Total Compensation: $ 2.11 M
J. Eric Pike, age 39, has been a director since 1994. Mr. Pike has served as President since 1998, Chief Executive Officer since 2002 and Chairman since July 2005. He is the grandson of our founder Floyd Pike, joined the Company in 1990 as an A-class lineman on an overhead construction crew, advancing through various office positions, and served as Vice President of the Central Region from 1993 to 1998, where he was responsible for the powerline operations in North Carolina and South Carolina. Mr. Pike graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in History.
Total Compensation: $ 444,536.00
Mr. Slater, age 37, has been Chief Financial Officer since August 2006 and is responsible for corporate planning, financial reporting and the supervision of all finance and accounting functions. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Slater served as our Vice President of Finance beginning in February 2006. Mr. Slater served as the Chief Financial Officer of Universal Solutions International, Inc., a provider of supply chain analysis and reverse logistic services, from January 2005 to December 2005 and as Vice President of Finance and Accounting as well as Secretary from July 2003 until December 2004. Prior to joining Universal Solutions, he served as Vice President of Accounting and Financial Reporting for Konover Property Trust Inc., a self-administered REIT, from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Slater graduated from North Carolina State University with a B.A. in Accounting and also is a certified public accountant.
Total Compensation: $ —
On October 24, 2006, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pike Electric, Inc., appointed Gary D. Waldman, 50, its Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective as of October 31, 2006. Mr. Waldman previously served as Vice President of Accounting Principles and Compliance at Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a producer of high-quality Appalachian coal, from September 2005 to May 2006. From August 1990 to May 2005, Mr. Waldman served in a variety of capacities at Dan River, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of bedding products and apparel fabrics, most recently as its Vice President of Finance. Mr. Waldman also worked for over 12 years with KPMG LLP, where he last served as a Senior Tax Manager.
Total Compensation: $ 299,909.00
Mr. Fox, age 60, has been our General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice President of Risk Management since October 2006. His responsibilities include managing all legal matters as well as overseeing its human resources and risk management functions. Mr. Fox was previously a partner with Howrey and Simon in Washington, D.C. and Bell, Davis and Pitt in Winston Salem, North Carolina, where he spent over thirty years practicing in the areas of corporate law and complex litigation. He is licensed to practice in both the District of Columbia and North Carolina and is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States as well as numerous other federal and state trial and appellate court bars. He serves as Chair of the North Carolina State Bar's Grievance Committee and is a past Chair of its Disciplinary Hearing Committee. Mr. Fox received his bachelor's degree in history from Trinity College of Duke University and his J.D. from the Duke University School of Law, where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Duke Law Journal. Mr. Fox is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is on the adjunct faculty of the Trial Advocacy Program at Elon University School of Law.
Total Compensation: $ —
Robert D. Lindsay, age 52, has been a director since 2002. Mr. Lindsay co-founded Lindsay Goldberg in 2001. Previously, he was the Managing General Partner of Bessemer Holdings. Mr. Lindsay is a graduate of Harvard College and holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Bessemer Securities LLC as well as a director of The Bessemer Group, Incorporated and its subsidiary banks, including Bessemer Trust Company, N.A. Mr. Lindsay is Chairman of the Board of Identity Group, LLC and serves as a Director of FAPS Holdings, Inc., Maine Beverage Company, LLC, Keystone Foods Holdings, LLC, PetroLogistics, LLC, EnergySolutions, LLC, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., Cap Rock Holding Corporation, FSB Global Holdings, Inc., Intermex Holdings, Inc., Brock Holdings, Inc., Bell Nursery Holdings, LLC and Brightstar Corporation. He also serves as a Trustee of the Cold Spring Harbor Biological Laboratory and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire.
Total Compensation: $ —
James R. Helvey III, age 48, has been a director since 2005. Mr. Helvey is the founder and President of Helvey and Associates, LLC, a financial and strategic consulting firm to educational and non-profit entities, and also currently serves as Risk Management Officer for CMT Asset Management From 1985 to 2000, Mr. Helvey was employed by J.P. Morgan & Co., serving in a variety of capacities, including as Vice-Chairman of JP Morgan's Risk Management Committee, Global Head of Derivative Counterparty Risk Management, head of the swap derivative trading business in Asia and manager of the firm's short-term interest rate and foreign exchange derivative business in Europe. Mr. Helvey served as Chairman and CEO of Cygnifi Derivatives Services, LLC, an online derivatives services provider, from 2000 to 2002. In 2004, Mr. Helvey was a candidate for the United States Congress in the 5th District of North Carolina. Mr. Helvey graduated magna cum laude with honors in 1981 from Wake Forest University. In 1982, Mr. Helvey was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cologne in Germany, and in 1984 Mr. Helvey received a masters degree in international finance and banking from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs. Mr. Helvey is a member of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees, and of the Oakwood Country School Board of Trustees in Morgan Hill, California.
