Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
We are party to various legal claims that are ordinary and incidental to our bu siness, including relating to commercial disputes, employment, workers’ compensation, product liability, regulatory and other matters. We establish reserves from time to time based upon periodic assessments of the potential outcomes of pending matters. In addition, we believe that any potential liability arising from employment, product liability, workers’ compensation and other personal injury litigation matters would be adequately covered by our insurance, subject to policy limits, applicable deductibles, exclusions, and insurer solvency. While the outcome of legal actions cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe, based on current knowledge and the advice of counsel, that the outcome of these currently pending matters, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of ope rations.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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Information about our Executive Officers
Edward A. Pesicka (55)
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
President and Chief Executive Officer since joining Owens & Minor in March 2019. Mr. Pesicka was also appointed to the board of directors at the time he joined the company. Previously Mr. Pesicka served as an independent consultant and advisor in the healthcare, life sciences and distribution industries since January 1, 2016. From January 2000 through April 2015, Mr. Pesicka served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., including, most recently, Chief Commercial Officer and Senior Vice President from January 2014 to April 2015. Prior to that, he was President, Customer Channels at Thermo Fisher from July 2008 to January 2014 and President, Research Market from November 2006 to July 2008. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pesicka held various Vice President-level roles in Thermo Fischer Scientific’s finance department, serving as Chief Financial Officer of numerous divisions. Prior to Thermo Fisher Scientific, Mr. Pesicka spent eight years with TRW, Inc. in its finance department and three years with PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor.
Alexander J. Bruni (46)
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Owens & Minor since October 2022. Previously, Mr. Bruni served as the senior finance partner of the Patient Direct segment and prior to that, as the senior finance partner of the Products & Healthcare Services segment after joining the company in April 2020. Prior to joining the Company from 2019 to 2020, Mr. Bruni served as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer for Centerline Communications, a services company providing infrastructure solutions to the wireless telecommunications industry. From 2018 to 2019, Mr. Bruni was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Torque Therapeutics, an immuno-oncology company, where he led finance, manufacturing and corporate operations. Prior to joining Torque Therapeutics, Mr. Bruni served from 2012 until 2018 in multiple Vice President positions including Finance, Corporate FP&A, Continuous Improvement and Corporate Development at Patheon, a pharmaceutical services company.
Andrew G. Long (57)
Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer of Products & Healthcare Services Segment
Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer of Products & Healthcare Services Segment since October 2022. Previously Mr. Long served as Chief Financial Officer of Owens & Minor since joining the company on November 11, 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Long served as the Chief Executive Officer of Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (Insys) from April 2019 to November 8, 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Long served as the Chief Financial Officer of Insys from August 2017. Prior to joining Insys, Mr. Long served as senior vice president of Global Finance at Patheon, a pharmaceutical company, from 2015 to 2017. Prior to working at Patheon, Mr. Long served as Vice President of Finance for multiple divisions at Thermo Fisher Scientific from 2006 until 2015. Mr. Long has served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Insys, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2019, from April 2019 until his resignation on November 8, 2019.
Daniel J. Starck (56)
Executive Vice President, President of Patient Direct Segment, & Chief Executive Officer of Apria
Executive Vice President, President of Patient Direct Segment, & Chief Executive Officer of Apria since the Apria acquisition on March 29, 2022. Previously, Mr. Starck served as Chief Executive Officer of Apria, Inc. since February 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Starck served as the Chief Executive Officer of Apria's home respiratory therapy and home medical equipment segment since he joined Apria in April 2012. From 2007 to 2012, Mr. Starck served as Chief Executive Officer of CorVel Corporation (CorVel), an Orange County, California-based national provider of industry-leading workers’ compensation solutions for employers, third-party administrators, insurance companies and government agencies seeking to control costs and promote positive outcomes. Mr. Starck joined CorVel in 2006 as President and Chief Operating Officer after serving Apria and a predecessor company in a series of progressively more responsible operations roles from 1992 to 2006.
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Tammy Gomez (51)
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer since joining Owens & Minor in July 2022. Prior to that, Ms. Gomez worked for Cardinal Health from 1999 to 2021 in various roles throughout her career. She served as Senior Vice President, Global HR Center of Excellence & HR Services at the time of her exit. Prior to that, Ms. Gomez served in various human resources business partner roles supporting the company’s business and functional leaders.
Nicholas J. Pace (52)
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary since May 2018. Mr. Pace joined Owens & Minor in 2016, serving as its Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Pace served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Landmark Health, LLC, from July-December 2015. From January 2014 to July 2015, he served in simultaneous roles of Senior Vice President, Strategy & General Counsel of Landmark Health, LLC and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & General Counsel of Avalon Health Services, LLC, two Francisco Partners portfolio companies. From March to October 2013, Mr. Pace served as Executive Vice President, Operations & Compliance for Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2015. Prior to that role, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Amerigroup Corporation, where he worked from 2006-2013 until its sale to Anthem, Inc.
Jonathan A. Leon (56)
Senior Vice President, Corporate Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Corporate Treasurer of Owens & Minor since May 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Leon served as Vice President, Treasurer, after joining Owens & Minor in January 2017. Before joining Owens & Minor, Mr. Leon worked for the Brinks Company for nineteen years, beginning in 1998, where he served as Treasurer.
Michael W. Lowry (61)
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer since June 2018. Prior to that, from May 2016 to June 2018, Mr. Lowry was Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Vice President, Corporate Controller beginning in 2013. Prior to that, from 2009 to 2013 Mr. Lowry was the Vice President, Treasurer. Mr. Lowry joined Owens & Minor in 1988.
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