Executive Leadership Team Bios

Vincent R. Volpe Jr. is our President and Chief Executive Officer and has served as a member of our board of directors since the acquisition in October 2004. Mr. Volpe has been with Dresser-Rand Company and its predecessor companies since 1981. He has held positions in Engineering, Marketing and Operations residing and working in various countries, including: Applications Engineer in Caracas, Venezuela; Vice President Dresser-Rand Japan in Tokyo, Japan; Vice President Marketing and Engineering Steam and Turbo Products; Executive Vice President European Operations in Le Havre, France; and President Dresser-Rand Europe in London, U.K. Mr. Volpe returned to Olean in January 1997 and became President of Dresser-Rand Company's Turbo Product Division, a position he held until September 2000. In April 1999, he assumed the additional role of Chief Operating Officer for Dresser-Rand Company, responsible for worldwide manufacturing, technology and supply chain management, serving in that position until September 2000. Mr. Volpe became President and Chief Executive Officer of Dresser-Rand Company in September 2000. He is proficient in five languages. Mr. Volpe earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in German literature, both from Lehigh University.

Sammy Antoun re-joined Dresser-Rand in December 2008 as Vice President and General Manager, Middle East and North Africa Operations. He is responsible for all Dresser-Rand activities in that region. Mr. Antoun spent 30 years with the company in a variety of positions and brings his unique understanding of the Company and its clients to this region. His most recent position with D-R was Executive Vice President, responsible for sales in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Eurasia. Prior to that position, he served as the Executive V.P. for the former Compression Services Division located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and also worked as the President of D-R's worldwide sales division based in Houston, Texas. In addition to assignments in the U.S., Mr. Antoun has lived and worked in France, Egypt, Tulsa, and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Antoun has a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Brno in the former Czechoslovakia.

Mark E. Baldwin was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on August 24, 2007. Prior to that, he served three years as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Veritas DGC Inc., a public energy service company. Other previous experience includes two years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for NextiraOne, a voice and data products distribution company, and four years as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for Pentacon Inc. Mr. Baldwin led Pentacon through an IPO in 1998 and the formation of the Board of Directors and senior leadership team. He also spent 17 years with Keystone International Inc. in a variety of finance and operations positions, including Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and President of the Industrial Valves and Controls Group. Mr. Baldwin earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University, and an MBA from Tulane University.

Steve Brady has been Dresser-Rand's Chief Information Officer since December 14, 2008.

Mr. Brady has a diverse background in information technology and business systems implementations. Prior to working for Dresser-Rand, his most recent position was the Program Director responsible for the redesign and standardization of processes for the global supply chain management system at ConocoPhillips, an integrated energy company. His previous experience includes seven years as Management Information Systems (MIS) Manager in an engineer to order environment at TRW Electronic Products, a space and defense contractor, as well as the Chief Information Officer at National Oilwell, an oil services company engaged in oil and gas drilling and production, implementing their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for their global distribution business, and as the director of consulting services implementing manufacturing and financial systems at a variety of large manufacturing and distribution companies. Mr. Brady has 25 years experience as an implementation project leader and programmer with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems that integrate manufacturing, finance, planning, supply chain and other administrative functions.

Mr. Brady received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado.

Raymond L. Carney has been Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Dresser-Rand since November 2008. Prior to that, he served for more than two years as Group Controller of Alcoa's Global Rolled Products division. From December 2002 to August 2006, Mr. Carney held financial leadership positions in Alcoa's corporate controllership group. He worked for Ernst & Young for 13 years in various leadership positions and was responsible for client projects including public filings, acquisitions, and audit engagements. Mr. Carney, a CPA, earned a B.S. in accounting from the Pennsylvania State University.

Jean-Francois Chevrier has been our Vice President, New Infrastructure Development since January 1st, 2009. Previously, Mr. Chevrier served as our Vice President and General Manager of North American Operations for Dresser-Rand since March 2007 and Vice President and General Manager, European Operations since October 2004. Mr. Chevrier has been with Dresser-Rand and its predecessor companies since 1990. From August 2000 to October 2004, Mr. Chevrier served as the Vice President & General Manager for European Operations in Le Havre, France, which included responsibility for our businesses and plants in Oberhausen, Germany, and Kongsberg, Norway. From March 1997 to July 2000, he held the position of Vice President & General Manager, French Operations. Additionally, he has held various other leadership positions including Operations Manager in Le Havre, France; Director, Special Projects in Olean, New York; and General Manager Turbo Products, Europe. Prior to joining Dresser-Rand, Mr. Chevrier held various leadership positions at a Peugeot subsidiary, specializing in military and aerospace hydraulic equipment. Mr. Chevrier earned a BSME from Tarbes University in France.

