Management Team

Brian D. Jellison | Nigel W. Crocker | John Humphrey | David B. Liner
Paul J. Soni | Timothy J. Winfrey | Benjamin W. Wood

Brian D. Jellison

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

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.

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Nigel W. Crocker

Vice President

Nigel W. Crocker has been Group Vice President, Industrial Technology since November 1996. From September 1995 until November 1996, he served as president of AMOT’s U.S. unit, and from October 1991 until November 1996 he served as managing director of AMOT’s U.K. unit. Mr. Crocker served as managing director of Jiskoot Autocontrol Ltd. U.K., a control engineering company, from January 1990 until August 1991.

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John Humphrey

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

John Humphrey became Roper’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on April 24, 2006. Prior to accepting this position he served as vice president and chief financial officer for Honeywell Aerospace. From July 2001 to December 2003, he was the vice president and chief financial officer for Engines, Systems and Services, a segment of Honeywell Aerospace. From May 2000 to July 2001, Mr. Humphrey was the vice president, finance for Honeywell Aerospace. Prior to that, Mr. Humphrey held several other financial positions with AlliedSignal. Before joining AlliedSignal, Mr. Humphrey held various production management positions at Detroit Diesel Corp.

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David B. Liner

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

David B. Liner has been Vice President, General Counsel and the Secretary since joining the company on August 1, 2005. From October 2001 until August 2005, Mr. Liner was a member of Dykema Gossett, PLLC, a large Michigan based law firm. He was a member of the firm’s corporate finance practice group and head of both the firm’s automotive industry practice team and China practice. From February 1997 to July 2001, he served as vice president and general counsel of MascoTech, Inc. (now known as Metaldyne Corporation), a diversified industrial products company primarily serving the global transportation industry, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. From 1980 to 1997, he was a member of the legal department of Masco Corporation, a Fortune 500 manufacturer of products for the home and family.

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Paul J. Soni

Vice President and Controller

Paul J. Soni serves as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, and has served as our Controller since April 2002. Prior to joining Roper, he spent four years as Corporate Controller for Oxford Industries, Inc. and four years as Controller of the International Division of Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc., with responsibilities in the U.S. and Latin America. Mr. Soni’s earlier career included eight years with Price Waterhouse LLP in the U.S. and Europe, performing audit and transaction support services.

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Timothy J. Winfrey

Vice President

Timothy J. Winfrey has been Group Vice President, Energy Systems and Controls since June 2002. From October 2001 until June 2002, he was president of Ingersoll Rand Company’s commercial and retail air solutions business, prior to which from May 1999 he was vice president and general manager of IR’s reciprocating compressor division. From June 1996 until April 1999, Mr. Winfrey was first director of corporate development, and then general manager of the joint ventures and services business of Owens Corning, prior to which, from July 1995, he was first manager, strategic planning, and then associate director, corporate development of the Eaton Corporation. Mr. Winfrey held various project management positions at British Petroleum from August 1990 until December 1994.

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Benjamin W. Wood

Vice President

Benjamin W. Wood has been Group Vice President, Scientific and Industrial Imaging since May 2003. Prior to joining Roper, he served for four years at Ingersoll Rand Company in strategic planning, financial analysis and business development roles before becoming vice president of marketing for the infrastructure sector in 2000. Mr. Wood’s earlier experiences include 11 years in Asia in entrepreneurial and corporate roles for privately held technology and software companies.

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