BNET Industries
Market Cap:$4.7B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.1B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Roper Industries is a diversified growth company that transforms simple ideas into powerful results to create compelling shareholder value. We provide engineered products and solutions for a broad customer base in end-markets that include water, energy, transportation, education and healthcare. Our strong operating capabilities enable us to convert end-market potential into profitable growth and cash flow. In turn, we deploy excess cash into internal growth initiatives and a disciplined acquisition program in order to create new value for our investors. The success of this strategy and our cash-driven business model is evident by the more than $1 billion in operating cash flow that we generated during the three-year period from 2006 to 2008. Roper Industries counts annual revenues of over $2 billion and is a component of the Fortune 1000, S&P Midcap 400 and the Russell 1000 Indexes. Our shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ROP.
Chief Executive Officer
Brian D. JellisonNumber of Employees 7,900
Contact Information
6901 Professional Pkwy E Ste 200
Sarasota, Florida 34240
(941) 556-2601
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables: 334513
Recent Events
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Roper Industries Makes Two Acquisitions To Enhance Growth In Medical And Toll & Traffic Markets...
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BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-JP Morgan upgrades GE to overweight
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Roper Industries unveils proposed public offering
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Roper Industries declares dividend of 8.25 cents
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Roper Industries Q2 Profit Slips On Lower Revenues; Guides FY09 - Update
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Roper Industries, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. We will now go to our question-and-answer session portion of the call. Operator instructions. We will take our first question from Christopher Glynn at Oppenheimer. Christopher Glynn – Oppenheimer Thanks, good morning. Brian Jellison Good morning Chris. Christopher Glynn – Oppenheimer ...
Roper Industries, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Michael Schneider - Robert W. Baird Michael Schneider - Robert W. Baird Can you talk about Neptune and specifically what occurred there during the fourth quarter with municipal spending and some of the...
Roper Industries Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionAbsolutely. We will now take our question and answer portion of the call. [Operator Instructions]. We will take our first question from Alexander Blanton with Ingalls & Snyder. Brian D. Jellison - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning to Alex. Alexander M. Blanton - Ingalls &...
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Roper Industries, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Our first question we go to Jeff Sprague with Citi. Jeffery Sprague - Citigroup Thank you. Good morning, everyone. John Humprey - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Morning. Brian D. Jellison - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning, Jeff. Jeffery Sprague - Citigroup...
Roper Industries, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Instructions We’ll take our first question from Wendy Caplan at Wachovia Securities. Wendy B. Caplan - Wachovia Securities Thank you. Good morning. Brian D. Jellison - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning. Wendy B. Caplan - Wachovia Securities Brian, when you were talking about the...
Roper Industries, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionAre you ready for questions, sir. John Humphrey - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Yes, we are. Operator Very good. [Operator Instructions]. We will take our first question from Christopher Glenn with Oppenheimer. Please go ahead. Christopher Glynn - Oppenheimer & Co. Thank you, just want to...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian D. Jellison | Chief Executive Officer |
| John Humphrey | Cfo |
| Paul J. Soni | Cao |
| Benjamin Wood | Vice President |
| David B Liner | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
| Nigel Crocker | Vice President |
| Richard A. Canada | Vice President, Hr |
| Timothy Winfrey | Vice President,Energy Systems & Controls |
| Georg Graf Schall | Director |
| Georg Graf Schall-Riaucour | Director |
| Robert D. Johnson | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David W. Devonshire | Chairman |
| Christopher Wright | Board of Directors |
| Derrick N. Key | Board of Directors |
| Donald G. Calder | Board of Directors |
| Eriberto R. Scocimara | Board of Directors |
| John F. Fort III | Board of Directors |
| Richard F. Wallman | Board of Directors |
| Robert E. Knowling Jr. | Board of Directors |
| Wilbur J. Prezzano | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Champion Enterprises, Inc. | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | President | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board Chairman | Current |
| Champion Enterprises, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited | President | Former |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited | Corporate Executive Vice President | Former |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Cfo | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Principal Financial Officer | Current |
