Leadership
Officers
Terry Blakemore
President & CEO
Mr. Blakemore joined Black Box's Board of Directors and was named President and CEO
of the company in October 2007. Before those appointments, he served as Interim
President and CEO and as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Blakemore was also Manager of
Business Development and before that, he managed the company’s Voice Services
division. Mr. Blakemore has been with the Company since 1999.
Michael McAndrew
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Mr. McAndrew was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2010. He had previously
been promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2002, and
subsequently was named Secretary and Treasurer in 2003. Mr. McAndrew, who has
been at Black Box since 1989, held the position of Manager of Corporate Planning
and Analysis prior to becoming CFO.
Francis Wertheimber
Senior Vice President, Pacific Rim & Far East
Mr. Wertheimber is Senior Vice President of Black Box's Pacific Rim and Far East
divisions. Before that, Mr. Wertheimber served as Vice President of those divisions.
He was also Managing Director of Black Box Japan. Mr. Wertheimber has been with Black
Box for 15 years.
Ken Davis
Vice President & Executive Officer, VSN/Europe & Latin America Operations
Mr. Davis has full responsibility for the Company's Latin America and Europe business. He also heads
the operations of the Company's Voice Services North business (VSN) and the Midwest, Southern
California, and Pacific Northwest divisions. Mr. Davis has been with the Company since 1997.
Board of Directors
William F. Andrews
Mr. Andrews is currently Chairman of Corrections Corporation of America, Chairman of
Katy Industries, Inc., and Chairman of SVP Holdings Limited. He has been a principal
with Kohlberg & Co., a private investment company, since 1995. He is also a director
of Corrections Corporation, Katy Industries, O’Charley’s, Inc. and Trex Company, Inc.,
all publicly held companies.
Richard L. Crouch
Mr. Crouch was a General Partner with the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from
1979 to 2004, having served as an audit partner principally assigned to public
companies. He served in various capacities for the firm, including as a regional
accounting, auditing, and SEC services consultant. He retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers
in 2004.
Thomas W. Golonski
Mr. Golonski served as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of National
City Bank of Pennsylvania and Executive Vice President of National City Corporation
from 1996 to 2005. He retired from National City in 2005. He is active in several
charitable, educational, and healthcare organizations.
Thomas G. Greig
Chairman
Mr. Greig has been a Managing Director of Liberty Capital Partners, a private equity
partnership, since 1998. He is also a director of publicly held Rudolph Technologies,
Inc., a number of privately held companies, and a public, not-for-profit foundation.
William H. Hernandez
Mr. Hernandez recently retired from the position of Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer of PPG Industries. He joined PPG in 1990 as Controller and was
named Vice President and Controller in 1994. He was elected to the role of Senior Vice
President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer in 1995.
Mr. Hernandez’s term on the Board will expire at the next annual meeting of stockholders.
At that time, it is expected that he will stand for election by the stockholders.
Edward A. Nicholson, Ph.D.
Dr. Nicholson served as President of Robert Morris University from 1989 to 2005 and is
presently a Professor of Management at Robert Morris. He has served a number of
businesses and government agencies as a consultant in the areas of long-range planning,
organization design, and labor relations. He is also a director of Brentwood Bank,
publicly held Shopsmith Inc., and several regional economic, charitable, and cultural
organizations.