Douglas McCrosson
has been our Chief Executive Officer, President and a director since March 2014. Mr. McCrosson joined the Company in 2003 as Director of Business Development. During his tenure, he has held positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President of Business Development and Senior Vice President of Operations, where he headed CPI’s business development, engineering, procurement and manufacturing operations. Subsequently, he was promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer in January 2010 before becoming President and Chief Executive Officer. He has 35 years of aerospace experience, having started his ca
reer as a mechanical engineer at Grumman Corporation, now Northrop Grumman. Mr. McCrosson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Master of Science degree in Management from the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association, a trade association representing major aerospace and defense manufacturers and suppliers in the United States. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Association, the leading business association in the Long Island region. Mr. McCrosson provides our board of directors with unique knowledge of the Company’s business, operations and management and his other extensive experience in the Company’s industry.
Vincent Palazzolo
has been our Chief Financial Officer since May 2004 and our Secretary since March of 2008. From December 2003 to May 2004, he was employed by J. H. Cohn LLP as an audit partner. From 1988 through November 2003, Mr. Palazzolo was employed by Goldstein Golub Kessler LLP (“GGK”), where he was an audit partner from September 1999 through November 2003. While employed by GGK, from September 1999 to November 2003, Mr. Palazzolo also served as a managing director of American Express Tax and Business Services, Inc. Mr. Palazzolo holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Hofstra University, is a certified public accountant and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Walter Paulick
has been a director since April 1992. He served as the chairman of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee from March 2004 until June 2015 and as chairman of our Audit Committee from June 2006 until April 2007. Mr. Paulick is a self-employed real estate development consultant. From 1982 to November 1992, Mr. Paulick was a vice president of Parr Development Company, Inc., a real estate development company. From 1974 to 1982, Mr. Paulick was a vice president of National Westminster U.S.A. Mr. Paulick holds an Associate degree in Applied Science from Suffolk Community College and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Dowling College. Mr. Paulick’s background in banking and real estate development, and his general business knowledge provides our board of directors with a diverse perspective on the Company’s industry and business in our region.
Eric S. Rosenfeld
is the chairman emeritus of our board of directors. Mr. Rosenfeld served as the non-executive chairman of our board of directors from January 2005 until November 2018. He has also served as chairman of our Strategic Planning Committee since April 2003. Mr. Rosenfeld has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Crescendo Partners, L.P., a New York based investment firm, since its formation in November 1998. Prior to forming Crescendo Partners, he held the position of Managing Director at CIBC Oppenheimer and its predecessor company, Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., for 14 years. Mr. Rosenfeld currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Allegro Merger Corp., a blank check company. He currently serves as a director for several companies, including Absolute Software Corp., a software company that empowers its customers to protect devices, data, applications, and users against theft or attack, Cott Corporation, a leading water and coffee service provider, Aecon Group Inc., a Canadian construction and infrastructure development company, Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd., a logistics and shipping company that merged with Quartet Merger Corp., a blank-check company for which he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and NextDecade Corporation, a natural gas development company that merged with Harmony Merger Corp., a blank-check company for which he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Rosenfeld has also served as a director for numerous companies, including Arpeggio Acquisition Corporation, Rhapsody Acquisition Corporation and Trio Merger Corp., all blank check companies that later merged with Hill International, Primoris Services Corporation and SAExploration Holdings Inc., respectively. He also served on the board of directors of Sierra Systems Group Inc., an information technology, management consulting, and systems integration firm, Emergis Inc., an electronic commerce company, Hill International, a construction management firm, Matrikon Inc., a company that provides industrial intelligence solutions, DALSA Corp., a digital imaging and semiconductor firm, GEAC Computer, a software company, Computer Horizons Corp., an IT services company, and SAExploration Holdings Inc., a seismic data services company. Mr. Rosenfeld provides our board of directors with expertise in finance and financial markets and with experience derived from his service on the boards of other public and private companies.
Terry Stinson
has been the non-executive chairman of our board of directors since November 2018, and a director and the chairman of our compensation committee since June 2014. Mr. Stinson is Chief Executive Officer of his own consulting practice, Stinson Consulting, LLC, a position he has held since 2001. Stinson Consulting is engaged in strategic alliances and marketing for the aerospace industry. From January 2013 until May 31, 2014, he served as Executive Vice President of AAR CORP., an international, publicly traded aerospace manufacturing and services company. Mr. Stinson currently serves as an independent consultant to AAR CORP. From August 2007 until January 2013, Mr. Stinson served as Group Vice President of AAR CORP. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Stinson served as Chief Executive Officer of Xelus, Inc., a collaborative enterprise service management solution company. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Stinson was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of vertical lift aircraft, and served as President from 1996 to 1998. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Stinson served as Group Vice President