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Market Cap:$6.2B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.4B
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"We are pleased to offer Garmin Mobile through Handmark's vast distribution channels because it will make it easier for BlackBerry customers to subscribe to Garmin Mobile, regardless of the carrier," said Charles Morse, Garmin's director of mobile and PND marketing. "Garmin Mobile is a killer application that turns Blackberry devices into a premium GPS device with voice prompted navigation, real-time traffic, weather, fuel prices, and hotel discounts. It turns a BlackBerry into an all-in-one, go-anywhere device." "Garmin Mobile is a brilliant application for GPS-enabled phones that significantly enhances the mobile experience," said Douglas Edwards, Handmark executive vice president and chief marketing officer. "It is natural for Handmark to work with Garmin, another Kansas City-based global company. Garmin Mobile will be a great hit with our customers." Handmark is the leading developer and publisher of mobile software titles sold through mass merchandisers as well as electronics and office supply stores. Handmark offers unique distribution through U.S. mobile operators, including on-device client and web portals as well as both Handmark and operator branded desktop and on-device stores. Garmin Mobile will receive prominent placement within the various distribution channels. ...

Director, Chairman and CEO
Min H. Kao
Number of Employees 8,919
Contact Information

Suite 3206B 45 Market Street

Camana Bay KY1 1006

garmin.com

(345) 640 9050

NAICS Code Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing: 334511

Recent Events

  • The wait is over

    11/29/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Garmin Nuvi 350 GPS Review

    11/21/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Competitor accuses Garmin of patent infringement

    11/19/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • Google's free phone GPS a wakeup call to satnav providers?

    11/09/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Garmin downgraded to "underperform"

    11/06/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Morgan Joseph Maintains a 'Sell' on Garmin Ltd. GRMN; Revises 2010 Estimates and PT

    11/05/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Garmin strong Q3 fails to impress, shares slide

    11/04/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Garmin Closed Wednesday At Over Three-Month Low

    11/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • ANN First Look: Garmin Intro's New Touchscreen GPS Portable, The 'aera'

    11/03/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Damian Koh comments

    11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Garmin Debuts Dual Purpose GPS

    11/02/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • UPDATE 1-Garmin shares sink on price fears, Google

    10/28/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • GARMIN, INDIA'S RELIANCE RETAIL TIE UP TO LAUNCH SATNAV PRODUCTS

    10/22/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.21.09

    10/22/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Garmin Nuvi 1450 introduced quietly

    10/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Garmin $3.3 bln bid for Tele Atlas trumps TomTom

    10/14/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • BLOG: Dollars and Sense: Do you know the way to Bombay? Garmin's nuvifone lands in...

    10/12/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • 'Garmin, Asus release Nuvifone G60 in France'

    10/09/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Clifton A. Pemble Director, President and COO
Fernando Trepat President of Electronica
Sandro Ligossi President of Synergy
Kevin Rauckman CFO & Treasurer
Andrew R. Etkind General Counsel, Secretary & Vice President
Brian J. Pokorny Vice President, Operations
Dan Bartel Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Managing Director
Ed Link Vice President, IT
Gary Kelley Vice President, Marketing
Jon Cassat Vice President, Comm
Laurie Minard Vice President, HR
Gary Burrell Founder
Kerri R. Thurston Manager, IR
Ted Gartner Senior Manager, Corp Comm
Carly Baltes Media Relations Associate
Jake Jacobson Senior Media Relations Specialist
Jessica Myers Senior Media Relations Specialist
Thomas A. McDonnell Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Min H. Kao Director, Chairman and CEO
Gene M. Betts Chairman, Chief
Charles W. Peffer Chairman
Donald H. Eller Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Garmin International, Inc. Chairman & CEO Current
Garmin Ltd. Director, Chairman and CEO Current
Garmin Ltd. Co-Founder Current
Garmin Ltd. Board of Directors Former
U.S. Army Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and was involved in research for NASA Former
The University of Tennessee Ms Degrees In Electrical Engineering Former
National Taiwan University Bs Degree In Electrical Engineering Former

Clifton A. Pemble, age 43, has served as a director of the Company since August 2004 and has been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since October 2007. He has served as a director and officer of various subsidiaries of the Company since August 2003. He has been President and Chief Operating Officer of Garmin International, Inc. since October 2007. Previously, he was Vice President, Engineering of Garmin International, Inc. from 2005 to October 2007, Director of Engineering of Garmin International, Inc. from 2003 to 2005, Software Engineering Manager of Garmin International, Inc. from 1995 to 2002, and a Software Engineer with Garmin International, Inc. from 1989 to 1995. Garmin International, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Pemble holds BA degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from MidAmerica Nazarene University.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Director, President and COO Current
Garmin International, Inc. Director, Engineering Current
Garmin Ltd. Software Engineer Current
Garmin Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Garmin Ltd. Vice President, Engineering Former
Garmin Ltd. Software Engineering Manager Former
Honeywell International Inc. software engineer Former
Garmin International, Inc. Software Engineer Former

