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Linda A. Goodspeed

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Linda A. Goodspeed was appointed our Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain, Logistics and Technology Officer (formerly known as "Chief Technology Officer") in September 2001. Prior to joining us, Ms. Goodspeed served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Partminer, Inc., a privately held electronics business-to-business supply chain parts and service company from 2000 to 2001. Beginning her career in engineering with Ford Motor Company in 1984, Ms. Goodspeed moved to Nissan research and development in 1989 and joined the Appliance division of General Electric Company ("GE") in 1996. She became GE's Range Product Development Manager in 1997 and was promoted to Product General Manager in 1999. She also became General Manager in 1999 for Six Sigma, managing a team of 160 GE quality leaders spanning operations across the company. Ms. Goodspeed currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Columbus McKinnon Corporation and American Electric Power Company Inc.


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