Vice President – Treasurer
Drew Bender joined the Company in 2006 after holding positions with EDS (Chicago) and Honeywell (China) to become our Manager of International Treasury. After serving in positions of increasing responsibility, he was appointed Vice President – Treasurer in 2020.
Vice President – Investor Relations
Cassie Branscum joined the Company in 2005 and has served in various finance positions in Internal Audit & Due Diligence, Operations, and Corporate Development. In 2018, she joined Investor Relations and was appointed Vice President – Investor Relations in January 2024.
Vice President – Chief Tax Officer
Chuck Hutchins joined the Company in 2006 as Staff Vice President - Domestic Taxes and was appointed Vice President - Tax in 2018. Chuck holds his BS in Accountancy from the University of Missouri, is a CPA, and worked for over 20 years for PricewaterhouseCoopers in California before joining the Company.
Vice President – Internal Audit & Due Diligence
Rachel Krenz joined the Company in 2020 as Director of Finance and Global Controller for the Hydraulics Group and was appointed Vice President – Internal Audit & Due Diligence in 2024. She began her career at KPMG before spending 10 years at Pentair, where she held various finance positions of increasing responsibility. She holds a Master of Accountancy and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Vice President – Corporate Secretary
Scott Luton joined the Company as an attorney in the Legal Department in 1997 and has held positions of increasing responsibility including Assistant General Counsel, Senior Securities Counsel and Associate General Counsel. Scott was promoted to Vice President – Deputy Secretary in 2023 and was appointed Vice President – Corporate Secretary in 2024.
Senior Vice President – Business Support Services
Jay Witherspoon joined the Company in 2018 and has served in various logistics and supply chain roles throughout the organization, where he was most recently appointed Senior Vice President – Business Support Services in 2024. Jay holds a degree in Business Administration and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Vice President – Chief Information Officer
David joined the company in 1987 as a Developer in the IT Department. David has served in various positions of increasing responsibility over his 35 plus years including Director IT Business Systems and Chief Technology Officer. He was appointed Chief Information Officer in 2024.