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Peter J. Burlage / Chief Executive Officer / President

Peter joined the Company in 1992. Mr. Burlage was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and President on July 1, 2006. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2005. Prior to this, he served as Vice President of the Environmental Systems business segment since January 2001. Mr. Burlage has also served as Vice President of Engineering from 2000 to 2001 and was the Company's SCR Division Manager from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Burlage earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas, Arlington and his MBA from Baylor University.


Henry (Hank) Schopfer / Chief Financial Officer

Hank joined the Company in October 2005 as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Schopfer served from 2001 to 2005, as Chief Financial Officer of T-Netix, Inc., a telecommunications company, from 1996 to 2000, as Chief Financial Officer of Wireless One, Inc., a communications company, from 1988 to 1996, as Corporate Controller and Chief Financial Officer of Daniel Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of fluid measurement products and systems for the energy industry. Mr. Schopfer earned a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.


Sean P. McMenamin / Vice President of Environmental Systems

Sean joined the Company in 2001. He has served in the environmental and power business 9 of the last 11 years. Between 1999 and 2001 Sean worked as a project manager for Telcordic Technologies, a telecommunications software company under SAIC. Prior to joining Foster Wheeler in 1994 he served eight years in the Navy nuclear submarine program.


David Taylor / Vice President of Separation Systems and Asia/Pacific Operations

David joined the Company in 1988. He has served as Vice President since 1999 and was appointed the head of our Separation & Filtration Systems business unit in July 2002. Prior to his current position, Mr. Taylor served as the Vice President of our nuclear/marine product line and Director of Sales and Engineering for our Asia-Pacific operations.

Jon Segelhorst / Vice President of Pressure Products

Jon joined Peerless in August 2006 as General Manager - Pressure Products. Jon was with Corning Cable Systems from 1996 to 2006 where he most recently managed Corning's surge protection and DSL product lines. Prior to joining Corning, he worked for Ethicon, a division of Johnson and Johnson. Jon holds several US Patents related to fiber optic hardware. He has a BSME degree from University of Texas at Austin and a MBA from Baylor University.


Charles (Chuck) G. Mogged Jr. / Vice President Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management

Chuck joined the company in 2007. He previously served as Sr. Vice President Operations - North America with Manitowoc Crane in Wisconsin in 2005 and 2006. Prior to that, Chuck was the Vice President of Engineering for the Overhead Door Company from 2002 to 2005. Chuck began his career with John Deere, serving over 20 years in a variety of manufacturing and engineering capacities both domestically and overseas from 1977 to 2001. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.


Barry Nesbit / Managing Director Peerless Europe Limited

Barry joined the Company’s Peerless Europe Limited subsidiary (PEL) in 1992 as the Director of Sales & Engineering. He was promoted to Managing Director and has served in that capacity since 1995. Prior to employment at PEL, Barry spent thirteen years as an engineer and later as engineering manager for the Company’s European licensee. Barry is a registered Mechanical Engineer.

 
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