Executive Team
Clay H. Kiefaber
President and Chief Executive Officer
Clay H. Kiefaber is the President‚ Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Colfax Corporation. Mr. Kiefaber has served on the Colfax Board of Directors since the Company's IPO in 2008. Before joining Colfax as President and CEO in 2010‚ he spent nearly 20 years in increasingly senior executive positions at Masco Corporation. Most recently‚ he was a Group President‚ where he was responsible for a $2.8 billion group of architectural coatings‚ windows‚ and spa business units. Prior to becoming a Group President at Masco‚ Mr. Kiefaber was Group Vice President of Masco Builder Cabinet Group. He previously spent 14 years in increasingly senior positions in Masco’s Merillat Industries subsidiary. Mr. Kiefaber holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Colorado and a B.A. degree from Miami University.
C. Scott Brannan
Senior Vice President‚ Finance & Chief Financial Officer
C. Scott Brannan became the Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer in October of 2010. Mr. Brannan served on the Colfax Board of Directors and was Chairman of the Audit Committee from 2008 to 2010. Prior to joining Colfax in his current role‚ he was a partner at Aronson & Company‚ a public accounting firm‚ from 2003 to 2010. He was also previously employed at Danaher Corporation for 12 years in roles of increasing responsibility‚ including Chief Accounting Officer‚ Controller and Vice President of Administration. Prior to Danaher‚ he spent 8 years with Arthur Andersen & Co. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Loyola University Maryland and is a certified public accountant.
William E. Roller
Executive Vice President‚ Colfax Fluid Handling
William E. Roller was promoted to Executive Vice President‚ Colfax Fluid Handling in November 2010 and is responsible for overseeing global fluid-handling operations. He most recently served as Executive Vice President‚ Colfax Americas and was responsible for Colfax’s business in the Americas as well as the global oil & gas and defense solutions organizations. He joined Colfax in 1999 as General Manager‚ Imo Pump. In addition to Imo‚ he managed Zenith Pump‚ Lubrication Systems Company and Baric Group upon the acquisition of those businesses. He joined Colfax from Precision Auto Care‚ Inc. where he was Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Distribution for 2 years. From 1991 until 1997‚ Mr. Roller worked for AMF Industries in several increasingly responsible manufacturing roles. Previous to AMF‚ he spent 4 years with FMC Corporation in various manufacturing roles. Mr. Roller is a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University‚ with a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School.
Daniel A. Pryor
Senior Vice President‚ Strategy and Business Development
Daniel A. Pryor joined Colfax Corporation in 2011 as Senior Vice President‚ Strategy and Business Development. Prior to Colfax‚ he was a Partner and Managing Director with The Carlyle Group‚ where he focused on industrial leveraged buyouts and led numerous portfolio company and follow-on acquisitions. Prior to Carlyle‚ he spent 11 years at Danaher Corporation in roles of increasing responsibility‚ most recently as Vice President – Strategic Development. Mr. Pryor earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BA in Economics from Williams College.
A. Lynne Puckett
Senior Vice President‚ General Counsel and Secretary
A. Lynne Puckett joined Colfax Corporation in 2010 as Senior Vice President‚ General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to Colfax‚ she was a Partner with the law firm of Hogan Lovells. Her experience includes a broad range of corporate and transactional matters‚ including mergers and acquisitions‚ venture capital financings‚ debt and equity offerings‚ and general corporate and securities law matters. Before entering the practice of law‚ Ms. Puckett worked for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and a major U.S. defense contractor. Ms. Puckett holds a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law and a B.S. degree from James Madison University.
William F. Rothenbach
Senior Vice President‚ Human Resources
William F. Rothenbach joined Colfax Corporation in 2011 as Senior Vice President‚ Human Resources. Prior to Colfax‚ he worked as the Senior Vice President-Human Resources for Old Mutual Financial Network. He has over thirty years of broad-based domestic and international human resources executive experience with companies from a variety of industries‚ including Black & Decker‚ Bausch & Lomb‚ Procter & Gamble and Sara Lee. Mr. Rothenbach earned his M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron and his B.A. in Psychology from Edinboro University. He is an accredited Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a member of the Associate Graduate Faculty at Towson University.
Steve Wittig
Senior Vice President‚ Colfax Business System and Supply Chain Strategy
Steve Wittig became Senior Vice President of the Colfax Business System and Supply Chain Strategy in August of 2011. Prior to Colfax‚ he was Vice President of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma for the Masco Cabinet Group. Prior to that he held a number of operations positions with Lear Corporation‚ Preferred Technical Group‚ Sumitomo Electric and United Technologies. Steve received his Masters of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan and his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute).