Total Compensation: $ 400,624.00
PETER R. MATHEWSON has been a director of the Company since January 1997 and has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company since January 2000. From 1990 until December 31, 1999, he served as Vice President of the Company (or its predecessors). Since January 1997, Mr. Mathewson has also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Aldila Golf Corp., the Company's operating subsidiary that conducts its core golf operations. Mr. Mathewson has been with the Company (or its predecessors) since September 1973 and has held various positions, including: plant manager, production manager, shipping and receiving supervisor, and purchasing agent.
Total Compensation: $ —
Effective May 15, 2008, the Company will appoint Scott M. Bier (42) as Vice President, Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Bier joined the Company in 1998 as its Assistant Controller. He was promoted to Controller in January 2002, and promoted to Vice President, Controller in December 2005. Before joining the Company he worked as a Certified Public Accountant at the national accounting firm Deloitte.
Total Compensation: $ —
MICHAEL J. SHELDON has been a director of the Company since June 2007. He is a marketing executive. Since 1997 he has been President of Deutsch Los Angeles, the second largest advertising agency in Southern California and the West Coast's only fully integrated agency offering state of the art capabilities in traditional and new media, media planning and buying, direct marketing, customer relationship management and graphic design. He has also held other industry and charitable positions.
Total Compensation: $ —
ANDREW M. LEITCH is a certified public accountant, a chartered accountant, and a private businessman. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of (i) Blackbaud, Inc., (NASDAQ) where he is also chairman of the Audit Committee, (ii) Cardium Therapeutics Inc. where he is a member of the Audit Committee, and (iii) various private companies. From April 2005 through May 2006 he served on the Board of Directors of Wireless Facilities, Inc. where he was a member of the Audit Committee. From March 2006 through April 2007 he served on the Board of Directors of Open Energy, Inc., where he was chair of the Audit Committee. In March 2000 he retired after 22 years as a partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP. He worked primarily in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, where he led the opening and subsequently successfully managed that firm's China practice throughout the 1980's. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of other private as well as public entities.
Total Compensation: $ —
BRYANT R. RILEY has been a director of the Company since May 2003. He is the founder and Chairman of B. Riley & Co., Inc. since January 1997. B. Riley & Co., a member of the NASD, provides research and trading ideas primarily to institutional investors. Mr. Riley has also been the General Partner of Riley Investment Management since 2001. In addition he is Chairman of Alliance Semiconductor Corp and DDI Corp.
Total Compensation: $ 256,612.00
MICHAEL J. ROSSI has been the Vice President"Sales and Marketing of Aldila Golf Corp. since March 24, 1997 when he joined the Company. Prior to that, from August 1994 to March 1997, Mr. Rossi was the Vice President and General Manager of Fujikura Composite America, which manufactures graphite golf shafts and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujikura Rubber Limited, a Japanese publicly held company. From November 1989 to August 1994, he was Vice President"Sales and Marketing for True Temper Sports, a division of the Black & Decker Corporation, which manufactures steel golf shafts.
Total Compensation: $ 267,516.00
ROBERT J. CIERZAN has been Secretary and Treasurer of Aldila (or its predecessors) since January 1991 and Vice President"Finance since March 1989. From September 1988 to February 1989, Mr. Cierzan held the position of Executive Vice President"Finance at Illinois Coil Spring Company, a diversified manufacturer of springs, automotive push-pull controls and rubber products. Effective as of May 15, 2008 the Company will appoint Robert J. Cierzan as Senior Vice President, Composite Materials. He is currently the Company"s Vice President, Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.
Total Compensation: $ —
THOMAS A. BRAND has been a director of the Company since November 1997. Since January 1994, Mr. Brand has been a consultant to the composite materials industry. From 2000 to 2006 he was a director of Reinhold Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced custom composite components and sheet molding compounds for a variety of applications in the United States and Europe. From 1983 to 1992, he was Senior Vice President/General Manager of Fiberite Advanced Materials, a business unit of ICI-PLC. From 1964 to 1983, Mr. Brand served as Vice President/General Manager, Fiberite West Coast Corp., which is a division of Fiberite Corporation.
