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JOHN POINDEXTER Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
jpoindexter@jbpco.com

John Poindexter is the Chairman of the Board of J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc., which he formed in 1985. He earlier cofounded KD/P Equities, a private equity investment firm, and served as its Managing Partner. He has been Senior Vice-President of Smith Barney Capital Corporation, where he was a Partner of First Century Partnership, a sizeable private equity fund, and was employed earlier in the Corporate Finance Department of Salomon Brothers. As an officer in the United States Army, he commanded tactical units in the United States, Europe, and the Republic of South Vietnam. Mr. Poindexter holds an MBA and Ph.D. in Economics and Finance from New York University. He serves on the boards or councils of several charitable organizations and academic institutions and has authored a number of privately published works.

 

LARRY WOLFE Vice-President Administration and Assistant Secretary
lwolfe@jbpco.com

Larry Wolfe joined J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. in 1995. He previously served as Vice-President of Human Resources and Administrative Services for Transco Energy Company, a diversified energy company located in Houston, Texas. His lengthy career has included management positions in both the energy and consumer products industries, with responsibilities for human resources, purchasing, material management, safety, security, organizational development, communications, and process redesign. Mr. Wolfe has been a participant on the transaction teams of a number of acquisitions. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Slippery Rock University, has served on the boards of several for profit and not for profit organizations in Houston, and is a Vietnam Veteran of the U.S. Army.

 

ROBERT WHATLEY Vice-President Finance, Treasurer and Secretary
rwhatley@jbpco.com

Robert Whatley has many years of financial and operating experience in the energy, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries. Prior to joining J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. in 1994, he served as Chief Financial Officer of a petrochemical trading company and Vice-President of Finance and Treasurer of Weatherford International, an energy services company. From 1974 to 1980, he was employed in public accounting in the United Kingdom with Andersen and in the United States with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Mr. Whatley is a graduate of the University of London.

 

PHIL SCHULL Vice-President of Risk Management
pschull@jbpco.com

Philip Schull has responsibility for the company's general insurance, environmental, health, and safety programs. Before joining the company, Mr. Schull was Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety with E-Systems, Inc. and Corporate Manager of Safety and Health at Texas Instruments. In his 29-year career, he has been involved with major construction projects, U.S. and international compliance programs in high technology industries, due diligence for acquisitions, and federal environmental rulemaking. Mr. Schull holds BS and MS degrees in Engineering from the University of Michigan and has been a certified safety executive for two decades.

 

RICK MAUS Vice-President Corporate Development
mgonzalez@jbpco.com

Mark Gonzalez is responsible for directing the company’s corporate development activities to insure that the company is taking full advantage of opportunities to expand operations through mergers and acquisitions. Before joining the company, Mr. Gonzalez held executive positions with Halliburton Corporation, Kellogg Brown & Root, Service Corporation International, and a number of Wall Street institutions. During his career Mark has been an executive in both public and private equity companies, and has completed over $8 billion in transactions. He holds a B.S. in Business Management and an M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

 

PHIL SCHULL
Vice-President Procurement
tyoung@jbpco.com

Timothy Young has responsibility for directing the company’s supply chain activities and helping to ensure that J.B. Poindexter is driving best practices, commonality and leverage in all purchased components and services throughout the Business Units. Prior to joining J.B. Poindexter, Mr. Young held leadership positions in Fortune 500 companies in the office furniture and off-road equipment manufacturing arenas. Mr. Young holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa Wesleyan College and an M.B.A. from Saint Ambrose University.

 

PHIL SCHULL
Director of Financial Controls
ecambria@jbpco.com

Evelyn Cambria has over 15 years of manufacturing financial management experience at the Fortune 500 level. Her current role as Director of Financial Controls for the company encompasses implementation and management of internal controls and the promotion of best business practices for the company’s subsidiaries. Prior to joining the company she had extensive financial operations experience as a Financial Analyst, Financial Information Manager, and Division Controller, for Butler Manufacturing Company and Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream. She has a BA in Accounting from Texas State University and a Master’s Degree in Public and Private Management from Birmingham-Southern College.

 

PHIL SCHULL
Assistant Controller
elau@jbpco.com

Edwin Lau is responsible for performing various accounting functions ranging from day-to-day accounting matters to financial reporting.  Before joining J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc., Mr. Lau was a senior auditor at Ernst & Young, LLP and served as Assistant Controller for Ryland Homes – Houston.  He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  He graduated the University of Texas at Austin in 2001 with a Masters in Professional Accounting and Bachelors in Accounting.

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