executive leadership

Kenton K. Alder
Kenton K. Alder
Chief Executive Officer
Kenton K. Alder is Chief Executive Officer of TTM Technologies Inc. and a Director since March 1999. Mr. Alder served as President and Chief Executive Officer from March 1999 to December 2012. 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, from December 1994 to December 1996, Mr. Alder served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ElectroStar, Inc., a publicly held printed circuit board manufacturing company. 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.
Thomas Edman
Thomas T. Edman
President
Thomas T. Edman has served as a director of our company since September 2004, and as President of our company since January 2013. From early 2011 to December 2012, Mr. Edman served as Group Vice President and General Manager of the AKT Display Business Group, which is a division of Applied Materials Inc., a publicly held provider of nanomanufacturing technology solutions. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Edman served as Corporate Vice President of Corporate Business Development of Applied Materials, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Edman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Films Corporation from May 1998 until Applied Materials, Inc. acquired Applied Films Corporation in July 2006. From June 1996 until May 1998, Mr. Edman served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Applied Films Corporation. From 1993 until joining Applied Films, Mr. Edman served as General Manager of the High Performance Materials Division of Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc., a subsidiary of a major Japanese trading corporation. Mr. Edman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian studies (Japan) from Yale University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Canice T. K. Chung
Canice T. K. Chung
Executive Vice President &
President, Asia Pacific
Mr. Chung Tai Keung, Canice has served as our Executive Vice President and President, Asia Pacific Business Unit since April 2012, and prior to that served as Chief Executive Officer of our Asia Pacific operating segment since April 8, 2010. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Chung served as Deputy Managing Director of Meadville Group since 2005. Prior to joining the Meadville Group, Mr. Chung was an executive director of Elec & Eltek International Holdings Limited (formerly listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited) from August 1993 to March 2005 and Elec & Eltek International Company Limited (a company listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited) from April 1994 to March 2005. Mr. Chung had been Chief Executive Officer of Elec & Eltek Group’s PCB business and held various management positions at Fairchild Semiconductors (HK) Limited, China Cement Company (Hong Kong) Limited, the Astec Group and Chen Hsong Machinery Co, Limited. Mr. Chung graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1979 in Accountancy. Mr. Chung is currently the chairman of the Hong Kong Printed Circuit Association Limited.

Dale Knecht
Dale Knecht
Senior Vice President,
Global Information Technology
Dale Knecht is the Senior Vice President of Global 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 Inc. Mr. Knecht holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Lafayette College.
Grace Lee
Grace Lee
Senior Vice President,
Global Human Resources
Grace Lee is the Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources. Prior to joining TTM Technologies in November 2010, Ms. Lee worked for UK listed engineering multinational IMI plc from 2007 to 2010, 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 business. Formerly, Ms. Lee held leadership positions at Newport Corporation, Raytheon Company and Adexa Inc. 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.
Todd Schull
Todd B. Schull
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Todd B. Schull became our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary in March 2013, having joined our company as an Executive Vice President in February 2013. Prior to joining us, Mr. Schull served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller of Sanmina Corporation. Prior to joining Sanmina, Mr. Schull was Corporate Controller of Ultratech from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Schull started his career with Deloitte LLP and then held leadership positions with Verbatim Corporation, Solectron Corporation, Tidal Software, Repeater Technologies, and VA Linux. Mr. Schull holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Utah.
Doug Soder
Douglas L. Soder
Executive Vice President &
President, North America
Douglas L. Soder is Executive Vice President and the President of TTM North America. He was formerly Executive Vice President of TTM. Prior to joining TTM, he 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 &
Chief Operating Officer
Shane S. Whiteside has served as our Chief Operating Officer since December 2002. 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. Since 2005, Mr. Whiteside has served as a Director on the IPC Board of Directors. Mr. Whiteside holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Irvine.
 
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