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Kevin Wheeler was named to lead the company’s water heating operations in the U. S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, and India in September 2011. He has profit and loss responsibility for the 11 brands that make up this business unit. The unit’s operations include 13 facilities and more than 3,800 employees. Kevin was named Senior Vice President and General Manager of A. O. Smith’s U. S. Retail Water Heaters in May 2007, responsible for the company’s retail Strategic Business Unit including the Whirlpool, Kenmore, U.S. Craftmaster, and Reliance brands. He joined A. O. Smith as a regional sales manager for its Water Products Company division in 1994. He also served as Managing Director of the Company’s Veldhoven, the Netherlands, operation, and as Vice President-International, responsible for the company’s residential and commercial water heating business outside the United States and Canada. Prior to joining A. O. Smith, Wheeler held sales management positions with American Water Heater Company of Johnson City, Tenn., and Bradford-White Corporation, a water heater manufacturer headquartered in Ambler, Pa. Kevin is a graduate of the University of Nevada-Reno with a Bachelor’s degree in finance.

Aaron Jagdfeld has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 30, 2008 and as a director since November 2006. Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Jagdfeld worked for Generac for 15 years. He began his career in the finance department in 1994 and became our Chief Financial Officer in 2002. In 2007, he was appointed president and was responsible for sales, marketing, engineering and product development. Prior to joining Generac, Mr. Jagdfeld worked in the audit practice of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin office of Deloitte and Touche. Mr. Jagdfeld holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Rob Kukowski is a CEO at MATRIX METALS and is based in Richmond, Texas. He has worked as President and COO at Steel Summit Holdings, LLC- Sumitomo and GM- Industrial at Wolverine Tube Inc. Rob attended Katz Graduate School of Business between 1987 and 1991 and Carnegie Mellon University between 1982 and 1986.

Tate Forrester is a President/CEO at O'Neal Steel and is based in Birmingham, Alabama. He has worked as General Manager at United Performance Metals, Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, and General Manager at CHRG Metals. Tate studied at McCombs School of Business between 2008 and 2010, Woodberry Forest School between 1994 and 1998, and Vanderbilt University between 1998 and 2002.

Brian Steel is a VP Sales & Marketing at Performark, Chief Executive Officer at Tenere Inc, and Board Member at Ethnotek and is based in Minnesota. He has worked as high volume product manager at Xerox, VP:Global Sales & Mktg at Tenere Inc, and VP Sales at AGILITI INC. Brian works or has worked as VP:Global Sales at PCH. He studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison between 1991 and 1993 and Wisconsin School of Business between 1990 and 1993.

Constance Steven are a CEO at Penz Products Inc and are based in United States. They attended Northwestern University between 1987 and 1990.