• BRUKER CORP Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 599,150.00
    Dr. Laukien has been the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since the inception of its predecessor company in February 1991. He also served as Executive Chairman of the former Bruker AXS from August 2002 until the merger of Bruker Daltonics and Bruker AXS in July 2003. In addition, from October 1997 to August 2002, he served as the Chairman of the board of directors and, from October 1997 to March 2000, as the Chief Executive Officer, of the former Bruker AXS. Since December 2002, Dr. Laukien has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the worldwide Bruker BioSpin group of companies. Dr. Frank H. Laukien is the brother of Joerg C. Laukien, a director of the Company and an executive officer of the Bruker BioSpin Group, and Dirk D. Laukien, an executive officer and director of the Company and an executive officer of Bruker Optics and the Bruker BioSpin Group. Dr. Frank Laukien holds a B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a Ph.D. in chemical physics from Harvard University. From October 2002 until October 2003, he was Chairman of ALSSA (Analytical & Life Science Systems Association), an industry association. Since 2006, Dr. Laukien has served as a trustee of the Rivers School.
    Total Compensation: $ 516,830.00
    Mr. Knight joined Bruker BioSciences as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in October 2004. Before joining Bruker BioSciences, Mr. Knight served as Chief Financial Officer of Anika Therapeutics, Inc., a provider of therapeutic products, from 2002 to 2004. He also served as Chief Financial officer of Zycos, Inc., a developer of DNA-based therapeutic products, from 2000 to 2002, and as Chief Financial Officer of NMT Medical, Inc., a provider of cardiovascular and neurological medical devices, from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Knight is a Certified Public Accountant. He holds a B.B.A in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin.
    Total Compensation: $ 939,600.00
    Dr. Dirk Laukien is a Senior Vice President of the Company and has served in this capacity since July 1, 2006. Dr. Dirk Laukien also serves as the President of Bruker Optics and had served in this capacity for more than five years prior to July 1, 2006, the date we acquired our Bruker Optics subsidiary. Dirk Laukien also serves as co-CEO of the Bruker BioSpin Group and, since 1989, has served as co-President and director of Bruker BioSpin Corporation and as a director of Bruker AG. Dirk Laukien is the brother of Frank Laukien, a director of the Company as well as the Company's President and CEO, and Joerg Laukien, a director of the Company and an executive officer of the Bruker BioSpin Group. Dirk Laukien received his B.A. in Physics from Brandeis University and a Ph.D. in Physics from Tufts University.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Dr. Keller currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Bruker BioSpin Group, chairman of the board of Bruker BioSpin AG, and as a director of Bruker BioSpin Inc. In addition, in 2008 prior to the completion of the Bruker BioSpin Group acquisition, Dr. Keller was elected to serve as President of the Board of BioSpin Invest AG. Until recently, Dr. Keller was co-CEO of the Bruker BioSpin Group and served in that capacity for more than five years. Dr. Keller also served as a Managing Director of Bruker BioSpin GmbH until his retirement effective December 31, 2007. Dr. Keller joined the Bruker BioSpin Group in 1964 with the establishment of Spectrospin AG by the late Dr. Gunther Laukien, and has served the Bruker BioSpin Group in a variety of capacities since that time. Dr. Keller holds honorary doctorates from the Technical University of Berlin and from the University of Queensland.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Dr. Emmerich currently serves as a consultant to Erich Netzsch Holding, the parent company of Netzsch Instruments, a developer and manufacturer of high-precision instruments for Thermal Analysis and thermophysical properties measurement headquartered in Selb, Germany. Netzsch's products are employed in research and quality control in a range of industrial applications. Dr. Emmerich joined Netzsch Instruments Ltd. in 1970 and served the Netzsch Group in a variety of capacities until his retirement in 2005. Dr. Emmerich assumed worldwide responsibility for the Analyzing and Testing business unit in 1980 and was appointed to serve on the Executive Board of the Netzsch Group in 1995. Dr. Emmerich currently serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the ANALYTICA International Trade Fair, a leading European trade show for companies involved in the analysis, laboratory-technology and life-science sectors, and on the board of the Bayreuth University Society. Dr. Emmerich holds a Physicist degree and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    From July 2003 to August 2006, Ms. Furlong served as Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income of Columbia Management Group, the primary investment management division of Bank of America Corporation. Prior to joining Columbia Management, Ms. Furlong was with The Hartford Financial Services Group, where she served as Chief Investment Officer and was President of Hartford Investment Management Company from October 1999 to November 2001, and also served as Senior Vice President- Capital Planning & Development from November 1996 to September 1999. From 1979 to December 1995, Ms. Furlong was with ITT Sheraton Corporation, where, from May 1988 to December 1995, she served as Vice President and Treasurer. Ms. Furlong has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts since 2002. Ms. Furlong holds an M.B.A. from Northeastern University, an M.A. in international studies from American University and a B.A. in political science and sociology from Whittier College.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Since November 1999, Mr. Packer has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ZOLL Medical Corporation (ZOLL), a publicly-traded manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions. From 1996 until his appointment to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1999, Mr. Packer served as ZOLL's President, Chief Operating Officer and Director. From 1992 to1996, he served as ZOLL's Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations. Prior to joining ZOLL, Mr. Packer served for five years as Vice President of various functions for Whistler Corporation, a consumer electronics company. Before joining Whistler in 1987, Mr. Packer was a manager with the consulting firm of PRTM/KPMG, specializing in operations of high technology companies. Mr. Packer is the past Chairperson of MassMEDIC, the industry council for Medical Devices in Massachusetts. He currently serves as a board member of the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center, a University of Massachusetts initiative to incubate medical device companies. Mr. Packer holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, as well as B.S. and M. Eng. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
    Brian P. Monahan, C.P.A. - Controller/Executive VP, Subsidiary
    Total Compensation: $ 298,618.00
    Mr. Monahan has been the Corporate Controller of the Company since April 2004. From July 2004 through January 2005, Mr. Monahan served as the Assistant Vice President of Finance for Bruker Daltonics. In January 2005 Mr. Monahan was named the Vice President of Finance for Bruker Daltonics, and in November 2006, he was named Executive Vice President of Bruker Daltonics. Before joining the Company, Mr. Monahan served as the Manager of Accounting and Financial Reporting at Fisher Scientific International, Inc., a provider of products and services to the scientific research and clinical laboratory markets, from December 2002 through April 2004 and as an audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he was employed from July 1999 through December 2002. Mr. Monahan is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts.
