Board of Directors
Warren J. Baker
Warren J. Baker, a US citizen, of Avila Beach, California, USA, joined Westport's Board in September of 2002. He is currently Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He is retired President Emeritus having served as President of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California from 1979 until August 1, 2010. Dr. Baker is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a Fellow in the Engineering Society of Detroit, a member of the board of directors of the California Council for Science and Technology, and a former member of the US Business-Higher Education Forum. Dr. Baker has served as a member of the US National Science Board appointed by President Reagan serving two terms from 1985 to 1994. He has served as Chair of the board of directors of the ASCE Civil Engineering Research Foundation. Dr. Baker is also a member of the board of directors of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. of Hoboken, New Jersey, a New York Stock Exchange listed global publisher of print and electronic products, specializing in scientific, technical, and medical books and journals. Dr. Baker also served on the board of directors of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers' Education Foundation, and is a member of the Board of Governors, US – Mexico Foundation Science Foundation.
John A. Beaulieu
John A. Beaulieu, a US citizen, of Vancouver, Washington, USA, joined the Board of Directors in September of 1997 and was appointed Chairman in 2002. Mr. Beaulieu co-founded Cascadia Pacific Management, LLP, a venture capital fund in Portland, Oregon, in 1990 and has been actively involved in finding, financing, and assisting in the growth of more than 70 emerging growth technology-based companies since 1986. Mr. Beaulieu's business career included being President of Steelcraft Corporation and holding other general management positions at American Standard & Evans Products. Earlier executive employment was at Proctor & Gamble, Ford Motor Co., and Arthur Young & Co. Mr. Beaulieu obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree (1956) and a Masters of Business Administration degree (1963), both from Santa Clara University of California. Mr. Beaulieu is involved with one socially focused organization in the health field.
M.A. (Jill) Bodkin
M.A. (Jill) Bodkin, a Canadian citizen, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, joined the Board in July 2008. She has been Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Heron Enterprises since 1996. From 2007 through 2010, Ms. Bodkin was also Director for Canadian Development for KCTS 9 Television, the Seattle, Washington based Pacific Northwest PBS station. Ms. Bodkin is the President of Yaletown Venture Partners VCC, Vancouver, and is a member of the Board of Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. From 1987 to 1996, Ms. Bodkin was with Ernst & Young as a Corporate Finance Partner, advising on financing technology companies and capital projects in North America and Asia. After her early career in trade and finance in Ottawa, in 1981, Ms. Bodkin became British Columbia's first woman Deputy Minister, responsible for financial institutions, and, until 1987, Founding Chair of the British Columbia Securities Commission. Her mid-career graduate studies were in public finance at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. Ms. Bodkin is a Governor and former Chair of the Vancouver Board of Trade, as well as a former member of the Boards of Directors of the Laurentian Bank of Canada and KCTS 9 Television, and President of the Board of Pacific Coast Public Television. She has served on the Oversight Council for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Advisory Boards on investment and trade to Canadian and British Columbia Cabinet Ministers, and Boards of policy think tanks, including the Thailand Development Research Institute, the Institute for Research in Public Policy in Canada, and the Canada West Foundation.
David R. Demers
David R. Demers, a Canadian citizen, of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a founder of Westport and has been Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board since the company was formed in March of 1995. Mr. Demers obtained a Bachelor of Physics degree in 1976 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1978, both from the University of Saskatchewan. Mr. Demers is also a member of the board of directors of Primero Mining Corp.
