| Giordano Albertazzi |
Giordano Albertazzi is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Vertiv Group Corp. and the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Vertiv Holdings Co. He is also the Chairman of Vertiv Industrial Systems SAS, Vertiv France SAS, and Energy Labs LLC. Additionally, he serves as a Director at Vertiv Company Group Ltd., Vertiv Infrastructure Ltd., and Vertiv Holdings Ltd. In the past, Mr. Albertazzi held the position of Chairman-Management Board at Vertiv Slovakia as. He was also the Managing Director at Vertiv Srl from 2004 to 2006 and at Vertiv Co. from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Albertazzi completed his undergraduate degree at Politecnico di Milano and his graduate degree at Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Eric M. Johnson |
Eric M. Johnson has a current job as the Chief Accounting Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co. |
| Scott A. Cripps |
Scott A. Cripps is currently the Director at United Way of Greater Toledo and the Chief Accounting Officer & Controller at Vertiv Holdings Co. He was previously the Vice President-Investor Relations at Owens Corning. |
| Patrick R. Johnson |
Patrick R. Johnson is Executive Vice President-Integrated Rack Solutions at Vertiv Holdings Co.
In his past career he held the position of Senior Vice President-Datacenter Systems at K-Tech Corp. and Vice President-Strategic Initiatives at Artesyn Embedded Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Johnson received an undergraduate degree from Missouri University of Science & Technology. |
| Stephen Liang |
Stephen Liang is currently the Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP at Vertiv Holdings Co. He previously worked as the President-China at Vertiv Tech Co. Ltd. from 2001 to 2009. Mr. Liang completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Rainer Stiller |
Rainer Stiller is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co. He completed his undergraduate degree at Hochschule München. |
| Cheryl H. J. Lim |
Cheryl H. J. Lim is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co. Her former job was as Vice President-Human Resources at ITT, Inc. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Leeds and her graduate degree at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. |
| Paul Ryan |
Paul Ryan is currently the Chief Procurement Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co. He has an undergraduate and graduate degree from the University of Limerick. |
| Rachel Thompson |
Rachel Thompson is currently working as the Chief Staff Officer & VP-Corporate Strategy at Vertiv Holdings Co. She completed her undergraduate degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. |
| Sheryl Haislet |
Sheryl Haislet is currently the Chief Information Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co. She previously held the position of Chief Information Officer & Vice President at Johnson Controls, Inc. from 1999 to 2015, and at Adient plc from 2015 to 2019. Ms. Haislet obtained a graduate degree from Grand Valley State University (Michigan) in 2000, an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1987, and an MBA from Pedago LLC in 2020. |
| Stephanie Lynn Gill |
Stephanie Lynn Gill is currently working as the Secretary & Chief Legal Counsel at Vertiv Holdings Co. She previously worked as the Secretary, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at CNX Resources Corp. from 2011 to 2015. Before that, she was an Associate at Jones Day LP from 1996 to 1999. Ms. Gill also worked as a Partner at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. She has a background in law and holds undergraduate degrees from Dickinson Law School and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| David M. Cote |
David M. Cote is currently the Executive Chairman at Vertiv Holdings Co., a Member at The Business Roundtable, and a Member-Governors Board at Conférence de Montréal. Previously, he served as the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell Capital Management LLC, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell Electronic Materials, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell SA, President & Chief Executive Officer at General Electric Appliances, Inc., Executive Chairman, President, CEO & Secretary at GS Acquisition Holdings Corp., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at TRW, Inc., and Executive Chairman at Honeywell International, Inc. He also held positions as Vice Chairman at The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund, Co-Chairman at US India CEO Forum, Independent Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., Director at Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Director at Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. Additionally, he served as an Independent Director at Juniper Industrial Holdings, Inc. from 2020 to 2021. Mr. Cote's education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1976. |
| David J. Fallon |
David J. Fallon is currently the Treasurer & Director at Parker Hannifin Filtration (US), Inc. and the Chief Financial Officer at Vertiv Holdings Co. He previously worked as the CFO, CAO, Vice President & Head-Investor Relations at Clarcor, Inc. from 2009 to 2017. Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Noble International Ltd. from 2002 to 2009. He also served as a Senior Accountant at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1991 to 1995 and as a Treasury Manager at Textron Automotive Co., Inc. from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Fallon holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton. |
| Anand Sanghi |
Anand Sanghi is currently the President-Americas at Vertiv Holdings Co. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. |
