Item 3. Legal Proceedings
ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings.
The information set forth under the heading “Other Contingencies” appearing in Note 11, “Commitments and Contingencies,” to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in PART II, ITEM 8 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not Applicable
ITEM 4.1. Information about Our Executive Officers.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our executive officers as of February 28, 2024:
Name Age Position with the Company
Kevin M. Olsen 52 President and Chief Executive Officer
Brian J. Borradaile 46 Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
Joseph P. Braun 50 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Jeffrey L. Darby 56 Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
David M. Hession 55 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Lindsay Hunt 38 President and Chief Executive Officer, Specialty Vehicles
Scott D. Leff 52 Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Donna M. Long 56 Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Eric B. Luftig 50 Senior Vice President, Product
John McKnight 55 President, Heavy Duty
Kevin M. Olsen joined the Company in July 2016 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He became Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in June 2017, President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2018 and President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Olsen was Chief Financial Officer of Colfax Fluid Handling, a division of Colfax Corporation, a diversified global manufacturing and engineering company that provides gas and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and services to commercial and governmental customers around the world, from January 2013 through June 2016. Prior to joining Colfax, he served in progressively responsible management roles at the Forged Products Aero Turbine Division of Precision Castparts Corp, Crane Energy Flow Solutions, a division of Crane Co., Netshape Technologies, Inc., and Danaher Corporation. Prior thereto, Mr. Olsen performed public accounting work at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Olsen is also a director of Twin Disc, Inc., a publicly traded international manufacturer and worldwide distributor of heavy-duty off-highway and marine power transmission equipment and related products.
Brian J. Borradaile was appointed to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development in February 2023. Mr. Borradaile previously served as Vice President, Corporate Development when he joined the Company in December 2017. Prior to that time, Mr. Borradaile worked in the automotive, technology, and industrial manufacturing industries, including positions at Aptiv Plc (formerly Delphi Automotive Plc), a leading global technology and mobility architecture company primarily serving the automotive sector, TE Connectivity Ltd., a publicly traded global industrial technology leader, and various private equity companies.
Joseph P. Braun joined the Company in April 2019 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and he was appointed Corporate Secretary in May 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Braun served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Avantor, Inc., a leading global provider of products and services to customers in the life sciences and advanced technologies and applied materials industries. Prior to joining Avantor, he worked at Tyco International plc (now known as Johnson Controls International plc), a leading global provider of security, fire detection and suppression, and life safety products and services, where he served in positions of increasing responsibility, including, most recently, as Vice President, Mergers &
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Acquisitions. Mr. Braun began his legal career in private practice at various law firms, where he advised public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions and securities and corporate governance matters.
Jeffrey L. Darby joined the Company in November 1998 as a National Account Manager. He became Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing in February 2011. He previously held the positions of Group Vice President from 2008 to 2010 and Vice President of Sales – Traditional and Key Accounts from 2006 to 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Darby worked for Federal-Mogul Corporation/Moog Automotive, an automotive parts supplier, beginning in 1990 and held positions in sales and marketing management.
David M. Hession joined the Company in February 2019 and was appointed to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 2019. Mr. Hession was also appointed Treasurer in May 2019. Mr. Hession was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Johnsonville, LLC, a privately held manufacturer of sausage and other protein products, from May 2013 to January 2019. Prior to that time, Mr. Hession worked at McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of spices, seasonings and flavors to the entire food industry, where he served in various positions of increasing responsibility including, most recently, as Vice President Finance & Administration. Mr. Hession also previously held positions with Tradeout, Inc., a business-to-business Internet exchange for surplus inventory and fixed assets, and Xylum Corporation, a development stage medical device manufacturer, and he performed management consulting work for Ernst & Young, LLP and Peterson Consulting LP.
Lindsay B. Hunt joined the Company in October 2022 as President and Chief Executive Officer, Specialty Vehicles, in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Super ATV, LLC, a leading supplier to the powersports aftermarket (“SuperATV”). Ms. Hunt most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SuperATV, a role that she held beginning in April 2021. Prior to that time, Ms. Hunt served SuperATV in roles of increasing responsibility, including leadership positions in sales and marketing, new product development and operations. Ms. Hunt joined SuperATV in 2009.
Scott D. Leff joined the Company in April 2019 as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Dorman, Mr. Leff held a variety of global divisional human resources roles at HP Inc. and its subsequent spin‐off, Hewlett‐Packard Enterprise Company, both multinational information technology companies. He served as Chief Human Resources Officer of Hewlett‐Packard Financial Services from March 2010 to March 2018 and Vice President of HPE Pointnext from March 2018 to April 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Leff held chief human resources officer roles and divisional human resource and employee relations roles within various publicly and privately held companies. Mr. Leff began his career as a lawyer in a New Jersey County Prosecutor’s office and a New Jersey-based law firm.
Donna M. Long joined the Company in April 2015 as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer. Prior to joining the Company, she served as Chief Information Officer of Veritiv Corporation, a business-to-business provider of packaging, publishing, and hygiene products (“Veritiv”), from July 2014 to April 2015. Veritiv was formed as a result of the merger of Unisource Worldwide, Inc., a distributor of printing paper, packaging and supplies (“Unisource”) with xpedx, a division of International Paper Co. Prior to July 2014, Ms. Long held roles of increasing responsibility within Unisource, including as its Chief Information Officer, and she previously was a Manager at Accenture plc, a professional services company.
Eric B. Luftig joined the Company in December 2021 as Senior Vice President, Product. Previously, he was the founder and Managing Partner of EBL Consulting LLC, a provider of executive management and leadership consulting services, from June 2020 to December 2021. From October 2009 to June 2020, Mr. Luftig served as Vice President and Marketing Officer for Victaulic Company, a leading producer of mechanical pipe joining solutions. Prior to that, Mr. Luftig served in various engineering, sales and marketing roles for publicly and privately held companies, including General Electric, a leader in the power, renewable energy, aviation and healthcare industries, and Nordson Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of dispensing equipment for consumer and industrial adhesives, sealants and coatings.
John McKnight joined the Company in November 2019 as Senior Vice President, Operations and on March 10, 2023, Mr. McKnight was appointed President, Heavy Duty. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Corporation, a leading producer of truck and van bodies in North America, from January 2019 to September 2019, and as Chief Operating Officer of Consolidated Glass
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Holdings, Inc., a holding company for architectural, security, and custom glass and metal fabrication businesses, from September 2017 to July 2018. Prior to September 2017, Mr. McKnight held various roles with the Colfax Corporation, a diversified global manufacturing and engineering company ﴾“Colfax”﴿, including most recently as Executive Director of its Howden Industrial Fans division. Before Colfax, he held various leadership roles with Danaher, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services.
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