Bradford W. (Brad) Dickson was appointed Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer of Dresser-Rand Company in June 2007. Brad had previously been Executive Vice President New Equipment of the Company since January 1999 and a Corporate Officer since 2000. Today, in addition to his CMO duties, Brad carries corporate responsibility for Global Business Solutions, Emerging Technologies, Marketing and Communication Services and the Government Business Unit. With Dresser-Rand and its predecessor companies since 1977, he has 33 years of experience in the global energy industry working with compressors and turbines for process, oil and gas applications. Earlier in his career Brad held leadership positions in country management, international sales, marketing, and project management in Caracas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Houston. Brad has also represented the Company on numerous Industry Boards and currently serves on the Board of Ramgen Power Systems, Echogen Power Systems and previously was on the Board of Paragon Engineering Services (now AMEC Paragon). Mr. Dickson earned a BS in Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.

Nicoletta Giadrossi has been Vice President & General Manager, EMEA Operations, located in Le Havre, France since January of 2009. Ms. Giadrossi is responsible for the Company's production and service operations in France, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway; and the Middle East. In addition, Ms. Giadrossi is responsible for all New Equipment and Aftermarket Sales and Support organizations serving Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East, Africa, and Russia.

Before joining Dresser-Rand, she held several leadership positions in General Electric, most recently, General Manager of the downstream division within GE Oil & Gas, until 2005.

Ms. Giadrossi joined General Electric in 1995, where she led several business units in GE's Equipment Management division, including Chief Operating Officer for GE's European Equipment Management, and General Manager for GE's Fleet Services based in Italy.

Ms Giadrossi has seven years experience in strategic management consulting, with the Boston Consulting Group, and in the private equity industry, as an Operating Partner with a niche French firm.

Ms Giadrossi earned a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics and Economics from Yale University, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Jim Heid is the Vice President of Global Business Solutions for Dresser-Rand Company. He was appointed in 2003, responsible for Alliances and Major Solution Activity Worldwide. In addition, he has responsibility for Latin America Sales, the Separable Business Unit Sales and Marketing and the Micro Turbine Business Unit.

Mr. Heid joined the Ingersoll-Rand Company in 1979 as a Sales Engineer. Jim has held positions in both Operations and Sales/Marketing for Dresser-Rand. In1986, he became responsible for the Western Region of Dresser-Rand Product Services that was responsible for Service Center and Field Service Operations, as well as sales activity for the Western U.S. and Canada. Then in 1992, he became Vice President of all Aftermarket Sales for the Western Hemisphere. In 1994, he was appointed Vice President of Sales for both Units and Aftermarket for the Eastern half of the United Sates and Mexico. In 1997, Jim was appointed to the position of VP Gulf South Region that included sales for Southern U.S. and Latin America, Product Services Operation and the D-R Controls SBU.

Mr. Heid graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and later graduated from the University of Houston Graduate Studies in Executive Development. Jim is a Marine Corp and Vietnam Veteran.

Mark F. Mai joined Dresser-Rand in October 2007 as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. Prior to that Mr. Mai held various positions at Cooper Industries, an international manufacturing company, between 1991 and 2000 and 2003 and 2007. As Cooper's Associate General Counsel from 2003 until 2007, Mr. Mai led a team that handled the legal needs of Cooper's business operations and its active merger and acquisition strategy. As Cooper's Associate General Counsel, Litigation from 1999 to 2000, he managed Cooper's global litigation issues. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Mai was a partner at the law firm of Thompson & Knight, LLP heading up the Corporate and Securities practice for its Austin office. He began his professional career in 1986 as an associate of Baker, Brown, Sharman & Parker, which later merged into Thompson & Knight.

Mr. Mai earned a BBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Notre Dame and a JD from the University of Texas.

