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−Removed: Shillman 74 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Culture Officer
Willett 54 President and Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: DiPalma 54 Executive Vice President of Employee Services
−Removed: Carl Gerst 53 Executive Vice President of Products and Platforms
−Removed: Paul Todgham 44 Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Todgham 45 Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
+Added: DiPalma 55 Executive Vice President of Employee Services and Chief Culture Officer
+Added: Gerst III 54 Executive Vice President of Vision and ID Products
Executive officers are elected annually by the Board of Directors.
There are no family relationships among the directors and executive officers of the Company.
−Removed: Shillman and Mr.
−Removed: Willett, who are both members of the Company's Board of Directors, have been employed by Cognex in their current positions for no less than the past five years.
+Added: Willett, who is a member of the Company's Board of Directors, has been employed by Cognex in his current position for no less than the past five years.
+Added: Todgham joined Cognex in March 2020.
+Added: Prior to joining Cognex, Mr.
+Added: Todgham spent six years at Levi Strauss & Company (LEVI), where he served in a variety of senior finance and strategy roles at Levi’s involving corporate development, operational planning, and financial oversight.
+Added: For the three years prior to joining Levi’s, Mr.
+Added: Todgham worked for Ross Stores, Inc.
+Added: (ROST) in senior finance and strategy roles.
+Added: Earlier in his career, Mr.
+Added: Todgham worked at The Boston Consulting Group, advising clients in the technology and consumer sectors on issues of strategy, operations, and organization.
+Added: Todgham holds a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, a Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
DiPalma joined Cognex in 1992.
She has served for more than 25 years in a series of increasingly responsible roles in the finance function, including six years as Cognex Treasurer, before transitioning to Employee Services in 2016.
+Added: DiPalma was promoted to Senior Vice President of Employee Services and became a named executive officer in 2017.
Prior to joining Cognex, Ms.
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He worked in a number of product-focused roles before being promoted to Senior Vice President of the ID Products Business Unit in 2014.
−Removed: Gerst was promoted to Executive Vice President of Vision and ID Products and his leadership role was expanded to include Vision Products and Global Marketing Communications.
+Added: Following 2014, Mr.
+Added: Gerst’s leadership role expanded into Vision Products and he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Vision and ID Products in October 2020.
Prior to joining Cognex, Mr.
−Removed: Gerst held roles in engineering, sales, and product marketing for Hand Held Products (now Honeywell Imaging and Mobility), a leading supplier of Automatic Identification and Data Collection equipment.
+Added: Gerst held roles in engineering, sales, and product marketing for Hand Held Products (now part of Honeywell’s Safety and Productivity Solutions).
Gerst holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University and a Master in Business Administration from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.
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−Removed: Todgham joined Cognex in March 2020.
−Removed: Prior to joining Cognex, Mr.
−Removed: Todgham spent six years at Levi Strauss & Company, where he held a range of senior leadership positions, including leading finance for the company’s Global Supply Chain, Distribution, Merchandising, Planning, Design, and Marketing teams.
−Removed: He previously served as Vice President of Finance for Ross Stores, Inc., where he oversaw financial planning & analysis and treasury functions.
−Removed: Earlier in his career, Mr.
−Removed: Todgham worked at The Boston Consulting Group, advising clients in the technology and consumer sectors on issues of strategy, operations, and organization.
−Removed: Todgham holds a Master in Business Administration from Stanford University, a Master in Economics from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University.
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