Carl E. Painter

Carl E.
Painter has been a director of the Company since April 2001.
He was most recently Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of BICC Cables Corporation which was a leading manufacturer of electrical cables in the United States and Canada with revenues in excess of $750 million.
BICC Cables was a subsidiary of the London based BICC Group.
In 1984, he was a co-founder of Cablec Corporation, a company formed to complete the management buy-out of the power cable business of the Phelps Dodge Cable & Wire Company.
At the time of the MBO, revenues were $50 million.
By 1989, revenues had increased to over $500 million as a result of internal growth and several acquisitions and the company was acquired by the BICC Group.
During his time with the company, he held positions in manufacturing, sales, marketing and general management and led a number of acquisitions and the integration process following the acquisitions.
He served as a director on the main board of the BICC Group and was a director on the board of Phillips Cables, Ltd., a Canadian subsidiary.
He was also a director for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, the trade association for the U.S.
electrical industry.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University in 1968 and an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School in 1975.
He served four years as a Flight Officer in the U.S.
Navy.