Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Steve Pfeifer |
CEO |
| David Petty |
President, Director |
| Jody Phillips |
CFO |
| Joel C. Phillips |
CFO & Treasurer |
| Steve Lin |
Chief Technology Officer |
| Gary Miller |
Executive Vice President, R & D |
| Betty Petty |
Secretary, Vice President, HR & Admin |
| Bob Purcell |
Vice President of U.S. Sales |
| Bob Roesler |
Vice President of Operations |
| Daniel Berdat |
Vice President, Intl Sales & Marketing |
| Raymond Cloutier |
Vice President, Engineering & Dev, Exactech Spine |
| Walter Reid |
Vice President, Sales, US |
| Xavier Sarabia |
Vice President, Engineering & Dev, Exactech Large Joints |
| Bruce Thompson |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Biologics Division |
| William Petty |
Founder |
| Grant Boyle |
Director of Sales and Marketing |
| Devin Childers |
Sales Manager |
| Jerry Yunk |
Operations Manager |
Board of Directors
David Petty was named president of the Company and elected to the board of directors in December 2007. Mr. Petty previously served as executive vice president of sales and marketing from February 2000 until December 2007, and has served as a member of the Leadership Team, which oversees and directs the Company’s operations. Since joining the company in 1988, he has been employed in successive capacities in the areas of operations, sales and marketing. He served as vice president of operations from April 1991 until April 1993 and vice president of marketing from 1993 until 2000. He was a director of the Company from March 1989 until March 1996 and again from January 2002 until May 2003. Mr. Petty received his B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1988 and completed The Executive Program of the Darden School of Business in 1999. He is the son of Dr. and Ms. Petty.
Joel C. Phillips joined Exactech in 1993 and has been CFO since 1998. He also served as controller and treasurer from 1993 to 1998. Phillips has been responsible for SEC reporting since the company completed its initial public offering in May 1996. He oversees the company’s accounting and control function and the company’s management information systems. From January 1991 to April 1993, Phillips was employed by Arthur Andersen & Company in Tampa, Fla. Phillips was a senior consultant with Arthur Andersen’s Business Systems Consulting division, where he managed accounting and distribution of system implementation projects.
Phillips received a Bachelor of Science and a master’s degree in accounting from the Fischer School of Accounting at the University of Florida. Phillips is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
Gary J. Miller, Ph.D. is a founder and has been executive vice president of research since February 2000. He was vice president of research and development from 1986 until 2000 and was a director from March 1989 until November 2007. Miller was associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and director of research and biomechanics at the University of Florida College of Medicine from July 1986 until August 1996. Miller received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida, his Master of Science (biomechanics) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Doctor of Philosophy in mechanical engineering (biomechanics) from the University of Florida.
Miller has held an adjunct associate professorship in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Small Animal Surgical Sciences Division since 1982 and was appointed as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Aerospace, Mechanics and Engineering Sciences in 1995. He was a consultant to the United States Food and Drug Administration from 1989 to 1992 and has served as a consultant to such companies as Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics, Dow-Corning Wright and Orthogenesis.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, R & D |
Current |
| Biomechanics |
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Former |
| University of Florida College of Medicine |
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Former |
| University of Florida College of Medicine |
Director |
Former |
| Biomechanics |
Director |
Former |
| University of Florida |
Doctor of Philosophy In Mechanical Engineering |
Former |
| University of Florida |
B.S. |
Former |
Betty B. Petty is a founder and has been vice president of human resources and administration since February 2000. She has also been secretary of the corporation since its inception and served as treasurer and a director until March 1996. Petty served in the dual capacities of human resources coordinator and director of marketing communications from the founding of the company until 2000.