| Detroit Diesel Corp. | Current | |
| Engines Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Honeywell Aerospace | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Engines Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Honeywell Aerospace | Vice President, Finance | Former |
| Honeywell International Inc. | Financial Leadership Positions | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Cao | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Controller | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Principal Accounting Officer | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Oxford Industries, Inc. | Corporate Controller | Former |
Mr. Wood was appointed in May 2003 as Roper's Vice President, Scientific and Industrial Imaging. Prior to joining Roper, he was Vice President of Marketing for the Infrastructure Sector at Ingersoll-Rand. Between 1999 and 2003 he served at Ingersoll-Rand in strategic planning, financial analysis, and business development roles of increasing responsibility. Mr. Wood's experience also includes 11 years in Asia as Marketing Manager and General Manager for entrepreneurial and mid-size companies in the areas of technology distribution, IT services and software.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited | Vice President of Marketing | Former |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited | General Manager | Former |
| Datamatic, Ltd. | Managing Director | Former |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited | Marketing Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Secretary | Current |
| Metaldyne Corporation | Vice President and General Counsel | Former |
| MascoTech, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | General Counsel | Former |
| MascoTech, Inc. | General Counsel | Former |
| NYSE Group, Inc. | Former | |
| Masco Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| Dykema Gossett Pllc | Board of Directors | Former |
| Masco Corporation | Member | Former |
| Dykema Gossett Pllc | Member | Former |
Mr. Crocker has served as a Vice President of Roper since 1996. He currently has operational responsibilities for Roper's industrial businesses. His earlier operational responsibilities included the Company's instrumentation businesses. He originally joined Roper in 1991, serving in a variety of business leadership roles, including President of our AMOT Controls business and Managing Director of its United Kingdom division. Mr. Crocker's earlier career included serving as Managing Director of Jiskoot Autocontrol, Ltd., in the U.K.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Amot | President | Former |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | President, Amot Controls | Former |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Managing Director, United Kingdom Division | Former |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Business Leadership Roles | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President, Hr | Current |
Mr. Winfrey joined Roper in 2002 to lead its Energy Systems and Controls business segment. Formerly, he was President of Ingersoll-Rand's (IR) Commercial and Retail Air Solutions business and, prior to that, Vice President and General Manager of IR's Reciprocating Compressor Division. From 1996 to 1999, he held several senior management positions with Owens Corning and from 1990 to 1994 Mr. Winfrey worked for BP Exploration in a variety of operating and corporate roles.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President,Energy Systems & Controls | Current |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited | President | Former |
| Owens Corning | General Manager | Former |
| Owens Corning | Director of Corporate Development | Former |
| Owens Corning | Senior Management Positions | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Johnsson Group, Inc. | Current | |
| Centerstone Solutions LLC | Current | |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Arbitron Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| ArvinMeritor, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Motorola, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| MCR, LLC | Director | Current |
| John G. Shedd Aquarium | CFO Magazine | Former |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited | chief financial officer | Former |
| Owens Corning | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Motorola, Inc. | CFO | Former |
| Motorola, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Owens Corning | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited | senior vice president | Former |
| Owens Corning | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Honeywell International Inc. | vice president of Finance | Former |
| Honeywell International Inc. | controller | Former |
| Baxter International Inc. | NA | Former |
| KPMG International | NA | Former |
| Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University | M.B.A. degree | Former |
| Widener University | B.S. degree in accounting | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell Lutyens & Co Ltd | Advisory Director | Current |
| Mrs. Fields Gifts Inc. | Manager | Current |
| Idox Plc | Global Head of Dresdner Kleinwort Capital | Current |
| Fine Art Management Services Ltd. | Head of the Global Private Equity Business of Dresdner Kleinwort Capital | Current |
| Robert Fraser Corporate Finance Ltd | Senior Advisor | Current |
| Nectar Capital | Current | |