Ken Marcia was appointed our Vice President Supply Chain Management & Process Innovation in January 2006. Prior to joining Dresser-Rand, Mr. Marcia held executive leadership positions within United Technologies Corporation. From March 1999 to December 2005, Mr. Marcia served as Director Supplier Development for United Technologies Corporation including its divisions; Carrier Corporation, Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand, Sikorsky, Otis, UTC Power, and UTC Fire & Security. Prior to this assignment Mr. Marcia held the following positions within the Hamilton Sundstrand division: Vice President of Purchasing, Director of Operations, Commercial Aircraft Products General Manager, Director of Environmental Control Systems, Quality Engineering Manager, and Chief of Manufacturing Engineering.

Mr. Marcia has spoken at numerous industry forums on Supply Chain and Lean including Purchasing Magazine's CPO Summit, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) annual conference, the Connecticut Shingo Prize Conference, Supplier Excellence Alliance symposiums, and Business VoiceAmerica.

Mr. Marcia graduated cum laude with a BS in Mathematics from the University of Hartford. Additionally, he has twice been elected Board President of the Supplier Excellence Alliance (www.seaonline.org) , and served on the Board of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (www.nmsdc.com).

Luciano Mozzato has been our Executive Vice President, Services Worldwide, responsible for all Product Services including the Field Operations since January 5, 2009. Mr. Mozzato has held a variety of leadership positions in sales, operations, and the aftermarket business within United Technology's Otis Elevator division, the world's largest company in the manufacture, installation and service of elevators, escalators and moving walkways, including Vice President and General Manager of their Latin America business and Vice President and General Manager of their Italian subsidiary. In addition, Mr. Mozzato served as the Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Logistics Worldwide, and as the Italian subsidiary's Product Director, Director of Engineering, and Field Service Manager. He started his career as a mechanic and earned a diploma in electronic engineering from the ITI Institute in Italy.

Mr. Mozzato also holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Hartford University in the U.S.

Gustavo Nechar joined Dresser-Rand on June 1, 2011, as the Vice President of Human Resources. In this position, he leads the Company's global Human Resources function and critical, cross-functional projects at the executive level. Mr. Nechar directs the human capital strategies to enhance Dresser-Rand's organizational capability to attract, develop, engage, and retain the best and brightest employees in our industry.

Prior to joining Dresser-Rand, Mr. Nechar was the Manufacturing and Logistics Global HR Leader for WABCO, a leading supplier of safety and control systems for commercial vehicles, based in Brussels, Belgium where he led the Human Resources strategy definition and deployment at WABCO's sites in France, Germany, Poland, Brazil, USA, Netherlands, UK, India, China and South Korea.

Before joining WABCO, Mr. Nechar was with Valeo, which ranks among the world's top automotive suppliers, for over 10 years. He was the Branch Human Resources Director responsible for Divisions in France, Ireland, Germany, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Egypt, China, Brazil, USA, Mexico, Japan, Spain and Italy.

Mr. Nechar has broad international experience in Talent Management, Labor Relations, Training and Development, Compensation and Benefits, in manufacturing, aftermarket services and consumer goods.

He graduated with a degree in Business Administration – FMU – Sao Paulo, Brazil CEDEP - INSEAD and is fluent in French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Jesus M. Pacheco was appointed Executive Vice President, New Equipment Worldwide in June of 2007. He is responsible for all company new equipment sales and client services worldwide. Mr. Pacheco has been with Dresser-Rand Company since 1990. He has held various leadership positions in Application Engineering, Extended Scope and Marketing for Dresser-Rand Company, including responsibilities as Regional Director for the former Soviet Union, based in London, UK, and Marketing Manager for the European Served Area (Europe, Eurasia, Africa and the Middle East) based at our manufacturing facility in Le Havre, France. From January 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Pacheco served as Vice President, Client Services for the Latin America Region. He assumed Client Services responsibilities for The Americas Region in August 2000, expanding them to include the European Served Area in July 2006. Mr. Pacheco has 25 years of experience in the global energy industry, including 8 years with a major oil and gas operator in Venezuela, working with compressors, turbines and compression facilities for process, oil and gas applications. Mr. Pacheco earned a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and a BS in Economics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Christopher Rossi has been our Vice President of Technology and Business Development for Dresser-Rand since January 1, 2009.

Mr. Rossi has been with Dresser-Rand and its predecessor companies since 1987. He has held various leadership positions within Dresser-Rand in the areas of Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, and Sales. From January 2007 to December 2008, Mr. Rossi was Executive Vice President Worldwide Product Services, responsible for worldwide aftermarket sales. Mr. Rossi served as Vice President and General Manager, North American Operations, responsible for all U.S. manufacturing operations and worldwide Development Engineering from October 2003 to December 2006.

