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 Span Milestones
Executive Team
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SPAN
Executive Team
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 Binny
Jind
President &
C.E.O
Binny Jind is the founder, President & CEO of Span since it's
establishment in 1981. Mr. Jind has successfully chartered Span's
transformation from its early history as a manufacturer of automotive
electronics products to a leading provider of total solutions for the
electronics industry worldwide.
Mr. Jind holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from McMaster
University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Thapar Institute of
Technology (India). Prior to starting Span, Mr. Jind was General Manager at
TRW Electronics.
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 Max
Chipman
Vice President,
Director of Business Development
Mr. Chipman has been Vice President and Director of Business Development
since 1998. He is responsible for the strategic expansion of our network of
value added logistics facilities worldwide, and for the continual
development of concepts that support the lean supply chain requirements of
our customers.
Mr.Chipman joined Span in 1988 and has held various managerial roles
including Operations Management, where he was instrumental in developing
the processes that pioneered the VMI model.
Mr. Chipman holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Toronto.
Prior to Span, he was the Materials Manager with Scientific Atlanta.
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 Patricia
Croley
Vice President
& Director of Quality
Patricia Croley has been Vice President and Director of Quality since 1998.
Ms. Croley is responsible for the development, implementation, and
maintenance of world class quality systems through out the global network
of operations. Her responsibilities include the conformance and
certification to QS9000 and/or ISO9000.
Ms.Croley the joined Span in 1995 as Manager of Quality Assurance. Prior to
Span, she was Manager of Production Planning with Intel Corporation. Ms
Croley holds a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Management from Carnegie
Mellon University
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 Tom
Krzepkowski
Vice President
& Director of Logistics Operations
Tom Krzepkowski has been Director of Global Logistics Operations since
1998. His responsibility includes the development of customized supply
chain solutions as well as the day to day management of logistics
operations across all Span sites. Mr. Krzepkowski also plans, co-ordinates
and directs the launch of new sites and new logistics programs.
In his previous capacity at Span, Mr. Krzepkowski was .Manager for
Logistics for Canadian operations, where he pioneered the development of
custom VMI solutions, the use of EDI and EDIFACT and developed specialized
processes such as Kan Ban and Point of Use delivery and Sequencing for
Supply Chain systems.
Mr. Krzepkowski holds a Bachelor of Arts - Economics at University of
Waterloo and later as Bachelor of Computer Science at Devry Technical
Institute. He also received APICS Certification for Supply Chain &
Logistics Management at York University.
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 Tharma
Kumar
Vice President
& Director of Manufacturing Operations
Mr. Tharma Kumar has been Director of Manufacturing Operations since 1998.
Mr. Kumar oversees the manufacturing and value added manufacturing
operations across all Span sites.
In his prior capacity as Manufacturing Operations manager, Mr. Kumar has
been instrumental in the developing a wide range of manufacturing
capabilities at Span, while at the same time fostering a customer focused
culture within the organization.
Prior to joining Span in 1990, Mr. Kumar spent 4 years in Germany, training
as a manufacturing engineer
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 Jim
Lancefield CFA
Vice President
& Chief Financial Officer
Jim Lancefield joined Span in 2002 and as CFO, his extensive experience in
strategic planning in a high growth environment makes him a vital component
of the Span corporate team. Prior to joining Span, Mr.Lancefield was with
the Business Development Bank of Canada, where his experience with the
technology, logistics, and automotive industries will be a tremendous asset
to Span.
Mr. Lancefield holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University,
specializing in Finance and Entrepreneurship and is a Chartered Financial
Analyst. He has been very actively involved with investor companies,
banking relationships, strategic partnerships, and business planning /
financial modeling.
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 Robert
Rogut
Vice President
& Director of Information Technology
Mr. Rogut joined Span in 1997 as Director of IT, and moved aggressively to
develop a talented team IT professionals. Working closely with Tom
Kzrepkowski in operations, Mr.Rogut has created IT solutions that allow
Span to be a leader in providing cost effective supply chain solutions
customized to customer specifications.
Mr. Rogut is responsible for software development, systems installations
and maintenance, hardware and software technical support for all sites
worldwide.
Mr. Rogut is Bachelor of Mathematics from University of Waterloo and holds
a Management Accounting certification from York University.
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 Peter
Rose P. Eng
Vice President & Director of Engineering
Peter Rose joined Span as Director of Engineering in 1999. His main focus
is the development of manufacturing and value added capabilities and ensure
leadership in technical competence at Span Mr Rose has extensive experience
in all aspects of product development and electronics manufacturing.
Prior to joining Span, he has held engineering management at leading
technology companies such as Celestica, Scientific Atlanta, Visteon and
Northern Telecom.
Mr. Rose holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) degree from
University of Waterloo/Lakehead University as well as an Engineering
Technology Diploma from Sheridan College of Applied Science &
Technology. In addition, Mr. Rose has studied Robotics at Stanford
University and Computer Imaging at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Rose was President of the Surface Mount Technology Association (Toronto
Chapter) from 1995 - 1997; a member of the Board of Governors of George
Brown College from 1998 - 2001 and is founding member of the Advance Centre
For Microelectronics. Mr. Rose has extensive experience in all aspects of
product development and electronics manufacturing .
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