Dezsö J. Horváth
Dezsö J. Horváth, a Canadian citizen, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has been a member of the Board since September 2001. He is currently Chair of the Strategy Committee. He is the Dean and holds the Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Ontario, where he has taught since 1977. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree, as well as degrees in management (MBA, Licentiate, PhD) from Swedish universities. After an early R&D career with the Swedish multinational ASEA (now ABB) in the electrical industry, he accepted senior academic appointments at Swedish and then Canadian universities. In addition to publishing books and articles on strategic management and international business, Dr. Horváth has been engaged by major corporations and governments as a consultant in these fields. In addition to his membership on corporate boards in the past, Dr. Horváth is currently a Director of Inscape Corporation (since 2003), Samuel, Son & Co. Limited (since 2007) and UBS Bank (Canada) (2009). He is also a Director of The Toronto Leadership Centre (since 1998) and the Canada-India Business Council (C-IBC) (since 2009). As well, he is on the International Advisory Council of the St. Petersburg University School of Management, Russia (since 1996), Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China (since 2007), Fundaçäo Dom Cabral (FDC), Brazil (since 2009), and is a member of the Advisory Board for The CEO of the Year Award (co-sponsored by The Caldwell Partners Amrop International, the National Post and the CTV Television Network) (since 1992). Dr. Horváth is a member of the Strategic Management Society (SMS), the Academy of Management (AOM) and the Academy of International Business (AIB). In 2004, he was named AIB International Dean of the Year. Dr. Horváth was chosen as a Member of the Order of Canada in July 2008 for his academic leadership and sustained commitment to business education in Canada.
Douglas R. King
Douglas R. King, a US citizen, of Hillsborough, California, USA, joined the Board in January 2012. Mr. King is a Certified Public Accountant with significant experience in the accounting industry, including over 30 years of auditing experience at Ernst & Young LLP where he served in various capacities in multiple offices. Mr. King served as the managing partner at the San Francisco office of Ernst & Young LLP from 1998 to 2002. Currently, Mr. King is a member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at Silicon Graphics International Corp. (NASDAQ:SGI); member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Executive Compensation and Finance Committees at SJW Corp. (NYSE:SJW); and a member of the Board of Directors of the private company Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc. Previously, Mr. King was a member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nominating and Corporate Committee at Fuel Systems Solutions (NASDAQ:FSYS) from April 2006 until July 2010 and a member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of Executive Compensation and Special Committees of Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ:MRVL) from April 2004 until October 2007. Mr. King has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and an Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Arkansas.
Albert T. Maringer
Albert T. Maringer, a Canadian citizen, of Canmore, Alberta, Canada joined the Board in July 2008. Dr. Maringer has been the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maringer Consulting Alberta Ltd. since June of 2007. Prior to 2007, Dr. Maringer held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Canada Limited from 2000 to 2006. Dr. Maringer's career with Siemens AG spans a 46 year period during which, prior to 2000, Dr. Maringer held the following positions within Siemens AG's operations or subsidiaries: President, ATD TD Division for five years; General Manager of North America Motor Operations for four years; plus various management and engineering leadership roles including strategy development, R&D, manufacturing and project management. Dr. Maringer has served as a member of the board of directors for The Conference Board of Canada in Ottawa. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Nuclear Association. Dr. Maringer was a member of the Board of Trustees, Calgary Zoo, Calgary, and is a director and Chairman Emerit with the German-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Maringer is Member of the Board (Aufsichtsrat) of Guardus AG in Ulm/Germany, was Chairman of the board of Clinicare Inc., a healthcare information technology company in Calgary, Alberta, and an advisory board member of Skypower Corporation in Toronto, Ontario. He is past Chairman of Utilicase, a privately held software company in Montreal. Dr. Maringer is a member of the advisory committee for the Center for German-European Studies at York University, Ontario, serves on the advisory council of the Schulich School of Business, Ontario, and is a Professor and holds a Chair of International Management, Friedrich- Schiller-Universität in Germany.
Gottfried (Guff) Muench
Gottfried (Guff) Muench, a Canadian citizen, of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, joined the Board in July 2010. Mr. Muench obtained a Masters of Business Administration degree (1981) from the University of Western Ontario, and from 1981 to 2010, Mr. Muench held various senior positions within Cummins Inc., including Canadian General Sales Manager–Parts in Oakville, Ontario, and Vice-President, Distribution & Customer Support for Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, Indiana. In 1986, Mr. Muench became the owner and principal of Cummins British Columbia, now Cummins Western Canada, the Cummins distributor for western Canada that now serves customers in eight different provinces and territories. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Muench also served as the first President of Cummins Westport Inc.