| Stb Systems Ltd | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fine Art Management Services Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Merifin Capital | Director | Current |
| Campbell Lutyens & Co Ltd | Director | Current |
| Lombard Risk Systems Ltd | Board of Directors | Current |
| Maxcess International Corp. | Director | Current |
| Idox Plc | Director | Current |
| Tritex Corporation | Director | Current |
| Noble Income & Growth Vct Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Dresdner, Kleinwort, Capital | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein | Managing Director | Former |
| Dresdner, Kleinwort, Capital | Head of Global Private Equity | Former |
| Kleinwort Benson | Former | |
| Dresdner Kleinwort | Board Member | Former |
| Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | Board Member | Former |
| Dresdner, Kleinwort, Capital | Board of Directors | Former |
| Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Director | Former |
| University of Oxford | M.A. In Philosophy, Politics and Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
Donald G. Calder is President of G. L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc. and has been associated with the firm since 1965. He has been actively involved in the origination of numerous Ohrstrom-sponsored acquisitions and has worked closely with the senior management teams of these investments. He is a graduate of Princeton University (AB) and The Harvard Business School (MBA). He served in the U.S. Navy and worked on Wall Street. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Carlisle Companies Incorporated, Roper Industries, Inc., Brown-Forman Corporation, and Central Securities. He is Chairman of the Board of Tritex Holdings, V.I.P. Incorporated and President of Vistan Corporation. He is a Trustee of the National Sporting Library and the American Skin Association.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc | President | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | Director | Current |
| National Sporting Library | Board of Directors | Current |
| Central Securities Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc | Board Director | Current |
| American Skin Association | Board of Directors | Current |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | Nominating Committee Member | Current |
| Carlisle Companies Incorporated | Member of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee | Current |
| G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc | Partner | Former |
| Central Securities Corp. | Chairman | Former |
| Harvard Business School | Mba | Former |
| Princeton University | Ab | Former |
Eriberto R. Scocimara joined the board of directors of American Reprographics Company in May 2006. Mr. Scocimara has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund, a privately managed investment company created by the President and Congress of the United States and funded by the U.S. Government, since 1994. He also has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Scocimara & Company, Inc., a financial consulting firm, since he founded the company in 1984.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American Reprographics Company | Director of American Reprographics Company | Current |
| American Reprographics Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Victor Innovative Textiles | Board of Directors | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Euronet Services | Director | Current |
| Carlisle Companies Incorporated | Member of Compensation Committee | Current |
Georg Graf Schall-Riaucour has been a director since January 1995. He served as in-house Legal Counsel to Allianz Insurance AG, Munich, and since 1971 he has been senior partner of the Munich, Germany law firm of Beiten Burhardt. He was presiding judge of the Court of Ethics for attorneys in Bavaria. He has been general director of Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds, a German Foundation, comprising the fortune of the former Royal Bavarian Family since May 1994, and retired from this office effective March 31, 2005. Up to this date, he was a director of several privately held German and U.S. companies. Mr. Schall-Riaucour will retire upon the expiration of his term at the Annual Meeting.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Director | Current |
John F. Fort III has been a director since December 1995. From March 2003 to March 2004, he served as an advisor director of Tyco International Ltd. Prior thereto, he was a director and was formerly its chairman (from December 1982 through January 1993) and chief executive officer (from December 1982 through July 1992), prior to his retirement in January 1993.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Brown Foundation, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tyco International Ltd. | CEO | Former |
| Tyco International Ltd. | advisor director | Former |
| Tyco International Ltd. | Board Chairman | Former |
| Tyco International Ltd. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. | Committee Chair | Current |
| Lear Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ariba, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bausch & Lomb Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Honeywell International Inc. | chief financial officer | Former |
| Honeywell Corporation | CFO | Former |
| Honeywell Corporation | Senior Vice President | Former |
| International Business Machines Corporation | Vice President | Former |
| International Business Machines Corporation | Controller | Former |
