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Erik Gershwind is MSC Industrial Supply Co.'s President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2011-2012, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2009 and was elected to MSC's Board of Directors in October 2010. For more than 15 years, Erik has managed key aspects of MSC's business, beginning with mergers and acquisitions in 1996 and expanding into sales, product management, marketing and e-Commerce. Since 2008, Erik has led the company's strategic team responsible for directing the business into new growth markets. In 1999, Erik established MSC's highly successful internet business that today features more than 900,000 products and represents more than 41 percent of the company's revenue.

Daniel J. Crowley is a Raytheon Company vice president and president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2012 sales of $24 billion and 68,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. Raytheon’s global headquarters is in Waltham, Mass. Headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass., IDS has locations in Washington, California, Utah, New Mexico, Virginia, Texas, Maryland, Rhode Island, Alabama, Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Its broad portfolio of weapons, sensors and integration systems supports its customer base across multiple mission areas including air and missile defense systems; missile defense radars; early warning radars; naval ship operating systems; command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) systems; air traffic management; and other advanced technologies. IDS provides affordable, integrated solutions to a broad international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security. Crowley joined Raytheon in 2010 as president of the Network Centric Systems business responsible for Communications, Sensing, and Command and Control product lines, following 27 years with Lockheed Martin Corporation. He served as chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics supporting key tactical fighter and military transport programs as well as the Advanced Development Programs (Skunk Works™) organization. Prior to that, Crowley was executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program responsible for the design, development, and transition to production of the three fighter variants and logistics system. He served as president of Lockheed’s Simulation, Training and Support business; vice president of Business Development and Advanced Programs for Space and Strategic Missiles; deputy program manager for the Special Programs classified space line of business, and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program for the Missile Defense Agency; vice president for Commercial Space Systems; and plant manager for the Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle factory. He also held management positions at the company’s Calabasas and Bethesda headquarters. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in manufacturing systems engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He also received a master’s degree in management from Stanford University as a Sloan Fellow.