Flow Leadership Team

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  Charles M. Brown

  President and Chief Executive Officer

  Charles M. Brown became the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on July 16, 2007, when he was also appointed to the Board.  His current term as Director expires with the 2013 Annual Meeting. 

  Previously, Mr. Brown was the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Pump, Pool and Spa Divisions at Pentair, Inc., a company with 2006 revenues of approximately $3.15 billion, from April 2005 through October 2006. From August 2003 to February 2005, Mr. Brown was the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Pentair Tools Group (which was acquired by Black & Decker Corporation in 2004). Prior to that, Mr. Brown was the President/General Manager of Aqua Glass Corporation, a Masco Corporation company, from 1996 to August 2003.

  Mr. Brown received a B.A., Economics and Government, from Cornell University, and an M.B.A. from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.  Mr. Brown has broad business experience and is the sole member of management who serves on the Board.  He serves a critical role in the communication between the Board and our management team .

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  Ronald (Ron) B. Cooper

  Executive Vice President

  Ron Cooper joined the Company in 2012 as the Interim Vice President of Operations.   In March 2013, he was appointed to Executive Vice President with responsibility for worldwide operations of our Standard Segment.  Mr. Cooper brings more than 25 years of General Management experience plus 10 years of high level operations related consulting experience to Flow. 

  Most recently, he held executive positions at Creativity Inc., Leslie Rudd Investment Co., and ImproveNet, Inc.  Mr. Cooper has extensive experience in manufacturing businesses including Black and Decker from 1992 to 1999 and General Electric from 1988 to 1992.  He is a graduate of the University of Chicago with a Master’s degree in Business Administration in addition to a bachelor’s degree in Political Science/International Relations from the University of California. 

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  Dr. Mohamed Hashish

  Sr. Vice President, Technology

  Mohamed Hashish, Ph.D joined the company in 1979 and is now Senior Vice President of Technology. In 1980 Dr. Hashish invented the abrasive waterjet process. Dr. Hashish is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

  Dr. Hashish graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Alexandria University in Egypt and obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal in 1977 .

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  Allen M. Hsieh

  Chief Financial Officer

  Allen M. Hsieh joined the Company in December 2008 as interim Chief Financial Officer and in May 2009 was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining the Company, from 2003 to 2007, Mr. Hsieh was with InfoSpace, Inc., a publicly traded provider of online and mobile media products and services, most recently as Chief Financial Officer.

  From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Hsieh was Vice President, Finance at Terabeam Corporation, a provider of broadband wireless technology equipment and services.  He was with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1985 to 2000, where he was a partner beginning in 1998.  Mr. Hsieh has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington .
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  Dick LeBlanc

  Executive Vice President, Global Sales

  Richard A. LeBlanc joined the Company in 1994 as Vice President of Sales.  Mr. LeBlanc became Executive Vice President in August 1998 and has been responsible for various departments over the years including Sales, Technical Service, Project Management, Marketing and Surface Preparation (Industrial Cleaning). His present position is Executive Vice President, Advanced Systems and Global Sales. 

  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. LeBlanc was employed by the ASI Robotic Systems Division of Cargill Detroit Corporation for 10 years, beginning in direct sales and then moving into the position of Manager of Sales and Marketing .

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  John Leness

  General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

  John S. Leness joined the Company in June 1990 as its Corporate Counsel, became General Counsel in December 1990, and was appointed Assistant Secretary in January 1991 and Secretary in February 1991.

  From 1986 until joining the Company, Mr. Leness had been associated with the Perkins Coie law firm. Mr. Leness has an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.

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  Daric Schweikart

  Vice President, Chief Information Officer

  Daric Schweikart, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, joined the Company in June 2009 and is responsible for leading Information Technology at Flow.

  Prior to joining Flow, Mr. Schweikart held senior management positions at PEMCO, TrueBlue, Inc. (formerly Labor Ready), Washington Mutual and other Pacific Northwest companies. He is a graduate of Western Washington University with a B.A. in Accounting and Computer Science.  

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  Theresa Treat

  Vice President of Human Resources

  Theresa S. Treat joined the Company in December 2006 as Vice President, Human Resources.  Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Treat was Vice President of Human Resources at Cutter & Buck, Inc., and has more than 30 years of experience in human resources, serving at Onvia, Inc., Pointshare, Inc., Nextlink Communications, and Horizon Airlines.

  She also served as a labor negotiator for employees in the state of Alaska from 1983 to 1990. Ms. Treat currently serves on the Board of Directors of Athletes For Kids,  a non-profit organization. Ms. Treat has a Master’s Degree in Labor and Industrial Relations and a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, both from the University of Illinois.
   

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