| Avaya Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| University of Chicago Graduate School of Business | Master of Business Administration | Former |
| University of Chicago | MBA | Former |
| Vanderbilt University | B.S. in electrical engineering | Former |
| Vanderbilt University | Degree In Electrical Engineering | Former |
Robert D. Johnson has been a director since May 2005. From August 2006 to July 2008, Mr. Johnson was Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. From January 2005 to January 2006, he served as Chairman of Honeywell International s aerospace business and from 1999 to 2005, he served as its President and Chief Executive Officer. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Johnson worked at AlliedSignal, rising to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of AlliedSignal Aerospace Marketing, Sales & Service. Prior to joining AlliedSignal, he was Vice President and General Manager of manufacturing and services for AAR Corporation, an aviation company. Mr. Johnson began his career at GE Aircraft Engines. Mr. Johnson is also a director of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. and Ariba, Inc. Robert E. Knowling, Jr. has been a director since August 2008. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of Telwares, a provider of telecommunications expense management solutions, since June 2005 and also serves on its Board of Directors. Mr. Knowling served as Chief Executive Officer of the NYC Leadership Academy from January 2003 to May 2005 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SimDesk Technologies, Inc., a software development company, from February 2001 to January 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Knowling served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Covad Communications Company, a broadband service provider, from July 1998 to November 2000. Mr. Knowing also serves as a director of Ariba, Inc., Aprimo, Incorporated, and Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telwares | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Bingham McHale Llp | Physician | Current |
| Hastings Law Firm Indianapolis | Current | |
| Aerospace Industries Association, Inc | Chairman | Current |
| The American Trial Lawyers Association | Board of Directors | Current |
| Indiana Trial Lawyers Association | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aviation Safety Alliance | Board Member | Current |
| Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Indianapolis Bar Association | Board of Directors | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Ariba, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Phelps Dodge Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| SR Technics Holding | Member of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Asu Foundation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Phelps Dodge Corporation | Compensation & Management Development Committee Member | Current |
| AlliedSignal Aerospace | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Avionics Systems Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Honeywell Aerospace | CEO | Former |
| Newmont Mining Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| KPMG International | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Pinnacle West Capital Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Honeywell International Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Avionics, Inc. | President | Former |
| Avionics Systems Inc. | President | Former |
| AlliedSignal Aerospace | President | Former |
| Honeywell International Inc. | President | Former |
| GE Aircraft Engines | president | Former |
| Honeywell Aerospace | President | Former |
| MBNA Corp. | Chief Administration Officer | Former |
| Aerospace Services Limited | Vice President | Former |
| AAR Corp. | Vice President | Former |
| Honeywell International Inc. | vice president | Former |
| Aerospace Services Limited | General Manager | Former |
| Honeywell International Inc. | general manager of Global Repair and Overhaul Operations | Former |
| AAR Corp. | Gm | Former |
| GE Aircraft Engines | managing director | Former |
| Tabor Law Firm | Former | |
| Honeywell Corporation | Former | |
| Honeywell International Inc. | chairman | Former |
| Honeywell Aerospace | Chairman | Former |
| Newmont Mining Corporation | Chairman | Former |
| KPMG International | Chairman | Former |
| University of Evansville | Undergraduate Degree | Former |
| Miami University | Former | |
| Indiana University School of Law | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Mr. Prezzano has served as a director since 2006. He retired as Vice Chairman of Eastman Kodak Company, a manufacturer of photographic equipment and supplies, in January 1997, having served in various management roles at Eastman Kodak prior to that time. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Lance, Inc. Mr. Prezzano is also a director of Roper Industries, Inc., The Toronto-Dominion Bank, and TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EnPro Industries, Inc. | Committee Member | Current |
| Roper Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Lance, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation | Director | Current |
| TD Banknorth Inc. | Director | Current |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Executive Positions | Former |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Board Director | Former |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | MBA | Former |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree In Economics | Former |
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