Mr. Rossi earned a BSME from Virginia Tech and an MBA in Corporate Finance and Operations Management from the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business.

Marco Rossi is our Vice President and General Manager of Environmental Solutions since October 2011. He joined D-R in July 2009 as Director of Environmental Business Development, primarily focused on developing a business plan to position the Company to serve environmental markets with solutions based on Dresser-Rand's existing product technology. In November 2010, Mr. Rossi assumed the position of Vice President, New Equipment- Environmental Solutions, also responsible for the steam turbine client facing organization as well as the combined heat and power solutions group. Since the acquisition of Grupo Guascor, a growing player in the natural gas engines, bioenergy and renewable energy sectors, Mr. Rossi has been leading D-R's Global Center of Excellence for Environmental Solutions from the Basque Country in Spain.

Before joining D-R, he held the role of Vice President of Business Development with the Wood Group where he focused on developing opportunities in the Americas, formulating entry strategies and increasing internal corporate awareness of new markets and their business practices. Prior to that he was Deputy Managing Director of PDVSA Production where he was one of a three person leadership team overseeing Oil and Gas production in Venezuela. Mr. Rossi began his career with PDVSA in 1981 and progressed through a number of increasingly responsible roles spanning areas of operations, marketing, strategic planning and business development.

Robert J. Saltarelli has been our Vice President and Treasurer since July 2005.

Just prior to joining Dresser-Rand, he served as Vice President and Treasurer at American Household, Inc. (formerly the Sunbeam and Coleman companies) since October 2003. Mr. Saltarelli has 30 years of experience in corporate finance, global capital markets, risk management and cash/banking treasury functions.

From 1976 to 1990, Mr. Saltarelli performed financial audit, planning and treasury roles, each with increasing responsibilities, at J.C. Penney Company, Inc.. Following his time at J.C. Penney, Mr. Saltarelli has held a variety of financial leadership positions including: Assistant Treasurer at Melville Corp. from 1990 to 1992; Director of Capital Markets and Director of International Finance at W.R. Grace & Co. from 1992 to 1995; Director of International and Corporate Finance at Tupperware Corporation from 1996 to 1997; Treasurer at Breed Technologies, Inc. from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2003; and also Vice President and Treasurer at Sunterra Corporation from 1999 to 2000

Mr. Saltarelli obtained a BA in accounting from Seattle University and his MBA from Columbia University, New York. He is accredited as a Certified Public Accounting (CPA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) passing both exams.

Peter Salvatore has been our Vice President and Chief Safety Officer since September 2011. He joined Dresser-Rand in 1989. Prior to that time, he held various management positions with General Electric and Textron.

At Dresser-Rand, Mr. Salvatore has held senior leadership positions in materials management, production, aftermarket parts, field services, and repair operations. Mr. Salvatore was Vice President of Steam Turbine Aftermarket from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, he became Vice President of Product Services until 2001. In 2001, he became Vice President of Worldwide Field Services until 2004 when he was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Field Operations until 2010. In January of 2010, with the acquisition of Leading Edge Turbine Technologies, Mr. Salvatore led its integration and initiated plans for the globalization and growth of the heavy gas and large steam turbine aftermarket business. Mr. Salvatore earned a BS in Math and Physics from Siena College and an MS in Industrial Administration from Union College's School of Management.

Jerry Walker has been our Vice President and General Manager, Americas and Asia Pacific Operations for Dresser-Rand Group Inc. since January 1, 2009.

Prior to joining Dresser-Rand, Mr. Walker held various senior leadership roles at Honeywell International is a diversified technology and manufacturing company, between 1993 and 2008. His most recent position was Vice President of Global Operations from 2005 – 2008 where he led all aspects of Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Project Operations for Honeywell's global industrial automation and control business. Prior to that, he led Honeywell's Europe, Middle East and Africa industrial business unit for three years as Vice President and General Manager, based in Brussels, Belgium. He also served as Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Business Development and Director of Marketing at Honeywell. He started his career in operations at the BP (formerly Amoco) Whiting Refinery outside Chicago and also worked in Product Marketing at Emerson Electric.

Mr. Walker has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.