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WINLAND ELECTRONICS, INC.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Thomas J. Goodmanson serves as the Chairman of Winland's Board of Directors and has been a Director of the company since 2007. He is the Chief Financial Officer of Calabrio, Inc., a leading provider of workforce optimization and unified desktop software for IP-based contact centers.  From March 2006 to January 2008, Mr. Goodmanson served as the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Gelco Information Network, Inc., a leading provider of global software-as-a-service and other on-demand business services. From September 1999 to March 2006, Mr. Goodmanson was Chief Financial Officer of Magenic Technologies. From August 1992 to September 1999, he was a senior manager at KPMG, LLP and is a CPA, inactive, in the state of Minnesota.

Thomas J. de Petra serves as a Director and is the President and Chief Executive Officer. He has been a Director of the company since 1994. He is the founder and president of Vantage Advisory Services LLC, providing management consulting and business advisory services. While serving as a self-employed management consultant during the past 12 years, Mr. de Petra has served in various interim executive officer roles. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Nortech Forest Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded company, from February 1996 to June 1997.  Mr. de Petra was a management consultant from June 1993 to February 1996, and he was Chief Information Officer of IDC Holdings, Ltd. from June 1993 to November 1994. Mr. de Petra was President and owner of DePetra & Associates, Inc., a financial communications firm, formerly known as First Financial Investor Relations, Inc., from August 1986 to October 1993. 

Richard T. Speckmann serves as a Director and Chairs the Compensation Committee and the Nominating/Governance Committee.  He is the Chief Executive Officer and President of EmPerform, Inc., a company that evaluates employee performance and productivity, since March 2004.  He served as Chief Executive Officer of Outside the Box, Inc. and as President of Amcon Construction Company, LLC April 2001 to November 2002.  From January 1997 to March 2001, Mr. Speckmann, a partner of Art Holdings Corporation, served as its President.  Prior to 1997, Mr. Speckmann served in various capacities with several Twin Cities companies, including Andcor Companies, Inc., InforMark Resources, Inc., Ehlert Publishing Group and Signdesign, Inc.

Thomas J. Brady serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee.  He is the Chief Financial Officer of Digineer, Inc., a growing IT consulting firm based in suburban Minneapolis, which he joined in October 2006.  At Digineer, he is responsible for all aspects of internal and external financial reporting, as well as information technology, legal, operations and general administration. Previously, Mr. Brady spent 19years with KPMG LLP, most recently as Audit Partner, where he was responsible for corporate audits in a wide range of companies and industries with revenues ranging from under $10million to over $1 billion.

Lorin E. Krueger serves as a Director.  He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from June 1, 2001 until January 2, 2008 and as President of the Company from January 1999 until June of 2001 when he assumed the additional role of CEO.  Mr. Krueger has served as a Director of the Company since 1983. Mr. Krueger served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, and other executive officer positions in the company, from 1983 until January of 1999.  Mr. Krueger was one of the founding partners of the company.

 

WINLAND ELECTRONICS, INC.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Thomas J. de Petra was appointed CEO and President on May 6, 2008, and has been a Director of the company since 1994. He is the founder and president of Vantage Advisory Services LLC, providing management consulting and business advisory services. While serving as a self-employed management consultant during the past 12 years, Mr. de Petra has served in various interim executive officer roles. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Nortech Forest Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded company, from February 1996 to June 1997.  Mr. de Petra was a management consultant from June 1993 to February 1996, and he was Chief Information Officer of IDC Holdings, Ltd. from June 1993 to November 1994. Mr. de Petra was President and owner of DePetra & Associates, Inc., a financial communications firm, formerly known as First Financial Investor Relations, Inc., from August 1986 to October 1993. 

Glenn A. Kermes has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since October 2, 2006. Between September 2004 and June 2006, Mr. Kermes served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ross Manufacturing, a manufacturer of frozen dessert equipment in Escanaba, Michigan. From January 2004 to September 2004, Mr. Kermes served as the North American Controller for the Kendro Division of SPX Corporation, a publicly traded consumer goods company. Mr. Kermes served as Worldwide Operations Controller of the Hand Tools Division of Newell Rubbermaid, a publicly traded consumer goods company with manufacturing operations, from July 2002 to January 2004; and he served as Controller for Continental Teves, an automotive tier one supplier, from June 2000 to July 2002. Prior to June 2000, Mr. Kermes served in financial positions with various companies.

David Kuklinski was appointed VP of Sales & Marketing and brings more than 25 years of sales, account management and marketing experience to Winland, most recently as business development director in the repetitive equipment manufacturing unit of ATS Automation. He also served as business development director at Solectron Corporation, Jabil Circuit, Inc., and from 1992 through 2002 served in a variety of sales management and business development positions at Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Mr. Kuklinski's experience in the EMS industry spans the healthcare, automotive, telecommunications and manufacturing industries, among others.

Warren Mitchell was appointed VP of Operations & Supply Chain and brings more than 20 years of manufacturing and supply chain management experience to Winland. Most recently he was head of Worldwide Supply Chain Management for HiRel Systems, a Minnetonka, Minnesota-based designer and manufacturer of custom magnetic components and power supplies. Previously, he was Vice President, Worldwide Supply Chain Management for Pemstar Inc., a publicly traded Tier II electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company that has subsequently been acquired by Benchmark Electronics. Pemstar provided engineering and manufacturing services to the medical, aerospace, industrial equipment, computer, storage and telecommunications industries. Mr. Mitchell’s supply-chain experience also includes senior-level positions with world-class, leading companies in the telecommunications, computers and computer peripherals, and networking industries.

Transfer Agent:
Registrar & Transfer
Cranford, NJ

Legal Counsel:
Fredrikson & Byron
Minneapolis, MN

Auditors:
Baker Tilly
Minneapolis, MN