corporate management

Kenton K. Alder
Kenton K. Alder
Chief Executive Officer
& President
Kenton K. Alder has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President, and a director since March 1999. From January 1997 to July 1998, Mr. Alder served as Vice President of Tyco Printed Circuit Group, Inc., a printed circuit board manufacturer. Prior to that time, Mr. Alder served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ElectroStar, Inc., previously a publicly held printed circuit board manufacturing company, from December 1994 to December 1996. From January 1987 to November 1994, Mr. Alder served as President of Lundahl Astro Circuits Inc., a predecessor company to ElectroStar, Inc. Mr. Alder holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Utah State University.
Canice T. K. Chung
Canice T. K. Chung
Chief Executive Officer,
Asia Pacific Region
Canice T. K. Chung has served as our Chief Executive Officer - Asia Pacific Region since April 2010. Before the business combination between TTM and Meadville, Mr. Chung served the Meadville Group since April 2005 and was appointed as an executive director and the Chief Executive Officer of Meadville Holdings Limited in September 2006 and January 2007 respectively. Prior to that time, Mr. Chung was an executive director of Elec & Eltek International Holdings Limited, formerly a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, from August 1993 to March 2005; and the Chief Executive Officer and an executive director of Elec & Eltek International Company Limited, the PCB subsidiary of Elec & Eltek International Holdings Limited, listed on the Singapore Exchange, from April 1997 to March 2005. Formerly, Mr. Chung held various management positions at Fairchild Semiconductors (HK) Limited, China Cement Company (Hong Kong) Limited, the Astec Group and the Chen Hsong Group. Mr. Chung graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1979 in Accountancy.

Dale Knecht
Dale Knecht
Senior Vice President,
Information Technology
Dale Knecht is our Senior Vice President, Information Technology. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Knecht served as Vice President of Information Technology for the Tyco Electronics Printed Circuit Group. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Knecht served in a dual role as Director of IT Regional Governance - North America, for Tyco Electronics. Prior to that, Mr. Knecht served from 1998 to 2001 as Manager, SAP Global Support, and from 1993 to1998 as Regional Systems Manager - Latin America & Canada, for AMP Incorporated. Mr. Knecht holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Lafayette College.
Grace Lee
Grace Lee
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Grace Lee has served as our Senior Vice President, Human Resources since November 2010. Prior to joining TTM Technologies, Ms. Lee worked for IMI plc, as Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources for the Severe Service Group where she headed up the global HR function for IMI's Energy sector. Ms.Lee completed the Graduate School of Business Executive Program at Stanford University; Master of Science in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego and MBA from the University of the Philippines.
Steven Richards
Steven W. Richards
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Steven W. Richards has served as our Chief Financial Officer since November 2005. From May 2000 to October 2005, Mr. Richards was our Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to joining TTM Technologies, Mr. Richards worked for Atlantic Richfield, an oil and gas company, from June 1996 to April 2000 in financial planning, analysis and reporting. Mr. Richards holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Doug Soder
Douglas L. Soder
Executive Vice President
Douglas L. Soder recently joined TTM Technologies as Executive Vice President. He formerly was Executive Vice President of Tyco Electronics - Printed Circuit Group since January 2001. Mr. Soder began his career in 1983 as a Sales Engineer with AMP Inc. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Soder held a progression of sales assignments culminating with Account Executive assignments for IBM. In 1989, Mr. Soder joined TE - PCG as a Regional Sales Manager. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Soder held a number of Regional Sales Manager assignments and helped establish a national manufacturing representative network for the business. In 1994, Mr. Soder returned to AMP Inc., serving as Regional Sales Manager for AMP - AKZO, the company's PCB joint venture with Akzo Nobel Corp. In 1996, Mr. Soder re-joined TE - PCG as Vice President of Sales & Marketing, a role he held for four years. Mr. Soder received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Dickinson College.
Shane Whiteside
Shane S. Whiteside
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Shane S. Whiteside has served as our Chief Operating Office since January 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Whiteside was our Vice President of Operations, Santa Ana Division from January 2001 to December 2002, Director of Operations, Santa Ana Division from July 1999 to December 2000, and from March 1998 to June 1999, Director of Operations of Power Circuits. Mr. Whiteside holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Irvine.
 
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