxford University and holds a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance. He is Foundation Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. |
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