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D. James Umpleby III is an American businessman. He became the CEO of Caterpillar Inc. as of January 2017, and chairman of the Caterpillar board of directors in December 2018.

Richard Tobin is an Interim President & CEO at Dover Engineered Systems Inc, Board Member at DOVER CORP, and President/CEO at DOVER CORP. He has worked as Board Member at Chamber Of Commerce Of The United States Of America, CFO/Head:Information Technology at SGS, and CEO/Interim COO:Nafta at CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.. Richard works or has worked as MEMBER at Business Roundtable. He studied at Drexel University and Norwich University.

Eric became chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of IDEX Corporation in December 2020 after becoming president in February 2020. He was previously chief operating officer beginning in 2015. He has been integral to the company’s success, including his role in developing the company’s distinct culture, business model and strategy. He joined IDEX in 2008 as the president of Gast Manufacturing, an operating unit that produces high-quality, niche pneumatics. In 2010, he added responsibilities for Global Dispensing, the leading provider of automated color tinting solutions within the architectural coatings market. He received his first group executive role in 2012, with a collection of six companies from within two IDEX reporting segments. In the next few years, Eric and his teams developed and piloted the elements of the IDEX Operating Model and began work with 8020, an approach to business that focuses on the vital few variables that drive the greatest degree of impact. In 2014, he expanded his group executive scope into the IDEX Health & Science and Optics businesses. Eric is passionate about developing high-performing global teams and talent. Many of IDEX’s current senior operating leaders were identified as emerging leaders within his group. Prior to joining IDEX, he served as the president of Schutt Sports, the market leader for protective equipment in American football. The company introduced breakthrough helmet technology during his tenure, capturing share at all levels of competition. Prior to Schutt, Eric led teams within operations and general management at three business units of Danaher Corporation. It was here, in tough turnaround situations, that he developed the ability to focus teams around the critical few business levers to drive quick momentum and progress. Prior to Danaher, he worked within scalable operations roles at AlliedSignal/Honeywell. He began his career within manufacturing at Lincoln Brass Works. Eric received a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He has a passion for history and literature, and he is a lifelong, practicing musician who spends much of his free time playing and recording. Eric and his wife live in the Chicago area, where they enjoy travel, the arts, and a seemingly endless loop of home maintenance and rehabilitation of their 1920’s-era home. They have four grown children. Eric is also a director of Modine Manufacturing Co.

Neil Hunn is a Chief Operating Officer at ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC and Executive Vice President at ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC and is based in Sarasota, Florida. He has worked as Business Analyst at Deloitte, Chief Financial Officer at MEDASSETS INC, and Consultant at EY-Parthenon. Neil studied at Miami University between 1990 and 1994, Dunwoody High School, and Harvard University between 1997 and 1998.

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.