Management Directors Ethics Committees Section 16 filings
 
Richard W. Parod
President & Chief Executive Officer

Richard W. Parod is President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, and has held such positions since April 2000. Prior to that time and since 1997, Mr. Parod was Vice President and General Manager of the Irrigation Division of The Toro Company. Mr. Parod was employed by James Hardie Irrigation from 1993 through 1997, becoming President in 1994. Mr. Parod has been a Director since April 2000, when he began his employment with the Company.

David B. Downing
President - International Operations

David B. Downing is President - International Operations of the Company. He has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and President - International Operations since March 2009 and March 2008, respectively. Previously he was Senior Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company and held such positions since August 2004, when he joined the Company. Prior to joining Lindsay, Mr. Downing was President of FPM L.L.C., a heat-treating company in Elk Grove Village, Illinois after joining FPM as Vice President and CFO in 2001. Mr. Downing was also Vice President and Controller for Thermo-King, a unit of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited, which manufactures transport refrigeration equipment from 1998 to 2000.

Barry A. Ruffalo
President - Irrigation Business

Barry A. Ruffalo is President – Irrigation Business of the Company. Mr. Ruffalo joined the Company in March 2007 as President – North America Irrigation. Mr. Ruffalo was most recently a Director of North American Operations for Joy Global Inc., since February 2007. Prior to that time and since 1996, Mr. Ruffalo held various positions of increasing responsibility with Case New Holland; the last 5 years were spent in Operations Management within the Tractor and the Hay and Forage divisions for both the Case IH and New Holland brands.

Steven S. Cotariu
President - Infrastructure Business

Mr. Steven S. Cotariu is President — Infrastructure Business of the Company and has held that position since September 2010 when he joined the Company. Prior to joining Lindsay and since October 2002, Mr. Cotariu held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility with Pentair, Inc., most recently as Vice President, Marketing for Pentair Technical Products. Previously, Mr. Cotariu held marketing and business development positions with Textron, Inc. and was a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

James Raabe
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

James C. Raabe is Vice President & Chief Financial Officer off the Company. Prior to joining Lindsay and since April 1999, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Select Comfort Corporation, one of the nation's leading bed manufacturers and retailers based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. From September 1997 to April 1999, Mr. Raabe served as the Controller for Select Comfort Corporation. From May 1992 to September 1997, he served as Vice President – Finance of ValueRx, Inc., a pharmacy benefit management provider. Mr. Raabe held various positions with KPMG LLP from August 1982 to May 1992.



Lori L. Zarkowski
Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller

Lori L. Zarkowski is Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of the Company, and has held such position since August 2011. Ms. Zarkowski joined Lindsay in June 2007 as Corporate Reporting Manager and was promoted to Corporate Controller in April 2008. Prior to joining the Company and since 1997, Ms. Zarkowski was most recently an Audit Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Mark A. Roth
Vice President - Corporate Development & Treasurer

Mark A. Roth is Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. Roth joined Lindsay in 2004 as Director of Corporate Development and was promoted to Vice President of Corporate Development in March 2007, adding Treasurer to his role in April 2008. Prior to that time and since March 2001, Mr. Roth was an Associate with McCarthy Group, Inc., a Midwest-based investment bank and private equity fund. From January 1998 through February of 2001, Mr. Roth was a Senior Credit Analyst at US Bancorp.

Eric R. Arneson
Vice President - General Counsel & Secretary

Eric R. Arneson joined the Company in April 2008 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Arneson was formerly a partner with the law firm of Kutak Rock LLP in Omaha, Nebraska where he had practiced law since 1999.

Reuben P. Srinivasan
Vice President - Human Resources

Reuben P. Srinivasan joined the Company in January 2013 as Vice President of Human Resources.  Mr. Srinivasan was formerly Director (Global), Human Resources at Trimble Navigation Limited based in Sunnyvale, CA.  Prior to Trimble, Mr. Srinivasan held positions of increasing responsibility with Volkswagen Group of America; of which, the last six years were with the Audi brand.


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