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. President of Electronica Current

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. President of Synergy Current

Gene M. Betts, age 56, has been a director of the Company since March 2001. Mr. Betts has been the Chief Financial Officer of Embarq Corporation since May, 2006. He previously served as Senior Vice President-Finance at Sprint Nextel Corporation's local telecommunications division from August 2005 to May 2006 and as Senior Vice President Finance and Treasurer of Sprint Corporation from 1998 until August 2005. Mr. Betts is a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to joining Sprint he was a partner in Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young). Mr. Betts is a director of seven registered investment companies in the Buffalo Funds complex.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Chairman, Chief Current
Garmin Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Arthur Young, Inc. partner Former

Kevin Rauckman joined the Garmin team as Director of Finance in January 1999 and became CFO & Treasurer for Garmin Ltd. in August 2000. He came to Garmin from Allied Signal, where he served as director of finance for one of the company's Aerospace units. Prior to Allied Signal, Rauckman served as finance manager for Unisys Corporation, a technology hardware and consulting services company, from 1993 to 1996. He earned his M.B.A. and B.S. degrees from the University of Kansas.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. CFO & Treasurer Current
Garmin International, Inc. CFO & Treasurer Current
Garmin Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Honeywell International Inc. director of finance Former
Unisys Corporation finance manager Former
University of Kansas M.B.A. Former

Andrew Etkind joined Garmin International as General Counsel in February 1998 and became Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Garmin Ltd. in August 2007. Prior to Garmin, he served as senior attorney for Alumax Inc., an aluminum manufacturer, from 1996 to 1998. Before that he was vice president, general counsel and secretary for Information Management Resources Inc., a software systems development and consulting company. Etkind holds B.A., M.A., and L.L.M. degrees from Cambridge University in England and a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. General Counsel, Secretary & Vice President Current
Garmin Ltd. General Counsel Current
Garmin International, Inc. General Counsel & Secretary Current
Information Management Resources Vice President, General Counsel Former
The University of Michigan Law School J.D. degree Former
Cambridge University L.L.M. degrees Former
Cambridge University B.A. Former
Cambridge University Degrees Former

Brian Pokorny joined Garmin International in 1995 as a Planning Manager. From 1997 to 2005, Pokorny served as Garmin's Director of Operations. Prior to Garmin, Pokorny held several positions at AlliedSignal Commercial Avionics, including Production Control Manager and several positions in procurement. He also held position with AlliedSignal Corporate Commodity Teams as a Procurement Specialist managing corporate level commodity strategies. Pokorny holds a B.S. degree in Business Management and an M.B.A. from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and holds the professional certification of CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) and has held professional certification as a C.P.M. (Certified Purchasing Manager).

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Vice President, Operations Current
Garmin Ltd. Director of Operations Former
Garmin International, Inc. Manager Former
Garmin Ltd. Planning Manager Former
University of Nebraska - Lincoln B.S. Degree In Business Management Former
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Business Management and An M.B.A. Former

Dan Bartel joined Garmin in 1992 as Technical/Survey Sales Manager. In December 1993, he moved to Romsey, England to manage Garmin Europe. After a five-year stint in Europe, Bartel returned to the United States as Director of Consumer Electronic Sales where he managed Garmin's North American consumer sales efforts. In his current position, Bartel is in charge of day-to-day leadership responsibilities of worldwide sales for all consumer market segments of the company. Prior to joining Garmin, Bartel spent 7 years in the US Air Force as a KC-135 pilot. After leaving the Air force he served in various sales positions at Global Navigation, an avionics manufacturer. Bartel received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University and has a B.A. in Management from Central Michigan University. He also holds an Airline Transport Pilot license with a Learjet-type rating.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Managing Director Current
Garmin Ltd. Sales Manager Current
Central Michigan University B.A. In Management Former
Global Navigation, Inc Former
South Dakota State University B.S. In Electrical Engineering Former
Central Michigan University B.A. In Management Former

Organization Position Status
Garmin International, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current
Garmin Ltd. Vice President, Marketing Current
Garmin Ltd. Director of Marketing Current
Gama, Inc. Current
Garmin International, Inc. Director of Marketing Former
Baker University B.B.A. Degree Former

