arris group inc (ARRS:NASDAQ GS)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Samuel Knox Skinner, Sam, JD has been an Of Counsel at Greenberg Traurig, LLP since May 2004. Mr. Skinner served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of YRC Regional Transportation, Inc. from July 17, 2000 to April 2003. He was a Partner of Hopkins & Sutter. He served as the President of the Commonwealth Edison Company and Unicom Corporation. From 1977 to 1989, Mr. Skinner practiced law as a Senior Partner at Sidley & Austin. He held various sales ... and management positions with the IBM Corporation from 1960 to 1968. Mr. Skinner has been Non-Executive Chairman at Echo Global Logistics, Inc. since February 19, 2007. He served as the Chairman of Transportation.com. He has been Vice Chairman and Director at Virgin America, Inc. since January 30, 2007. He has been a Director of Echo Global Logistics, Inc since September 2006. He has been Member of North American Advisory Board at Transurban Group and Transurban Holdings Ltd. since October 2006. He serves as Member of Advisory Board of Metalmark Capital and advises on investments in logistics industry. He serves as a Director of Arris Group Inc., Odetics ITS Inc., The Illinois Technology Development Alliance, ANTEC Corporation, EVEREN Capital, LTV Corporation, Midwest Express Holdings, Inc., and Union Pacific Resources Group Inc. He has been a Director of Midwest Air Group Inc. since 1998, Navigant Consulting Inc. since December 1999, RME Holding Company since October 1996, Click Commerce Inc. since July 2003, , Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc. since 2007, MedAssets, Inc. since November 16, 2009, Aristotle Holding Inc. since February 2004 and CBOE Holdings, Inc., since January 2010. He served as Member of Advisory Board at Enertech Capital. He has been Director of Express Scripts Holding Company since February 11, 2004. He served as Director of Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. from September 23, 2003 to November 09, 2009, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company since November 1993, Iteris Inc. since April 1999, Dade Behring Holdings Inc. since February 18, 2004, Dade Behring, Inc. since February 2004 and Stimsonite Corporation since October 1998. He serves as Director of Express Scripts, Inc. He serves as Director of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He served as Director of APAC Customer Services, Inc. since June 2008 and previously served as its Director from July 30, 2003 to June 2005. He served as the US Secretary of Transportation, and, briefly, as the Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush for a short time in 1992. He was instrumental in developing President Bush's National Transportation Policy and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). Mr. Skinner also developed the "open skies" policy of the United States that liberalized U.S. international policy and significantly increased the number of international flights to and from the U.S. In addition, he acted as the President's point person in numerous crisis situations, including the Eastern Air Lines strike, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the northern California earthquake, Hurricane Hugo, and the 1991 national rail strike. Mr. Skinner was given the highest ranking for his performance as Secretary of Transportation by Washingtonian magazine twice. From 1984 to 1988, while practicing law full-time, he served as Chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority of northeastern Illinois. Also during that time, President Reagan appointed Mr. Skinner as the Vice Chairman of the President's Commission on Organized Crime. From 1968 to 1975, he served in the office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and, in 1975, President Gerald Ford appointed Mr. Skinner as the United States Attorney. He served as a Lieutenant and a Tank Platoon Leader in the United States Army from 1960 to 1961. He is involved in the Boy Scouts most of his life, has earned the Eagle Scout as a youth and was honored with Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and Silver Buffalo Award. Mr. Skinner is a Commissioner of the Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure Commission. He served on the law review at DePaul University. He is an Adjunct Professor of Management and Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Skinner graduated from the University of Illinois in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a JD from DePaul University in 1966.

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