Biography

William Beattie has served as our Vice President, Human Resources since December 2000. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Beattie served as Vice President of Human Resources at the USI Hardware and Tools business unit of U.S. Industries, Inc. from 1998 through November 2000. Prior to joining US Industries, Mr. Beattie spent over 20 years in various human resources management positions at publicly-held technology companies including i-STAT Corporation (now part of Abbott Laboratories), Viacom International, Inc., Syntrex Inc. and Interdata/Perkin Elmer Corporation. Mr. Beattie obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson University.