| Yibin Cui |
Yibin Cui is currently the President-Greater China at Vertiv Holdings Co. He has an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. He also holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Tsinghua University. |
| Karsten Winther |
Karsten Winther is currently the Vice President-EMEA Sales at vertiv, Inc. and the President-Europe, Middle East & Africa at Vertiv Holdings Co. He previously worked as the Director at Fom Technologies A and as the Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Thrane & Thrane A from 2016 to 2018. Mr. Winther received his undergraduate degree from Copenhagen Business School in 1992. |
| Robin L. Washington |
Robin L. Washington is currently serving as an Independent Director at Honeywell International, Inc. and as the Lead Independent Director at Salesforce, Inc. She is also a Director at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, The MasterCard Foundation, Children's Discovery Museum, Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd., Alphabet, Inc., Vertiv Group Corp., vertiv, Inc., StockX LLC, Kite Pharma UK Ltd., Vertiv Holdings Co., Eikon Therapeutics, Inc., the University of Michigan, Financial Accounting Foundation, Altas Partners Inc, Graziadio School of Business & Management, Catalyst Partners Acquisition Corp., and Beacon Biosignals, Inc. Previously, Ms. Washington held positions as a Director at Tektronix, Inc. from 2005 to 2007, an Independent Director at MIPS Technologies, Inc. from 2008 to 2013, a Finance Director at Tandem Computers, Inc., a Director at Gilead Connecticut, Inc., a Director at Gilead Sciences Ltd., and the CFO, Chief Accounting Officer & Executive VP at Gilead Sciences, Inc. from 2008 to 2019. She also served as the Senior Vice President & Controller at PeopleSoft, Inc. from 1996 to 2005, the Chief Financial Officer at Hyperion Solutions Corp. from 2006 to 2007, the Chief Financial Officer at Pharmasset, Inc., a Senior Auditor at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and an Accounting Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Additionally, she was the President & Chief Financial Officer at Kite Pharma, Inc. from 2017 to 2018. Ms. Washington obtained an MBA from Pepperdine University in 1995 and an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1984. |
| Jan van Dokkum |
Jan van Dokkum is a Senior Advisor to Imperative Ventures and co-founded the firm. Jan is a company-builder and has worked closely with dozens of management teams during critical junctures of scale-up and commercialization. He has over 35 years of experience as an operator, investor, and board director. Through his wide range of roles, Jan has developed deep relationships with corporates across the energy and industrial sectors. Prior to Imperative, Jan served as an operating partner with Kleiner Perkins for ten years, actively managing numerous investments as a director, investor, and interim CEO. Jan previously was President of UTC Power (United Technologies) where he was tasked with building an energy business that served the building and transportation sectors with sustainable technologies like fuel cells, micro-turbines, combined heat and power solutions, and organic rankine cycle systems. Prior to UTC Power, Jan was President and CEO of Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution for the USA market. He has served the Department of Energy in various advisory positions for optimization of the national power grid and renewable energy resources.
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| Joseph J. DeAngelo |
Joseph J. DeAngelo is an Independent Director at Vertiv Holdings Co. and the President of White Cap Supply Holdings, Inc. He previously served as the President & CEO-General Electric TIP at General Electric Capital Corp., President & Chief Executive Officer at HD Supply Facilities Maintenance Ltd., President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Trailer Fleet Services, Inc., Chief Executive Officer & Director at HD Supply, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at HD Supply Holdings, Inc., Director at Owens-Illinois, Inc., Principal at GE Aerospace and Georgia-Pacific LLC, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President at The Home Depot, Inc., Executive Vice President-Home Depot Supply at The Stanley Works Ltd., Principal at GE Plastics, Chief Operating Officer at General Electric Appliances, Inc., and Trustee at Shepherd Center Foundation. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Albany. |
| Steven S. Reinemund |
Steven S. Reinemund is currently serving as a Director at the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, an Independent Director at Vertiv Holdings Co., an Independent Director at Catalyst Partners Acquisition Corp., a Trustee at Furman University, and a Member of The Business Council. He previously held positions such as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Pepsi-Cola North America, President & Chief Executive Officer at Pizza Hut LLC, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Frito-Lay, Inc., Executive Chairman at PepsiCo, Inc., Chairman at the National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc., Independent Director at American Express Co., Director at Johnson & Johnson, Independent Director at Walmart, Inc., Independent Director at Marriott International, Inc., Independent Director at Exxon Mobil Corp., Director at Wake Forest University, Director at Chick-fil-A, Inc., Director at The United Negro College Fund, Inc., Independent Director at GS Acquisition Holdings Corp., Dean at The Wake Forest University School of Business. He holds an MBA from the University of Virginia and an undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy. |
