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| David L. Turney |
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer - DRI Corporation
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| David L. Turney has been a director of the Company since May 1996. He has served as the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer since May 1998. In March 2010, he transferred his role of President to Oliver Wels and retained his duties as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Turney was co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Robinson Turney International, Inc., which was merged into the Company in April 1998. A consulting firm, Robinson Turney International, Inc. engaged in business development, marketing services, advisory services, and merger, acquisition and financing assignments for selected clients. Until the merger, the Company was a Robinson Turney International, Inc. client; all Robinson Turney International, Inc. clients were in the transit and transportation equipment industries. From March 1994 to December 1995, Mr. Turney was engaged in strategic planning and development consulting services for his former employer, Mark IV Industries, Inc., a NYSE®-listed company prior to its acquisition by a private investor. Mr. Turney founded the Mark IV Transportation Products Group, a group of nine companies, subsidiaries and operating units serving transit and transportation markets worldwide, and served as its Group Executive from February 1991 to February 1994. From May 1984 to February 1991, Mr. Turney was President of the Luminator division of Gulton Industries, Inc., which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Mark IV in 1987. Prior to 1984, he served in various managerial and engineering capacities in four corporations spanning the telecommunications, industrial hard goods, consumer electronics and electromagnetic components industries. Mr. Turney is active in the American Public Transportation Association. A former chair of the American Public Transportation Association’s Business Members’ group, he presently serves on the American Public Transportation Association’s Business Members’ Board of Governors, Legislative Committees, as well as other industry elected and appointed positions. Mr. Turney also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Mineta Transportation Institute, which was established by Congress in 1991 as part of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and reauthorized in 1998. He served as Chairman of the Mineta Transportation Institute in 2007 and 2008. The Mineta Transportation Institute conducts research, education, and information and technology transfer activities focusing on transportation policy and management topics and issues, in accordance with the institute's theme: “Transportation Policy Research and Transportation Management.” Mr. Turney received his B.S. degree in Industrial Management from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and he has participated in numerous courses and seminars in finance, mergers and acquisitions, public company administration, and operations. |
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| Oliver Wels |
President, Chief Operating Officer, Global Operations – DRI Corporation
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| Oliver Wels has more than 20 years’ experience in the international bus and coach industry. Prior to being appointed to his present position as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Global Operations in March 2010, Mr. Wels served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s Mobitec business group based in Sweden since July 2007. Previously, he served as Managing Director of the Company’s Mobitec GmbH subsidiary in Germany from March 2005 to July 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wels held key positions at Carrier Sütrak, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carrier Corporation/United Technologies in Syracuse, N.Y., that provides air conditioning products for buses, coaches, and rail cars in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. While there, he served as Sales Director from April 2001 to February 2005 and managed the marketing and distribution network development program from October 1998 to March 2001. From October 1995 to September 1998, Mr. Wels served as Product Manager for Mobitec® products in Germany under an agreement between Mobitec AB and Carrier Sütrak. From August 1987 to September 1995, Mr. Wels was Bus and Coach Sales Manager for Western Europe at Ortner and Gollmann, a sales and distribution company based in Germany. From January 1986 to August 1987, Mr. Wels fulfilled his mandatory period of requirement in Germany’s military. From January 1983 to January 1986, Mr. Wels served in various developmental roles at Western Europe at Ortner and Gollmann. Mr. Wels holds an MBA in General Management from Sankt Gallen University in Switzerland with undergraduate studies in Business Administration. |
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| Kathleen B. Oher |
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer - DRI Corporation
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| Kathleen B. Oher was appointed the Company’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer, effective June 28, 2010. Ms. Oher served as vice president of financial reporting and accounting for the Bombay Company, Inc. from January 2006 to June 2006. She served as DRI Corporation’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer from June 2006 to March 2007. Ms. Oher continued to work with DRI Corporation as a consultant while pursuing the start up of a management consulting company, Graf Management Group. From July 2007 to April 2010, Ms. Oher served as the corporate controller for Affiliated Computer Services. Ms. Oher returns to DRI Corporation following a term appointment with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as a resolutions and receivership specialist that began in April 2010. A Certified Public Accountant in Texas since July 1992, Ms. Oher also has been employed as an accountant for Ernst & Young LLP, a public accounting firm. Ms. Oher was a 1990 cum laude undergraduate of The University of Texas at Dallas and received an MBA from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business in 2003. |
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| Lawrence A. Hagemann |
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer & Assistant Secretary - DRI Corporation
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| Lawrence A. Hagemann has been the Company’s Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since December 2005. Mr. Hagemann has held several Company leadership positions since July 1996, when he first joined the Company. An experienced engineer, he has more than 18 years’ transit-industry experience. From July 1995 to July 1996, Mr. Hagemann was Vice President of ADDAX Sound Company, a privately held company in Illinois. From April 1991 to December 1993, he served as Assistant to the President of Vapor-Mark IV in Illinois. From May 1973 to October 1990, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Extel Corporation in Illinois, as well as a Director of Excom Communications Limited in Slough, England, and Extel Overseas Limited in Hong Kong. A 1967 graduate of the University of Detroit, Mr. Hagemann earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1972, he earned an MBA from Loyola University in Chicago. |
