Steven W. Berglund joined Trimble as president and chief executive officer in March 1999. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Berglund has a diverse background in engineering, manufacturing, finance and global operations.
Prior to joining Trimble, Berglund was president of Spectra Precision, Inc., a pioneer in the development of laser systems. Berglund spent 14 years at Spectra Precision in a variety of positions, including four years based in Europe. During his tenure as president, Berglund initiated the merger of five companies to form the Spectra Precision Group, of which he remained president. With global sales of approximately $230 million, Spectra Precision develops and manufactures surveying instruments, laser-based construction alignment instruments and machine control systems and software.
After joining Trimble, Berglund spearheaded the strategic acquisition of both the Spectra Precision Group and Tripod Data Systems, a leading developer of data collection software and hardware for the land survey, construction and Geographic Information System (GIS) markets. The acquisitions position Trimble as the world leader in advanced positioning technology, helping to define and transform the way position-centric information is used.
In the early 1980s, Berglund spent a number of years at Varian Associates in Palo Alto, where he held a variety of planning and manufacturing roles. Varian is a technology company specializing in microwave communications, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, analytical instruments and medical diagnostic equipment.
Berglund began his career as a process engineer at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York. He attended the University of Oslo and the University of Minnesota where he received a B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974. He later received his M.B.A. from the University of Rochester in New York in 1977.
John B. Goodrich has served as a Director of the Company since January 1981. Mr. Goodrich retired from the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he practiced from 1970 until February 2002. Mr. Goodrich, currently a business consultant, serves on the board of directors of Tessera Technology, Inc., a developer of semiconductor packaging technology and on the boards of several privately held corporations in high technology businesses. Mr. Goodrich received a B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1963, a J.D. from the University of Southern California in 1966, and a L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1970.
William Hart has served as a Director of the Company since December 1984. Mr. Hart is an advisor to early-stage technology and financial services companies. Mr. Hart retired from Technology Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, in March 2001. As the founder and Managing Partner of Technology Partners, he led the firm for 21 years. Mr. Hart was previously a senior officer and director of Cresap, McCormick and Paget, management consultants, and held positions in field marketing and manufacturing planning with IBM Corporation. Mr. Hart has served on the boards of directors of numerous public and privately held technology companies. Mr. Hart received a Bachelor of Management Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1965 and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in 1967.
Merit E. Janow joined the Company's Board of Directors in March 2008. Ms. Janow is a leading expert in international economic law and policy with extensive experience in academia, government, business and the Asia-Pacific region. For the past thirteen years, she has been a Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Columbia Law School where she teaches advanced courses in international trade/WTO law, comparative antitrust law and international economic policy. At Columbia, Ms. Janow is also the Co-Director of the APEC Study Center and a member of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. From 2002 to 2004, she was Director of the Masters Program in International Affairs at Columbia. From 2003 to 2007, Ms. Janow was elected as one of the seven Members of the World Trade Organization?s (WTO) Appellate Body, which is the court of final appeal for intergovernmental trade disputes between the 151 members of the WTO. She is the author of a number of books and articles on topics in international trade relations. Ms. Janow's current board of director assignments include the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, where she serves as Chair and member of the Executive, Audit and Regulatory committees, Rockefeller & Co., and two global mutual funds of the American Funds. She also is a trustee of the Japan Society. From 1997 to 2000, Ms. Janow served as the Executive Director of an international antitrust advisory committee to the Attorney General and the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, U.S. Department of Justice. From 1990 to 1993 she was Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan and China where she was responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing U.S. trade policies and negotiating strategies towards Japan and China. Earlier, Ms. Janow was a corporate lawyer specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions with the global law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York and before that she worked on international trade policy matters at a U.S. think tank. She received a JD from Columbia Law School and a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Michigan.
Ulf J. Johansson has served as a director of the Company since December 1999. Dr. Johansson is a Swedish national with a distinguished career in communications technology. He was a founder and served as chairman of Europolitan Vodafone AB, a GSM mobile telephone operator in Sweden, from 1990 until March 2005. In April 2005 Dr. Johansson was elected to the board of directors of Telefon AB LM Ericsson. He currently also serves as chairman of the board of directors for AcandoFrontec AB, an IT and management consulting company and Eurostep Group AB, a software and consulting company specializing in product life cycle management. Dr. Johansson has served on the board of directors of Novo Nordisk A/S, a Danish pharmaceutical/life science company since 1998, but left that position in March 2005 to serve as chairman of Novo Nordisk Foundation and Novo A/S, the private Danish investment company and parent company of the Novo Group as well as the majority owner of Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S. From 1998 to 2003 Dr. Johansson served as chairman of the University Board of Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Earlier positions include: president and chief executive officer of Spectra-Physics, and executive vice president of Ericsson Radio Systems AB. Dr. Johansson received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, and a Doctor of Technology (Communication Theory) from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
Bradford W. Parkinson has served as a Director of the Company since 1984. Currently, Dr. Parkinson is the Edward C. Wells Endowed Chair professor (emeritus) at Stanford University and has been a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University since 1984. Dr. Parkinson has also directed the Gravity Probe-B spacecraft development project at Stanford University, sponsored by NASA, and has been program manager for several Federal Aviation Administration sponsored research projects on the use of Global Positioning Systems for navigation. While on a leave of absence from Stanford University, Dr. Parkinson served as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer from August 1998 through March 1999, while the Company searched for a Chief Executive Officer. From 1980 to 1984 he was group vice president and general manager for Intermetrics, Inc. where he directed five divisions. In 1979, Dr. Parkinson served as group vice president for Rockwell International directing business development and advanced engineering. In 2003, he was awarded the Draper Prize by the National Academy of Engineering for the development of GPS. Dr. Parkinson received a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957, an M.S. degree in Aeronautics/Astronautics Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961 and a Ph.D. in Astronautics Engineering from Stanford University in 1966.
Vice Chairman Parker Hannifin Corporation Elected 2003
Nickolas W. Vande Steeg joined the Company's Board of Directors in July 2003. Mr. Vande Steeg served as the president and chief operating officer of Parker Hannifin Corporation. Since 1971 his career with Parker includes posts as president of the Seal Group, corporate senior vice president and operating officer, and executive vice president and chief operating officer. Parker Hannifin is a diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. In addition to serving as president and CEO, he oversees seven industrial groups, which include Hydraulics, Fluid Connectors, Automation, Instrumentation, Climate and Industrial Controls, and the Seal and Filtration groups. He also oversees the Asia Pacific and Latin America groups, operations development, strategic pricing and the "lean organization" element of Parker Hannifin's WIN Strategy, which is focused on premier customer service, financial performance and profitable growth. Mr. Vande Steeg began his career at John Deere Corporation serving as an Industrial Engineer and Industrial Relations Manager from 1965 to 1970. Mr. Vande Steeg received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of California, Irvine in 1968 and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California in 1985. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Azusa Pacific University.
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