
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Bio: Mr. Johnson joined Aftermarket Technology Corp.
(ATAC) in January 2004. Prior to joining ATAC, Mr. Johnson was
Global Director, Parts, Supply and Logistics of Ford Motor Company.
During his career at Ford, Mr. Johnson was responsible for
vision, mission, and strategy development for improvement
and execution of all aspects of the global service parts supply
chain performance. He was also responsible for the associated
budgets for Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Land Rover, and Jaguar
brands. Annually, Mr. Johnson managed $6.0 billion in cost,
$1.0 billion in inventory, 7,500 employees, and 60 facilities
delivering 160 million orders to 15,000 dealers. During 1999-2003,
Mr. Johnson launched a comprehensive “lean/improvement”
strategy resulting in recognition for Ford as “Best
In Class” in the service parts industry and annually
reduced costs $80-$100 million, reduced inventory by $400
million, annually improved productivity by 7%-10%, and oversaw
a 30% reduction in personnel.
Prior to Ford, Mr. Johnson held executive positions at Caterpillar,
Inc. spanning a 26-year career. In his most senior position
as Vice President, Caterpillar Logistics, Mr. Johnson was
a member of the administrative management team overseeing
profitable growth at a 20%-25% annual rate. He successfully
reduced costs 5%-20% while improving end-customer satisfaction
10%-30% for clients.
In his first three years with ATAC, the Company achieved
a 15.6% CAGR growing revenue from $367 million to $498 million.
Mr. Johnson has successfully diversified the customer base,
grown the Logistics business from $81.7 million revenue to
$215 million and instituted the disciplined pursuit of operational
excellence and customer satisfaction. In 2006, Mr. Johnson
developed a three-year plan for the Company’s growth.
Mr. Johnson holds a BA in Management from the University
of Illinois with an Associates Degree in IT. Mr. Johnson is
a member of ATAC’s Board of Directors.
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Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
Bio: Mr. Peters joined Aftermarket Technology Corp. (ATAC)
in March 2004. In his current role, Mr. Peters is responsible
for all aspects of the Company’s financial operations,
as well as directing the Company’s IT organization.
Since joining ATAC, Mr. Peters has helped drive business
results that allowed the Company to complete a successful
secondary offering of its common stock in March 2005 that
resulted in the complete exit of the Company’s former
equity sponsor, Aurora Capital Group. Mr. Peters has played
an integral role in partnering with the CEO to develop and
execute the Company’s overall business strategy. Over
the past three years, the Company’s revenues have grown
at a 15.6% CAGR. During this period, Mr. Peters has led the
continued focus on cash flow through asset utilization, cost
reductions and diligent cash management that has allowed the
Company to reduce debt by over 90% and thus improve liquidity
and flexibility to fund its future growth.
Prior to joining ATAC, Mr. Peters was EVP and Chief Financial
Officer of TriMas Corporation, a $900 million diversified
manufacturing company. Key accomplishments at TriMas include
the successful $875 million recapitalization to fund the purchase
of TriMas Corporation from Metaldyne Corporation, the successful
acquisition of five businesses with a combined value of $244
million, and the development and successful execution of a
comprehensive and multi-phased plan to eliminate $29 million
in annual operating costs.
Prior to TriMas, Mr. Peters served in increasingly responsible
financial positions with Dana Corporation and Coopers &
Lybrand. During his seven-year tenure with Dana, Mr. Peters
served in a variety of roles including Vice President of Finance
for Dana’s Fluid Systems Group and Director of Operations
for the Long Manufacturing Division and chaired the leadership
position in a global project to improve working capital that
resulted in a $300 million improvement in cash flow. Mr. Peters
also played a key role in the development and execution of
a strategy to grow an international Tier-one automotive supplier
business from $250 million to $1 billion in sales during a
three-year period. Prior to Dana Corporation, Mr. Peters served
numerous global automotive and manufacturing clients during
his nine-year tenure with Coopers & Lybrand.
Mr. Peters holds a BS in Business Administration from Central
Michigan University and is a Certified Public Accountant and
a member of the AICPA, MACPA and FEI.
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