Company: BHE
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-051057
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Company: BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
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2015 until July 2018, while previously serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), a photovoltaic solar technology and manufacturing company, from April 2008 until May 2019. Mr. Schumaker holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of New Mexico and is a Certified Public Accountant. |

| DAVID A. MOEZIDIS    |     Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| David A. Moezidis, 53, has been Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer for the Company since July 2023. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in operations, engineering, sales, and marketing in the digital imaging, semiconductor capital equipment, and electronic manufacturing services industries. Previously, he spent 25 years at Flex Ltd. (NASDAQ: FLEX), a global provider of design, engineering, manufacturing and supply chain solutions, in various leadership positions. Most recently, he was Flex’s President of the Lifestyle Solutions group, and prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President of the Industrial and Energy group. Mr. Moezidis holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in engineering, a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University, and has completed the executive management program at Stanford University. |

| DAVID A. VALKANOFF    |    Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| David A. Valkanoff, 61, has been Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer for the Company since July 2023. He has more than 30 years of global operations experience in the aerospace and defense, industrial, automotive, semiconductor, and electronics sectors. Prior to joining the Company, he was at Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE:CARR), a global provider of intelligent climate and energy solutions, serving as Vice President of Operations for its refrigeration segment from October 2019 to July 2023. His prior experience also includes executive roles at TPG, Celestica, Visteon, and Nissan. While at Celestica, Mr. Valkanoff supported the communications, aerospace and defense, enterprise and cloud solutions, renewable energy, health tech, and semiconductor equipment market customers. He was also the executive sponsor of their Lean Six Sigma initiatives globally. Mr. Valkanoff holds a Master of Business Administration from Central Michigan University and a BA in Economics and Management from Albion College. |

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