Board of Directors

Cary B. Wood has served as a member of the Board since May 18, 2016, and as Chairman since April 2022.  He served as Lead Director from March 2020 until April 2022. He is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and is designated a financial expert. Mr. Wood also served on the Audit Committee from May 2016 to March 2022. In December 2019, Mr. Wood was named Chief Executive Officer of Grede Holdings, LLC, a full-service supplier of ductile and gray iron metal components and solutions for the automotive, heavy truck and  other industrial end markets. From July 2017 to January 2019, Mr. Wood was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Angelica Corporation, a leading provider of textiles to the healthcare industry. He served as Chief Executive Officer and director of Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) from November 2008 to February 2016, and as its President from April 2009 to February 2016. From August 2004 to November 2008, Mr. Wood served in several roles, including interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, for Citation Corporation, now Grede Holdings, LLC.  Since 2017, Mr. Wood has been a member of the Board of Directors of Westell Corporation (NASDAQ: WSTL) where he chairs the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee.  Mr. Wood has served on the Board of Directors of M&G Duravent, Inc., a privately-held venting systems firm, since January 2017. Mr. Wood served on the Board of Directors of Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG), a designer, manufacturer and marketer of resistive foil technology, sensors and sensor-based systems for niche industrial applications from March 2016 until his term expired in May 2018. Mr. Wood began his career with General Motors Corporation, followed by a move to United Technologies Corporation, where he served in a variety of general management, operations and engineering roles. Mr. Wood has been CEO in both public and private company settings. He has extensive background in authoring and execution of turnaround and growth strategies. Mr. Wood has extensive executive management experience that have been utilized in a number of turnarounds including post bankruptcy stand ups, public company carve-outs as well as operating turnarounds. Mr. Wood has led a significant number of acquisitions with more than a dozen in the public domain. Mr. Wood received a Bachelor of Science degree in Technology from Purdue University in 1989, a Master of Science degree in Industrial Operations in the School of Management from Lawrence Technological University in 1995, and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Loyola University-Chicago in 2014.

Eric B. Blashford has served as a member of the Board and as our President and CEO since March 1, 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Blashford served as our Chief Operating Officer from May 2018 to February 2020 and President of Broadwind Heavy Fabrications, Inc. formerly known as Broadwind Towers, Inc (“Broadwind Towers”), a precision manufacturer of structures, equipment and components for clean technology and other specialized applications from October 2014 to May 2019. From January 2012 to October 2014, he served as President of a group of businesses owned by The Heico Companies, LLC, including Barko Hydraulics, LLC, Pettibone Traverse Lift, LLC, and Tiffin Parts, LLC, all of which are manufacturers of heavy duty off road vehicles (and parts) for the forestry, material handling, oil and gas, and construction industries. For the five years prior to joining Heico, Mr. Blashford served as President for a group of companies owned by The Scott Fetzer Co., servicing the truck equipment, electrical fittings and industrial equipment markets. He started his career with Waltco Truck Equipment Company, where he served in various accounting and operational roles. Mr. Blashford holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Akron and a Masters of Business Administration from Kent State University, and is a registered Certified Public Accountant (non-practicing) in the state of Ohio.

Philip J. Christman has served as a member of the Board since October 22, 2018. He is Chairman of the Governance/Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. Mr. Christman has served as the President, Operations of Navistar International Corporation (with its affiliates, “Navistar”), a leading manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, defense vehicles, and engines, from May 2017 until his retirement in 2022. Prior to holding this position, he held various positions with Navistar, including Vice President, Strategy from June 2015 to May 2017, Chief Procurement Officer from November 2014 to June 2015, Vice President, Engineering from July 2014 to November 2014, President, Global Business from November 2008 to July 2014, Vice President General Manager Vocational Trucks from June 2006 to November 2008. Earlier in his career Mr. Christman held various leadership roles in operations. Since August 2022, Mr. Christman has been a member of the Board of Directors of Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer of commercial duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems (NYSE: ALSN), where he is a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. Mr. Christman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indiana Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Ball State University.

