Marine Terminals Corp.

David F. Adam joined MTC in 1980 as a vessel planner at the Seaside Container Terminal--MTC s first container terminal in Southern California, promoted to terminal manager in 1983. When Seaside Terminal closed in 1985, Adam was transferred as MTC manager for the Korean Shipping Los Angeles Container Terminal (Korea Shipping was later absorbed by Hanjin Shipping Co.).

Gail A. Parris started his professional career in public accounting in 1974, working in the audit division of Arthur Andersen LLP in Kansas City. In 1981, he joined Yellow Freight System, Inc. as assistant controller. His subsequent promotions were vice president-profit planning and vice president-controller in 1986; senior vice president-administration in 1992; president of Yellow Technology Services in 1995; and senior vice president and chief financial officer of Yellow Freight System in 1997. Parris joined Marine Terminals Corp. in January 1999 as chief financial officer. His current position is chief financial officer and secretary of MTC Holdings, the parent company of Marine Terminals Corp. He is located in MTCH s Oakland corporate headquarters.

As CIO, Lawrence C. Grotte provides technology vision and leadership to MTCH and its affiliated companies for developing and implementing IT strategic initiatives that create and maintain leadership in a highly competitive and constantly changing global marine terminal environment. He is charged with evolving IT from a pure technology-orientation to a business process management (BPM) orientation across the corporate culture. Prior to joining MTCH, Grotte's career has spanned over 30 years serving as a CEO/C-level executive and management consultant for several Silicon Valley companies within both Fortune 500 and emerging technology/venture capital-backed sectors. Representative companies include Measurex, Four-Phase Systems, Shaklee, Local Silence, LGES and Stellar GPS. Grotte started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers initially as part of its Business Assurance practice and later as part of its Emerging Technology practice. Grotte has served as Chairman of the Inc CEO Council of Growing Companies, Chairman of the ASTD Silicon Valley Total Quality Management Task Force, and as Group Chairman for TEC International, a CEO leadership development organization. He was appointed by the White House to serve on a twelve-member U.S. business leaders' delegation to Japan. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Visual Harmonics, a digital-imaging software company and is an active member of the BPM Institute, a business process management professional organization.

Walter Romanowski joined United States Lines in 1984 after graduation from the Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, New York. He graduated with a 3rd mates license and a B. S. in Computer Science / Mathematics. He worked in various operations positions at United States Lines, including equipment control and terminal operations. In 1985, Romanowski joined Ducal Ltd., a terminal and general stevedoring operator, as a Superintendent / Port Captain. After 3 years of working domestically and internationally, Romanowski was promoted to General Manager responsible for operation, sales, administration and accounting in Long Beach.

Patrick Bixby has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president contracts and sales. Bixby, formerly vice president of finance for California United Terminals, has 25 years of industry experience in contracting and finance.

Eric Wilson, previously MTC general manager for the Evergreen Container Terminal in Los Angeles, has been promoted to general manager, Southern California. Wilson has worked in various managerial positions within Marine Terminals since 1987. In making the announcement, MTC President Douglas A. Tilden expressed his confidence in the contributions this new team will make to both Marine Terminals and its customers.

Donn consults primarily on corporate strategy and manages the Zindigo Pacific Northwest office in Portland. He has more than 19 years of experience in marketing, business development and executive management, with a strong emphasis in international business development and alliances in the Internet, manufacturing and transportation industries. His previous employment experience includes stints at Utah International Inc., Southern Pacific Railroad, The Greenbrier Companies, Marine Terminals Corp., Container Corp LLC and Ideas@Work Inc. Donn founded an international transportation equipment leasing concern in 1997. In the mid-1990s, he spearheaded the international expansion efforts of a NYSE-traded leasing and equipment manufacturing company. As a leader of the global sales and marketing department of a Fortune 250 enterprise in the early 1990s, he consistently exceeded all revenue and sales objectives. Donn lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Judy, and their eight-year-old twins.