Jeffrey Ford - GT Advanced President

President

Mr. Jeffrey John Ford is Vice President Asia and Industrial Furnaces Business of GT Advanced Technologies Inc. since March 2014 and served as Vice President of Business Development DSS Business from January 2013 to March 2014. He served as Vice President and General Manager Asia Photovoltaic and Sapphire Equipment from February 2011 to January 2013 as Vice President GT Solar Asia from May 2009 to February 2011 and as Vice President Asia from June 2006 to May 2009. From November 2003 until June 2006 Mr. Ford served as General Manager of the Kayex division of SPX Corporation or Kayex a multiindustry manufacturer in Rochester New York. Mr. Ford served as Vice President Finance and then Acting President of Kayex from January 2001 until November 2003. He led a SinoAmerican joint venture in Hangzhou China where he established equipment production lines serving worldwide customers since 2014.
Age 56
Tenure 10 years
Phone603 883-5200
Webwww.gtsolar.com
Ford is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and his professional background is in finance.

GT Advanced Management Efficiency

GT Advanced's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well GT Advanced manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
The company has accumulated 299.56 M in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 3.75, implying the company greatly relies on financing operations through barrowing. GT Advanced Technologies has a current ratio of 1.0, suggesting that it is not liquid enough and may have problems paying out its financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist GT Advanced until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, GT Advanced's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like GT Advanced Technologies sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for GTATQ to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about GT Advanced's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a technology company, offer materials and equipment for the solar, light emitting diode , and electronics industries worldwide. GT Advanced Technologies [GTATQ] is a Pink Sheet which is traded through a dealer network over-the-counter (OTC).

Management Performance

GT Advanced Technologies Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the GT Advanced's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: GT Advanced inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of GTATQ. The board's role is to monitor GT Advanced's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. GT Advanced's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, GT Advanced's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Kenwardev Bal, CFO and VP
Daniel Squiller, Executive VP of Industrial Systems
Richard Newsted, Independent Director
Jeffrey Ford, Vice President - Asia and Industrial Furnaces Business
Ernest Godshalk, Independent Director
Robert Switz, Independent Director
Hoil Kim, Chief Admin. Officer, VP, General Counsel and Secretary
Noel Watson, Independent Director
Matthew Massengill, Independent Chairman of the Board
John Ray, Independent Director
John Conaway, Independent Director
David Keck, CEO and Pres
Kathleen Cote, Independent Director
Thomas Wroe, Independent Director

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