BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
For nearly five decades, Breeze-Eastern Corporation has been an industry leader known for its technical innovation and product quality. In response to the challenges of the new centry we have re-focused our Marketing, Engineering, and Operations activities and expanded our Product Support capabilities toward meeting the requirements of the commercial and military aerospace customers throughout the world. Breeze-Eastern Corporation specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of sophisticated lifting and restraining products -- principally helicopter rescue hoists, external cargo hooks, cargo winches, utility hoists, weapon loading systems, cargo tie downs, and motion control systems. Breeze-Eastern is the industry leader in helicopter-based rescue hoist and cargo hook technologies with over 50% of the world market. Breeze-Eastern Corporation has pioneered the technology for helicopter rescue hoists and cargo winches, and subsequently produced equipment which currently can be found on all types of helicopters around the world, from the compact Agusta A1B to the gigantic Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion, from the early Sikorsky S-58 to latest H-60 Hawk platforms, from the Boeing tandem rotor CH-47 Chinook from Agusta to Westland. Breeze-Eastern Corporation is also the world's largest cargo hook systems original equipment manufacturer. Our product line covers the complete payload range, from 1,500 to 36,000 pounds. ...
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert L.G. WhiteNumber of Employees 200
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Hardware Manufacturing: 332510
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Robert L.G. White | Director, President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Joseph F. Spanier | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| Gerald C. Harvey | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
| Russell M Sarachek | Managing Director of Contra Capital Management |
| Frederick G. Wasserman | Director Nominee |
| Jay R Harris | Director Nominee |
| Ovid Balten | Director, Business Development |
| William H Alderman | Director Nominee |
| John H. Dalton |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Charles W Grigg | Chairman of the Board Nominee |
| Gail Lieberman | Chair |
| Joseph S Bracewell | Board of Directors |
| William J. Recker | Board of Directors |
| William M Shockley | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | President & CEO | Current |
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | President & CEO | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Director, President and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Current |
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | Cfo, Treasurer & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Drexel Institute of Technology | Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration | Former |
Gerald C. Harvey has served as General Counsel and Secretary of Breeze Eastern Corporation since February 1996. Mr. Harvey was appointed an Executive Vice President of the Company in 2006 and had been a Vice President of the Company since 1996. Born in 1950, Mr. Harvey earned his B.A. in 1972 from Rutgers University and his J.D. in 1975 from Columbia University, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey, he worked in the Newark and New York offices of McCarter & English between 1975 and 1981, while spending 1977-1979 in Tokyo, Japan as a foreign lawyer associate with Braun Moriya Hoashi & Kubota. From 1981 to 1988, Mr. Harvey served as corporate counsel to Nissho Iwai American Corporation and from 1988 to 1994, he was a member of the New Jersey firm Hannoch Weisman. In 1994 - 1995 he was a member of the law firm of Pfaltz & Woller. Mr. Harvey is a member of the commercial arbitration panel of the American Arbitration Association and of the Board of Trustees of Rutgers University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | General Counsel, Secretary & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Current |
| Columbia Journal of Transnational Law | Editor-in-Chief | Former |
| American Arbitration Association | member | Former |
| Columbia University | J.D. in 1975 | Former |
| Rutgers University | B.A. in 1972 | Former |
Mr. Sarachek has been Managing Director of Contra Capital Management since 2002. From 1992 to 2002, he held various positions, including Executive Vice President and director of mergers and acquisitions with Groupe Schneider, a global manufacturer and distributor of electrical equipment and industrial controls.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Managing Director of Contra Capital Management | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Board of Directors | Current |
Mr. Wasserman is currently a financial management consultant. Until December 31, 2006, Mr. Wasserman was the Chief Operating/Financial Officer of Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co., a privately-held manufacturer and distributor of licensed sportswear and authentic team apparel. Prior to Mitchell & Ness, Mr. Wasserman served as the President of Goebel of North America, a U.S. subsidiary of the German specialty gift maker, from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Wasserman also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Goebel of North America in 2001. Mr. Wasserman also serves as a director of Acme Communications, Inc., TeamStaff, Inc. and Allied Defense Group, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Director Nominee | Current |
| The Allied Defense Group, Inc. | Self, Employed Financial Consultant | Current |
| The Allied Defense Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| TeamStaff, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Acme Communications, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Gilman Ciocia Inc | Director | Current |
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | Director | Current |
| Crown Crafts, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Aftersoft Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mitchell & Ness | Chief Operating, Financial Officer | Former |
| Most, LLC | Former | |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania | BS In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Director Nominee | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Director, Business Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Director Nominee | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Board of Directors | Current |
John H. Dalton has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2000. Since 2005, he has been President of the Housing Policy Council of The Financial Services Roundtable. From September 2000 to December 2004, Mr. Dalton served as our President. He was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Clinton in 1993 and served in that capacity until 1998. Mr. Dalton was nominated by President Carter to be President of the Government National Mortgage Association and to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, where he served as Chairman. He is a member of the boards of directors of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. and eSpeed Inc. Mr. Dalton graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| IPG Photonics Corporation | President | Current |
| The Financial Services Roundtable | President | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Current | |
| Northstar Financial Services, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Emissions Trading | Board of Directors | Current |
| Washingtonfirst Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Speed Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. | Director | Current |
| BGC Partners, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| BGC Partners L.P. | Board of Directors | Current |
| IPG Photonics Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Washingtonfirst Bank | Chairman of the Founders Board, the Financial Services Roundtable | Former |
| The Financial Services Roundtable | Director of the Housing Policy Council | Former |
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | Chair of Board | Former |
| Federal Home Loan Bank | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Chairman of the Board Nominee | Current |
| SPS Technologies LLC | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| SPS Technologies LLC | Chairman of the Board | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Chair | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze-Eastern Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Breeze Eastern | Board of Directors | Current |
| Impactgames, LLC. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mettler | President | Former |
| Mettler | Chairman | Former |
| Breeze Eastern | Chairman of the Board | Former |
| Amazys Holding AG | Board of Directors | Former |
| Duquesne University | B.S. In Chemistry | Former |
| Harvard University | Advanced Management Program | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze Eastern | Board of Directors | Current |
| Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. | President | Former |
| SPS Technologies LLC | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
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