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| Rob R. Taylor |
Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, North Carolina Operations - DRI Corporation
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| Rob R. Taylor has been Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s North Carolina Operations, located in Research Triangle Park, N.C., since November 2006. Mr. Taylor joined the Company in February 2005. He was named the Company’s Vice President, Marketing for the Digital Recorders, Inc. subsidiary and TwinVision na, Inc. subsidiary, both located in Durham, N.C., in April 2006. Before joining the Company, Mr. Taylor served in several executive management positions. Mr. Taylor also enjoyed a long career with Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., based in Irvine, Calif. While there, he served as Vice President Sales, Vice President Discrete/Analog Business Unit, Vice President Sales Computing/Digital Consumer Segment, Director Memory Marketing, and in other management positions. Mr. Taylor has more than 28 years’ experience in the electronics and digital video industries serving the computing, industrial, and transportation markets. |
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| William F. Fay Jr. |
Vice President, General Manager, TwinVision na, Inc. and Digital Recorders, Inc. - DRI Corporation
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William F. Fay Jr. has more than 20 years' transit-industry experience, including extensive experience working directly with transit and school bus original equipment manufacturers and their customers. In August 2005, Mr. Fay joined DRI Corporation as Vice President, General Manager of its TwinVision na, Inc. subsidiary in Durham, N.C. In May 2008, he also assumed responsibility for the Company’s Digital Recorders, Inc. subsidiary, also based in Durham, N.C. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fay was Regional Sales Manager at Eldorado National in Macon, Ga., and Riverside, Calif. While there, he served as liaison between the factory and distributors, and assisted in all aspects of sales, including the development and execution of sales strategies for factory-direct products and targeted niche markets. From 1993 to 2004, Mr. Fay worked in various sales and marketing management positions with Blue Bird Corporation in Fort Valley, Ga., Scottsdale, Ariz., and Chelmsford, Mass. From 1986 to 1993, Mr. Fay worked in various management positions at Commonwealth Thomas, Inc. in Milford, N.H., where he was responsible for the coordination of all aspects of school and commercial product lines. A 1986 graduate of the University of Lowell in Lowell, Mass., Mr. Fay earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on design and material management.
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| Michael E. Williams |
Vice President, Engineering, North Carolina Operations - DRI Corporation
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| Michael E. Williams has been Vice President, Engineering of the Company’s North Carolina Operations, located in Durham, N.C., since November 2007. Mr. Williams has more than 20 years’ engineering experience with an emphasis on systems and software. He also has six years' executive leadership experience in developing and deploying intelligent transportation systems for the automotive industry. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Williams served as Senior Director, Global Engineering at Gilbarco, Inc., in Greensboro, N.C., where he was responsible for electronics and software development for dispenser control and secure payment terminals for worldwide markets. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Williams was Senior Manager, Engineering and Program Management at Bose Corporation in Framingham, Mass. In this role, he led the definition, design, and development of the first Bose®-branded automotive infotainment system. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Williams was Director, Engineering and Program Management - Broadband Access Terminals at STMicroelectronics (formerly Alcatel Microelectronics) in Raleigh, N.C. From 1984 to 2001, Mr. Williams was with Motorola, Inc., where he held various engineering and leadership positions with increasing responsibility, including Global Director, Embedded Engineering for the Telematics Communications Group. In this role, he led U.S. and European engineering teams in developing and delivering Telematics products to automotive OEMs. During his career, Mr. Williams has been issued multiple patents and has received a variety of awards for engineering, leadership, and civic involvement. Mr. Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and a master’s degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. |
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| Veronica B. Marks |
Vice President, Corporate Communications and Administration & Assistant Secretary – DRI Corporation
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Veronica B. Marks has been with DRI Corporation since July 2001. Prior to being appointed to her present position in March 2010, she served as Corporate Communications Manager and Assistant Secretary. She is responsible for the Company’s investor and public relations, marketing/communications, and intellectual property programs, as well as oversight of the Company's employee benefit program. She is a member of the American Public Transportation Association's Marketing and Communications Committee, Legislative Committee, and Authorization Task Force. Before joining the Company, Ms. Marks was Acting Marketing Manager at H.D. Vest Financial Services, a non-bank subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co in Irving, Texas. In addition to holding other marketing/communications and investor relations positions, she previously sold securities and life insurance products for Edward Jones Investments, a multi-national broker/dealer based in St. Louis, Mo. An award-winning writer, Ms. Marks is a member of the Press Club of Dallas, the International Association of Business Communicators and its Dallas Chapter, and the National Institute of Investor Relations (NIRI) and its Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter. She has served on the NIRI Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter’s Board of Directors since June 2005. She also is a member of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, the Carrollton Evening Lions Club, Phi Mu Fraternity, and the Dallas Area Phi Mu Alumnae Chapter. A 1986 graduate of The University of Tulsa, Ms. Marks earned a bachelor's degree in Communications.
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