Key Attributes, Experience and Skills:
Mr. Berman has more than 40 years of
experience in the automotive aftermarket industry and has been involved with the Company since its formation, including over 40 years in management of the Company. He has the requisite skills to serve in his executive capacities including particular
skills and knowledge in marketing, finance, product development, vendor relations and strategic business management. Mr. Berman has the ability to connect industry trends, market events, strengths and weaknesses of competitors, the impact of
new market entrants and the ability to define a strategic path. In addition, he has demonstrated the ability to convert a high-level strategy into an executable game plan. As a result of his positions with the Company, he also has intimate knowledge
of the Companys business, results of operations and financial condition which enables him to provide unique insights into the Companys challenges, opportunities, risks and operations.
Kevin M. Olsen has served as a director since January 2019. Mr. Olsen joined the Company in July 2016 as Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer. He became Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in June 2017, President and Chief Operating Officer on August 6, 2018 and President and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2019. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Olsen was Chief Financial Officer of Colfax Fluid Handling, a division of Colfax Corporation, a diversified global manufacturing and engineering company that provides gas and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and
services to commercial and governmental customers around the world, from January 2013 through June 2016. Prior to joining Colfax, he served in progressively responsible management roles at the Forged Products Aero Turbine Division of Precision
Castparts Corp, Crane Energy Flow Solutions, a division of Crane Co., Netshape Technologies, Inc., and Danaher Corporation. Prior thereto, Mr. Olsen performed public accounting work at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills:
Mr. Olsen has the ability to provide unique insights as the Companys current Chief
Executive Officer. In addition, he brings to the Board substantial experience in executive leadership and financial management with large organizations, which he gained principally from his prior service as Chief Financial Officer at Dorman and
Colfax and his public accounting experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
John J. Gavin has served as a director since October 2016.
Mr. Gavin was most recently a Senior Advisor with LLR Partners, LLC, a middle market, growth oriented private equity firm, from 2010 to 2017 and had been Chairman of Strategic Distribution, Inc. (SDI)
,
a leading maintenance,
repair, and operations (MRO) supply firm from 2014 to 2017. Prior to holding his Chairman position at SDI, Mr. Gavin served as Chief Executive Officer and President of SDI during 2013. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Gavin was the Vice Chairman of
Drake Beam Morin, Inc. (DBM), an international career management and transitions management firm, and served as Chief Executive Officer and President of DBM during 2006. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. Gavin was employed by Right Management
Consultants, Inc. (RMCI), a publicly traded global provider of integrated consulting solutions across the employment lifecycle. He served as RMCIs President and Chief Operating Officer from January 1999 to January 2004 and as
RMCIs Executive Vice President, Business Development from December 1996 to December 1998. From 1978 to 1996, Mr. Gavin was employed by Arthur Andersen & Co. in various positions, where his last position was
Partner-in-Charge,
Manufacturing, Distribution and Consumer Products Practice. Mr. Gavin currently serves on the board of GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS), a distributor of gypsum
wall board and related building products in North America. Mr. Gavin has also served as a director of the following publicly held companies during the past six years: Interline Brands, Inc. from 2005 to 2012, CSS Industries, Inc. from 2007 to
2013 and DFC Global Corp from 2007 to 2014. Mr. Gavin currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Corporate Governance at Drexel University in Philadelphia and on the boards of various privately held companies.
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills:
Mr. Gavin is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his expertise with
financial, accounting, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, human resources and career management matters, his extensive management and operational experience, his current and prior service on the board of directors of other publicly and
privately held companies and his financial and accounting experience, including his experience as a certified public accountant with a nationally recognized public accounting firm.
Paul R. Lederer has served as a director since 1998. Prior to his retirement in 1998, Mr. Lederer was the Executive Vice President of
Federal-Mogul Corporation, a global manufacturer of a broad range of
non-discretionary
parts primarily for automobiles, light trucks, heavy trucks, and farm and construction vehicles, from February 1998 to
October 1998. From November 1994 to February 1998, Mr. Lederer was President and Chief Operating Officer of
Fel-Pro
Incorporated, a private manufacturer of gaskets and related products for the internal
combustion engine, which was acquired by Federal-Mogul in 1998. Before joining
Fel-Pro,
he was a consultant to several automotive parts companies. Mr. Lederer currently serves as a director of Maximus,
Inc. (NYSE:MMS),
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