Mrs. Petty received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and her Master of Arts in English from Vanderbilt University. She is the wife of R. William Petty.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Vice President of U.S. Sales |
Current |
Bob has been with ExacTech since the company was first founded in 1991 and has over 30 years of experience overall in machining and fabrication operations. Originally hired as a welder at ExacTech, he has progressively risen through the ranks to his current position as General Manager and VP of Operations. As a result, Bob has a deep understanding of every facet of the business and is a certifiable expert in welding, machining and assembly. His expansive quality control background ensures that ExacTech achieves the highest quality standards possible for its customers.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Vice President, Intl Sales & Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Vice President, Engineering & Dev, Exactech Spine |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Vice President, Sales, US |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Vice President, Engineering & Dev, Exactech Large Joints |
Current |
Bruce Thompson has been Senior Vice President, General Manager – Biologics Division since joining our Company in July 2004. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Thompson spent 22 years with Smith & Nephew in their Orthopaedic Division. During that time, he held various positions within Smith & Nephew, including Vice President – International Sales, Vice President – Product Planning and Launch, Vice President, General Manager – Spine Division, Group Director of Trauma Manufacturing, Director of Materials Management, and held various product and sales management positions. Mr. Thompson earned a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and completed the Executive MBA program at the University of Memphis in 1989.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Biologics Division |
Current |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Miami University |
Masters of Science Degree In Geology |
Former |
| Kent State University |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Geology |
Former |
| Miami University |
Bachelor of Science In Accountancy |
Former |
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| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Founder |
Current |
| University of Florida College of Medicine |
Professor |
Former |
| University of Florida College of Medicine |
Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Former |
| University of Florida College of Medicine |
Board of Directors |
Former |
Grant has over 30 years of wide-ranging experience throughout the machine tool and subcontract business. Prior to joining the company, he managed national sales for Ingersoll Milling Company. Since joining ExacTech in 2003, he has been instrumental in identifying and developing new customers who are a natural fit for the company's capabilities.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Director of Sales and Marketing |
Current |
Jerry joined the company in 1996 and has over 20 years of experience in machining and fabrication operations. He oversees all production of the facility and is responsible for managing and directing the workforce.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Operations Manager |
Current |
Albert H Burstein, Ph.D., has been a director of the company since March 1996. From 1976 to 1996, Burstein was senior scientist, Department of Research and Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon (biomechanical engineering) at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City and adjunct associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. In addition, he was professor of applied biomechanics (in surgery) at Cornell University Medical College, New York City from 1978 through 1996. From 1976 until 1992, he served as director, Department of Biomechanics, Research Division, at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Since 1980, he has served as deputy editor for research for "The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery." Burstein is an author of six textbooks on orthopaedic biomechanics. He holds the Shands Award of the Orthopaedic Research Society for outstanding career contributions to orthopaedic research and is a past president of the American Society of Biomechanics. Burstein holds 13 patents for orthopaedic devices.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Incorporated |
Deputy Editor |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Lincolnshire Management, Inc. |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Visual Technologies Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| The Canada Company |
Director |
Current |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Memry Corporation |
CEO |
Former |
| Memry Corporation |
President |
Former |
| Champion International |
Vice President of Planning and Business Development |
Former |
| Trinity Capital Corporation |
Founder |
Former |
| Connecticut, Inc. |
Founder |
Former |
| Lincolnshire Management, Inc. |
Senior Operating Partner |
Former |
| Lincolnshire LLC |
|
Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Master of Business Administration |
Former |
| Princeton University |
|
Former |
Paul E. Metts, CPA, has been a director of the company since April 1998. Metts was the CEO of Shands HealthCare at the University of Florida from 1987 to 1997. Shands HealthCare System is a 2000-bed, nine-hospital system with approximately 12,000 employees. Metts has served as a board member of many local civic and business organizations including Barnett Bank, the University of Florida Foundation and University Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla. Metts has also chaired or served as a member on state and national industry organizations such as the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants Healthcare Industry Committee, the Florida Hospital Association Board, the Association of Voluntary Hospitals of Florida Board, the University Health System Consortium Board, and several committees for the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Metts, a Certified Public Accountant, received his undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of South Florida and his master's degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Minnesota.
R. Wynn Kearney, Jr., M.D. has been a director since September 1989. Since 1972, he has practiced with the Orthopaedic and Fracture Clinic, P.A., a medical group with locations in southern Minnesota, and is its Senior Partner. He received his B.S. and M.D. degrees through the Honors Program of Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He completed an orthopaedic surgery post-graduate residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and was a member of the team that implanted the first total knee replacement in the United States in 1970. He is an Associate Professor of the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Kearney has served as President of the Minnesota Orthopaedic Society, the Southern Minnesota Medical Association and the Orthopaedic Practice Society. He is a member of the Foundation Board of Minnesota State University, Mankato. Dr. Kearney is Chairman of the Board of HickoryTech Corporation (NASDAQ HTCO ) and is a minority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball team.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| University of Minnesota Medical School |
Associate Professor |
Current |
| HickoryTech Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Minnesota State University |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Exactech, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| HickoryTech Corporation |
Chairman of The Board |
Former |
| Northwestern University School of Medicine |
Doctorate |
Former |
| Northwestern University School of Medicine |
Bachelor of Science |
Former |
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