Arthur G. Dauber, age 63, has been President and Chairman of the Board since October 1984. From 1966 through 1984, Mr. Dauber was employed by the General Electric Company where he held positions in general management, strategic planning and manufacturing. He also completed General Electric's Manufacturing Management Program. Mr. Dauber holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
John H. Untereker, 57 has been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of M&I Electric Industries, Inc. since May, 2005. For the previous 25 years, he has held senior management positions at Omnicare, Inc., Omni Energy Services Corp., Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., Lend Lease Trucks Inc. and NL Industries. Mr. Untereker was an Audit Manager with Coopers and Lybrand in New York and is a CPA. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds an MBA from Iona College.
Neal T. Hare, age 60, is the Chief Technology Officer of AETI and has been with the company since January 1992. He most recently served as the senior vice president and chief operating officer of the Technical Products and Services segment and has been responsible for much of the design and manufacturing of AETI’s products during his tenure with the company. Mr. Hare's service in the energy industry spans almost 40 years and he is one of the world’s leading experts of electrical drive equipment and power control systems for both land and offshore drilling and marine applications. His prior experience includes 10 years as one of the principals and vice president of operations at Ross Hill Controls (DC Oilfield Drives), which was acquired by National Oilwell Varco, and 10 years as vice president of operations at Powell Electrical Manufacturing (Switchgear and Controls). Mr. Hare has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University at Long Beach. His post-graduate work at Rice University, Houston included business and economics.
James J Steffek, age 58, Executive Vice President is responsible for remote operations in Singapore and Xian China and international business development including Canada, Asia, South America and the Middle East. He has been employed by the company since September 1973 with initial responsibilities including project management, engineering, and sales. Since 1980 he has served as Senior Vice president with areas of responsibility included operations, sales, marketing and remote operations in Singapore and Mississippi. Prior to joining M&I, he worked for Continental Controls Corp. as a project engineer. Mr. Steffek holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston.
Charles Dauber, Charles Dauber, age 39, joined the executive team of American Electric Technologies, Inc. in April 2007 and was named President of the company’s flagship M&I Electric business in January 2008. Dauber has more than 18 years of executive management, operations, marketing, and sales management experience. Prior to joining the company, he served as the president and CEO of Nevis Networks, a venture capital-backed start-up company in Silicon Valley. Prior to Nevis, Dauber held multiple executive roles at Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) including vice president of marketing and product management. At Blue Coat, Dauber was instrumental in the successful turn-around of the company, including the strategic company re-positioning and re-launch, resulting in $150 million in annual new revenues and a 2,000 percent increase in the company’s market capitalization. Dauber previously was the CEO of a broadband services start-up and served in management roles with Copper Mountain Networks and Teradyne in the US and in Asia Pacific, where he lived for several years. Dauber earned a bachelor of business administration with concentrations in electrical engineering and marketing from the University of Texas at Austin. Dauber previously served as a Director of M&I Electric from 1993 to 1995.
Tim Adams, Vice President, American Access
Carl Vitanza, Vice President, M&I Products/Beaumont Operations
Doug Williams, Vice President, Drive Systems
Peder Serkland, Vice President, New Product Development
Ralph Linfors, General Manager, South Coast Electric
Cheng Bo, General Manager, BOMAY (PRC)
S.C. Tan, General Manager, MIEFE (Singapore)