Total Compensation: $ —
Louis F. Terhar, age 58, has been a director since 2006. Mr. Terhar, has been Managing Director for Strategic Planning Advisors LLC, a firm specializing in strategic planning advice and operational improvement strategies, since February 2005. From 2004 to 2005, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Integris Metals, Inc., a processor and distributor of metals. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Terhar served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Motorcycle Company, a manufacturer of cruiser motorcycles, which filed for liquidation under California law for the benefit of its creditors under the supervision of its stockholder in October 2003. From 1989 to 2001, Mr. Terhar served as Vice President of Operations for The David J. Joseph Company, as an Operations Staff Member for SHV Holdings N.V., as President and Chief Executive Officer of The David J. Joseph Company and as President of the SHV North America/SHV Capital Ventures. Mr. Terhar holds a B.S. in General Engineering from the United States Naval Academy, an M.B.A. in Finance from Syracuse University and an M.A. in Government from Harvard University.
Total Compensation: $ —
Charles E. Bayless, age 64, has been a director since 2006. Mr. Bayless has been the President of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology since April 2005. Mr. Bayless served as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Illinova Corporation, an electric utility company, from 1998 to 1999. From 1992 to 1998, he served as Chief Executive Officer of UniSource Energy Corp., an electric utility company. Mr. Bayless holds a B.S.E.E. from the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, an M.S.E.E. in power engineering and a J.D. from the West Virginia University, and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Michigan. He currently serves as a director of Commerce Energy and the Ontario Power Authority.
Total Compensation: $ —
Adam P. Godfrey, age 45, has been a director since July 2007 and previously was a director from 2002 to October 2006, when he voluntarily resigned to ensure that our Board continued to be comprised of a majority of independent directors. Mr. Godfrey has been a Partner with Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer since 2002. Previously, he was a Partner with Bessemer Holdings, which he joined in 1992. He holds an A.B. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. He currently serves as a director of Pride Manufacturing Company, LLC, FAPS Holdings, Inc., Intermex Holdings, Inc. and Bell Nursery Holdings LLC. He also serves as a member of the Board of Schneider National, Inc. and as a member of the MBA Advisory Board at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Total Compensation: $ 564,270.00
Mr. Simmons, age 51, has been our Senior Vice President of Operations since November 2006 and is responsible for all of our powerline and fleet operations. He joined Pike Electric in 1975 as a groundman on a line construction crew. He advanced into field supervision in 1984, serving in various supervisory and management capacities. Mr. Simmons was an Assistant Vice President in Pike's Central Region from 1992 to 1997 and served as Vice President of Fleet & Support Operations from September 1997 until November 2006. He served on our Board of Directors from 1998 through 2002.
Total Compensation: $ 242,769.00
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Total Compensation: $ —
Daniel J. Sullivan, age 61, has been a director since 2007. Mr. Sullivan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Ground Package Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, a position he maintained from 1998 until his retirement in 2006. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Sullivan was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Caliber System, Inc. and its predecessor, Roadway Services, Inc., a provider of national and regional general trucking, small package delivery and custom logistics. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of Amherst College. He also is a director of Computer Task Group, Inc., GDS Express, Inc. and Gevity HR, Inc. and is a federal commissioner on the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Committee.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Collins, age 49, has been our Chief Operating Officer since July 2002 and is responsible for field and fleet operations. He joined Pike Electric in 1984 as a groundman on an overhead construction crew. He then advanced through various office positions and served as Vice President of the Northern Region from 1995 to August 1998, where he was responsible for powerline operations in six states, and as Vice President of the Central Region from September 1998 to June 2002, where he was responsible for powerline operations in two states. Mr. Collins graduated from North Carolina State University with a B.S. in Engineering Operations. Effective November 20, 2006, Mr. Collins became the Company's Vice President of its Northern Region.
