Kenneth R. Trammell has served as a director on our Board of Directors since June 2011. From May 2020 until the sale of the company in March 2021, Mr. Trammell was a director of Red Lion Hotels Corp, an owner and franchiser of hotels. During that time, he served as chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Trammell served as an Executive Vice President of Tenneco Inc., a publicly traded manufacturer of vehicle components and systems, from January 2006 until his retirement in December 2018, as the Chief Financial Officer from September 2003 until June 2018, and as Controller from 1997 through 2003. He also returned to Tenneco as Interim Chief Financial Officer from April 2020 to September 2020. Prior to joining Tenneco in 1996, Mr. Trammell spent 12 years with the international public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP.
Mr. Trammell received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Houston. Mr. Trammell has significant business experience in the original equipment and aftermarket automotive parts industry for more than 20 years. He also has considerable experience in financial reporting, accounting, internal controls, capital markets transactions, investor relations and operations finance. Mr. Trammell qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC guidelines.