| Roger B. Fradin |
Roger B. Fradin is currently the Chairman at Resideo Technologies, Inc., Chairman at Janus International Group, Inc., Director at Signode Industrial Group LLC, Director at Sciens Building Solutions LLC, Independent Director at L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Independent Director at Vertiv Holdings Co., and Director & Manager at Juniper II Management LLC. Previously, he held positions such as President, CEO-Security & Fire Solutions at Pittway Corp., President & Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions, President & Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell Security Group, Vice Chairman at Honeywell International, Inc., Chairman at Juniper Industrial Holdings, Inc., Chairman at Juniper II Corp., Executive Chairman at Victory Innovations Co., Inc., Independent Director at Harris Corp., Independent Non-Executive Director at MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Independent Director at GS Acquisition Holdings Corp., Director at Goldman Sachs Acquisition Holdings Corp., Independent Director at Pitney Bowes, Inc., and President at ADEMCO Group. He received his undergraduate and MBA degrees from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Matthew Louie |
Matthew Louie is currently a Managing Director at Platinum Equity Advisors LLC since 2008 and an Independent Director at Vertiv Holdings Co. since 2020. He previously worked as a Principal at Canaan Partners Israel. Louie received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Jakki Lynn Haussler |
Jakki Lynn Haussler founded Opus Capital Group LLC in 2006, where she is working as Chairman of the Board from 2006 and Opus Capital Management, Inc. in 1996, where she is working as Non-Executive Chairman from 2019. Ms. Haussler also founded Salmon P Chase College of Law, where she worked as Director-Best Transport. Ms. Haussler also currently works at Barnes Group, Inc., as Independent Director from 2021, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc., as Independent Director from 2015, Service Corp. International, as Independent Director from 2018, and various other companies. Ms. Haussler also formerly worked at Cincinnati Bell Inc., as Independent Director from 2011 to 2021, Morgan Stanley Income Securities, Inc., as Director, The Latin American Discovery Fund, Inc., as Director in 2015, and various other companies. Ms. Haussler received her undergraduate degree in 1979 from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) and graduate degree from Salmon P Chase College of Law. |
| Jacob Kotzubei |
Jacob Kotzubei is co-president of Platinum Equity and a member of its Investment Committee. Among his responsibilities, Mr. Kotzubei leads the Los Angeles headquarters–based investment team and has oversight responsibility for the investment team in Asia. In addition, Mr. Kotzubei plays an active role in the management of the firm’s day-to-day activities as well as its strategic direction.
Mr. Kotzubei and his team led the acquisition of, divestiture of or investment in the following: SourceOne Healthcare (formerly Diagnostic Imaging), Geologic, CompuCom Systems, Turf Care Supply (formerly a division of Lesco), ESM Group, PNA Group, SDI, Broadleaf Logistic (formerly Canwel Building Products, a division acquired from Weyerhaeuser),
Sigura (formerly the Innovative Water Care division of Lonza), Centerfield, Cision, CabinetWorks, Club Car (formerly a division of Ingersoll Rand), Ingram Micro (formerly owned by HNA Technology), McGraw Hill Education and Solenis, including related add-ons, financings and refinancings. Mr. Kotzubei is a member of the board of directors at Ryerson (NYSE: RYI) and Vertiv (NYSE: VRT). Mr. Kotzubei has more than 25 years of M&A experience, including substantial complex carve-out and public-to-private experience in numerous industries and countries. Prior to joining Platinum Equity in 2002, Mr. Kotzubei was a vice president of the High Tech group at Goldman Sachs and was head of the East Coast Semiconductor group. Previously, he was an M&A attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. Mr. Kotzubei received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law where he was elected as a member of the Columbia Law Review. He is a retired member of the New York State Bar. |
| Edward L. Monser |
Edward L. Monser is currently the Chairman of Armour College of Engineering. He is also the Lead Independent Director at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Director at Illinois Institute of Technology, Director at The Backstoppers, Inc., Director at Seyer Industries, Inc., Director at Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis, Inc., Director at Vertiv Co., Independent Director at Vertiv Holdings Co., and Treasurer at St. Louis Science Center. Previously, he served as Chairman of Ranken Technical College, Vice Chairman of US-China Business Council, Vice Chairman of Midwest-China Hub Commission, Vice Chairman of US India Strategic Partnership Forum, Independent Director at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., Director at Canadian National Railway Co., Director at Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Director at St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, President of Emerson Electric Co., President of Rosemount, Inc., and Member-Economic Development Board of Province of Guangdong. He has also served as a Trustee at Eisenhower Fellowships, Inc. Mr. Monser completed his undergraduate degree from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1980. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Eastern Michigan University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