Jeanette A. Press has served as a member of the Board since March 22, 2023. She is a member of the Audit Committee and is designated a financial expert, and is also a member of the Governance/Nominating Committee. Ms. Press served as the Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer for CMC Materials, Inc. (“CMC”) (Nasdaq: CCMP), a global supplier of consumable materials primarily to semiconductor manufacturers from November 2021 until CMC’s merger with Entegris (Nasdaq: ENTG) in July 2022. In that role, Ms. Press led the company’s global functions of internal audit, tax, treasury, FP&A, accounting and financial reporting. Since June 2020, Ms. Press has served as CMC’s Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. While at CMC, Ms. Press utilized her financial expertise on transforming the finance organization, strategic acquisitions and acting as the key finance leader in the sale of CMC to Entegris. Ms. Press currently serves as a Senior Advisor on the integration of the two companies. Ms. Press previously served as Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer for Univar Solutions (NYSE: UNVR), a global chemical distributor, and USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a manufacturer and distributor of high-performance building systems. Prior to USG, Ms. Press served 13 years in the audit practice at KPMG, LLP. Ms. Press also serves on the board and is chair of the advancement committee for The Conservation Foundation, a not-for-profit land and watershed conservation organization dedicated to preserving and restoring open space, protecting rivers and watersheds, and promoting environment stewardship, and is an advisory board member for the Loyola University Accounting program. Ms. Press graduated magna cum laude with a B.B.A. in Accounting from Loyola University. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and a certified board director by the National Association of Corporate Directors.

David P. Reiland has served as a member of the Board since April 16, 2008. He served as Chairman of the Board from May 17, 2010 to February 29, 2020.  He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and is designated as a financial expert, and is also a member of the Governance/Nominating Committee. Mr. Reiland was employed by Magnetek, Inc. (“Magnetek”) from August 1986 until January 2009, where he held numerous high-level positions, including Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Vice President of Finance, and served as CEO and President of Magnetek from October 2006 until October 2008. He also served on the board of directors of Magnetek from October 2006 to September 2015. Magnetek develops, manufactures and markets power and motion control systems and was a public company until its acquisition by Columbus McKinnon Corporation in September 2015. Mr. Reiland is a Certified Public Accountant who holds an undergraduate degree in financial management from California State University, Long Beach, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California

Sachin M. Shivaram has served as a member of the Board since November 2, 2022. He is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee. Since June of 2019, Mr. Shivaram has been Chief Executive Officer of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry, a vertically integrated provider of aluminum and copper-based alloy castings for a wide variety of industries. Mr. Shivaram was the President of Sierra Aluminum from July 2018 to June 2019, President of Pressure Vessel Group from June 2016 to July 2018, and Managing Director of the Main Steel Division from October 2017 to June 2019, each a division of Samuel, Son & Co., a $3 billion privately held company with business units in the U.S. and Canada focused on metal processing and manufacturing. Mr. Shivaram served in several positions at Tenaris S.A., a producer of steel pipe and tube for oil and gas applications.  He served as the Director, Mid-Continent from October 2015 to June 2016 and Director, Rig Services Distribution from October 2014 to September 2015. From September 2013 to October 2014, Mr. Shivaram held the position of Vice President, Commercial and from December 2012 to September 2013 he was the General Manager, Metallics Purchasing at Severstal North America, a flat roll steel mill. From May 2007 to December 2012, Mr. Shivaram served in several roles including Head of Strategy & Marketing and Sales Director, Marketing at ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel producer. Mr. Shivaram is a member of the Board of Directors of Lodge Cast Iron, Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity and the National Association of Manufacturers. Mr. Shivaram received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and literature from Harvard University, a Master of Philosophy, Social and Political Science from the University of Cambridge, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Wisconsin.

Thomas A. Wagner has served as a member of the Board since March 25, 2011. He is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Governance/Nominating Committee. From July 2012 until his retirement in October 2015, Mr. Wagner was the Chief Product Officer at Ogin, Inc., a wind turbine design and supply company. He is currently supporting the design of products with the capability to prevent environmental carbon release.  Mr. Wagner has worked in the diversified energy industry for more than 45 years with assignments addressing Nuclear, Fossil and Renewable Power Generation.  During these assignments, Mr. Wagner has performed engineering design and lead large technical teams of several hundred engineers engaged in design and service functions that improved system reliability, reduced or eliminated environmental emissions and developed intellectual property.  Mr. Wagner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Science degree in mechanics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.