    Dr. Stephen W. Fesik, Ph.D. - Director Nominee
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Dr. Fesik is currently the Divisional Vice President of Cancer Research of Abbott Laboratories, a global, broad-based health care company devoted to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medical products, including nutritionals, devices and diagnostics headquartered in Illinois. Dr. Fesik joined Abbott Laboratories in 1983 and since that time served in various research and scientific capacities until being named to his current position in 2000. From 2003 to 2006, Dr. Fesik served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bruker BioSpin Group and in 2003 was awarded a lifetime achievement award in nuclear magnetic resonance by European Advanced Semiconductors, a Bruker BioSpin Group subsidiary. In 2003, Dr. Fesik was named a Distinguished Research Fellow of Abbott Laboratories' Volwiler Society. Dr. Fesik has received numerous awards for his scientific research and scholarship and currently serves on a number of research and scientific advisory boards. Prior to joining Abbott Laboratories, from 1981 to 1983, Dr. Fesik was a postdoctoral associate at Yale University's Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry. Dr. Fesik holds a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Connecticut.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Richard D. Kniss - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Kniss joined the Company's board of directors in July 2003 in connection with the merger of Bruker Daltonics and Bruker AXS and joined the former Bruker AXS board of directors in June 2001. Mr. Kniss was Senior Vice President and General Manager for Agilent Technologies, Chemical Analysis Group, a producer of gas and liquid chromatographs, mass spectrometers and spectrophotometers, from August 1999 until March 2001. Prior to the spin-off of Agilent from the Hewlett Packard Company, from 1995 to 1999, Mr. Kniss was Vice President and General Manager of the Chemical Analysis Group for Hewlett Packard. In March 2004, Mr. Kniss became chairman of the board of directors of AviaraDx, Inc. (formerly Arcturus Bioscience, Inc.), a life-science tools company. Mr. Kniss holds a B.S. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
    Joerg C. Laukien - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Joerg Laukien is the Chief Operating Officer of the European Bruker BioSpin companies. Joerg Laukien has been a director and President of Bruker BioSpin MRI, Inc. in Billerica, Massachusetts since 1997, President of Bruker BioSpin MRI GmbH in Ettlingen, Germany since 1998, President of Bruker Elektronik GmbH in Rheinstetten, Germany since 1991, a director of Bruker BioSpin Inc. in Billerica, Massachusetts since 2000, a director of Bruker BioSpin SA in Wissembourg, France since 1998, a director of Bruker BioSpin s.r.l. in Italy since 1992, and a director of Techneon AG in Zurich, Switzerland since 1999. Joerg Laukien is the brother of Dr. Frank Laukien, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Dirk Laukien, a director and executive officer of the Company. Mr. Laukien holds a B.A. from the Verwaltungs- und Wirtschafts-Akademie in Karlsruhe, Germany.
    Bernhard Wangler - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Wangler joined the Company's board of directors in February 2000. Mr. Wangler has been a German tax consultant and principal partner with Kanzlei Wangler in Karlsruhe, Germany since July 1983. He has been a Certified Public Accountant in Germany since 1984. Mr. Wangler holds a Bachelor of Economics and Commerce degree and a M.B.A. from the University of Mannheim, Germany.
    Richard M. Stein, J.D. - Director/Secretary
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Stein joined Bruker BioSciences' board of directors in February 2000 and is the Company's secretary. Since January 1993, Mr. Stein has been a partner with Nixon Peabody LLP, a law firm, or a predecessor entity, Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar. Mr. Stein holds a B.A. degree from Brandeis University and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.
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    Dr. Linton serves as the lead director of our board of directors. He was appointed lead director in March 2004 by the independent members of the board of directors. As lead director, Dr. Linton performs the usual responsibilities of a lead director including setting the agenda for board meetings and acting as a liaison between management and the board of directors. Dr. Linton has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Promega Corporation, a life science supply company, in Madison, Wisconsin since 1978. Dr. Linton received a B.S. degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1970 and an honorary Ph.D. from Hannam University (Korea) in 2004. Dr. Linton has been a Director of the Wisconsin Technology Council since 2001 and serves as a director of ALSSA (Analytical & Life Science Systems Association), an industry association.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    From 1997 to April 2006, Mr. D'Silva served as the Chief Executive Officer of Transgenomic, Inc., a life science company involved in SNP discovery, in Omaha, Nebraska. Until January 2007, Mr. D'Silva also served as the Chairman of the board of directors of Transgenomic. From 1988 to 1997, Mr. D'Silva was President and Chief Executive Officer of CETAC Technologies, Inc, a company designing instrumentation for elemental analysis. Mr. D'Silva holds a B.S. degree and a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University as well as a M.B.A. from Creighton University.