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 Flow International on July 16, 2007, when he was also appointed to the Board. 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 April 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.

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  Chip Burnham

  Vice President, Global Marketing

  Chip Burnham is the Vice President of Global Marketing for Flow International Corporation.  In over 20 years at Flow, Mr. Burnham has worked in many capacities, including as an Application Engineer, Product Manager, Director of Engineering, and Vice President of Marketing, Vice President of Sales.

  Prior to joining Flow in 1989, Mr. Burnham received a M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Rhode Island.  While at the University, Mr. Burnham managed the waterjet laboratory and conducted extensive research on the abrasive waterjet, newly commercialized by Flow in 1984.

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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 Technology.  He 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. 

  In 1980 Dr. Hashish invented the abrasive waterjet process, revolutionizing the field of waterjet cutting.  He holds 30 patents in the areas of jet cutting and high pressure and has published more than 300 papers in many journals and conference proceedings.  Dr. Hashish is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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  Allen M. Hsieh

  Chief Financial Officer

  Allen M. Hsieh joined the Company in December 2008, first serving as interim Chief Financial Officer and appointed Flow’s Chief Financial Officer and Principle Financial Officer in May 2009.

  From 2003 to 2007 Mr. Hsieh served at InfoSpace, Inc., a publicly traded provider of online and mobile media products and services, first as Chief Accounting Officer and VP Financial Operations, then as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to InfoSpace, Inc., he served from 2000 to 2003 as Vice President—Finance at Terabeam Corporation, a provider of broadband wireless technology equipment and services. Mr. Hsieh was at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1985 to 2000, where he was a partner beginning in 1998. Mr. Hsieh has a B.A. in Business Administration.
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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 EVP of Global Sales with a continued focus as our Advanced Systems Segment Manager.

  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 joined the Company in June 2009 and is responsible for leading Information Technology at Flow. Daric is a software and management consulting industry veteran with over 20 years experience in delivering Information Technology solutions to diverse industries throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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

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  Craig Sunada

  Vice President, Engineering and Operations

  Craig D. Sunada joined the Company in June 2008 as Vice President of Global Product Development.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sunada was Director of the Asia Design Center for IDEX Corporation and has more than 20 years of engineering, product development and management experience, serving at IDEX, Micropump Inc. and Hewlett-Packard.

  Mr. Sunada has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Management of Technology, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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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 20 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 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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