Jon Cassat joined Garmin in 1993 to lead the advertising efforts of the company. Prior to joining Garmin, Cassat held a variety of creative and leadership positions at area ad agencies. As Garmin’s Manager of Corporate Communications and later as the Director of Marketing Communications, Cassat helped establish a full complement of in-house advertising, communications, and brand-building services in furtherance of the company’s commitment to vertical integration. Cassat is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University where he earned his B.S. in Business Administration. He continued his education with graduate studies at the University of Kansas in the William Allen White School of Journalism’s Integrated Marketing Communications program.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Vice President, Comm Current
Corporate Communications Inc. Manager Former
Nebraska Wesleyan University Former

Laurie Minard joined Garmin in 1996 and started the Human Resources Department. She became a Director of Human Resources in 2002 and was promoted to Vice President in July 2007. Minard is responsible for recruiting/talent management, payroll/compensation, benefits, training and career development, and employee relations. Prior to joining Garmin, Minard worked as a corporate recruiter for Electronic Realty Associates and Tippins. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Kansas. Minard has been an Executive Board Member for Employment Practices Network of Kansas City since 1999. She has also served on the Olathe Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee and Board of Directors since 2003.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Vice President, HR Current
Tippins Incorporated Corporate Recruiter Former

Gary Burrell co-founded Garmin Corporation with Dr. Min Kao in October 1989, with a handful of engineers and an idea for a product. Together with Dr. Kao, Burrell has led Garmin from a startup company to an international electronics powerhouse in several markets. For his efforts, he has been recognized by Inc. Magazine, The Kansas City Business Journal and Ernst & Young as the "Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year" for Missouri and Kansas. An industry veteran, Burrell brings more than 40 years of leadership at engineering-based companies to the helm of Garmin Ltd. Prior to his work with Garmin, Burrell served in various roles including director of engineering and vice president of engineering at marine and aviation electronics companies such as Lowrance Electronics, King Radio Corporation and Allied Signal. He is widely regarded as one of the leading innovators of integrated avionics, having designed and developed the first successful nav/comm for the general aviation market. Burrell earned his B.S. in electrical engineering at Wichita State University and his M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Founder Current
Garmin Ltd. Partner Current
Lowrance Electronics, Inc. vice president of engineering Former
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.S. Former
Wichita State University B.S. in electrical engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Manager, IR Current

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Senior Manager, Corp Comm Current

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Media Relations Associate Current

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Senior Media Relations Specialist Current

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Senior Media Relations Specialist Current

Garmin's Board of Directors has determined that Gene M. Betts, Charles W. Peffer, and Thomas A. McDonnell, members of Garmin's Audit Committee, are "audit committee financial experts" as defined by the SEC regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Mr. Betts, Mr. Peffer and Mr. McDonnell are each "independent" as defined by current listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Chairman Current
Commerce Funds Board of Directors Current
Garmin Ltd. Board of Directors Current
KPMG International Partner Former
Northwestern University MBA degree Former
University of Kansas BBA degree Former

Donald H. Eller is a private investor. He holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Texas. Dr. Eller has held several management positions in the defense electronics industry, including manager of systems analysis for Teledyne Systems Co. and manager of navigation and weapon system design for a division of Magnavox Corp. He is recognized as an industry expert in GPS, inertial and other navigation systems. He has served as a consultant for Lockheed Corp. and has provided consulting services to the GPS Joint Program Office.

Organization Position Status
Garmin Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Lockheed Martin Corporation consultant Former
The University of Texas Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering Former
The University of Texas M.S. Former
The University of Texas B.S. Former

Thomas A. McDonnell, age 63, has served as director of the Company since 1971. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 1984 and as President of the Company since January 1973 (except for a 30 month period from October 1984 to April 1987). He served as Treasurer of the Company from February 1973 to September 1995 and as Vice Chairman of the Board from June 1984 to September 1995. He is a director of Blue Valley Ban Corp, Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Garmin Ltd., and Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.

Organization Position Status
DST Systems, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Current
DST Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Asurion Inc. board member Current
Ascential Software Corporation board member Current
Euronet Worldwide Inc. Board Director Current
Blue Valley Ban Corp Director Current
Garmin Ltd. Director Current
Informix Former
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Former
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Chairman Former
DST Systems, Inc. Vice Chairman of the Board Former
Rockhurst University BSBA degree in accounting Former

Executive News

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    Forbes.com - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Garmin Reports 2Q Results

    TradingMarkets - 8/11/09 - View Story

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GRMN $31.010 -0.070 (-0.23% )
Volume 871,636
Shares Outstanding 200.6M
Market Cap 6.2B
Year High 39.65
Year Low 15.020
Earnings Per Share 2.90
P/E Ratio 10.6931
Dividend 0.75
Yield 2.4186
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