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After H-P, Mr. Perez was President and CEO of Gemplus International, where he led the effort to take the company public. While at
Gemplus, he transformed the company into the leading Smart Card-based solution provider in the fast-growing wireless and financial
markets. In the first fiscal year, revenue at Gemplus grew 70 percent, from $700 million to $1.2 billion.
Eric H. Samuels
Eric H. Samuels was appointed Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in July 2009. Mr. Samuels previously served as
the Company’s Assistant Corporate Controller and brings to his new position nearly 20 years of leadership experience in corporate
finance and public accounting. He joined Kodak in 2004 as Director, Accounting Research and Policy.
Prior to joining Kodak, Mr. Samuels had a 14-year career in public accounting during which he served as a senior manager at KPMG
LLP's Department of Professional Practice (National Office) in New York City. Prior to joining KPMG in 1996, he worked in Ernst &
Young's New York City office.
Frank S. Sklarsky
Frank Sklarsky joined Kodak in October 2006 as Executive Vice President, and became the Chief Financial Officer in
November 2006.
Mr. Sklarsky is responsible for worldwide financial operations, including Financial Planning and Analysis, Treasury, Audit,
Controllership, Tax, Investor Relations, Aviation, Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Worldwide Information Systems and
Corporate Purchasing.
Prior to joining Kodak, Mr. Sklarsky was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ConAgra Foods Inc., one of North
America's leading packaged food companies. At ConAgra, he implemented a new financial organization, significantly strengthened
the balance sheet, and played a major role in building credibility with the investment community. He also helped expand profit
margins at the $14 billion company.
Prior to joining ConAgra in 2004, Mr. Sklarsky was Vice President, Product Finance, at DaimlerChrysler, a position he held between
2001 and 2004. He returned to DaimlerChrysler to assist with the company's turnaround efforts after spending more than one year
as Vice President, Corporate Finance, and Vice President, Finance, of Dell’s $5 billion consumer business. He first joined
DaimlerChrysler in 1983 and held a series of increasingly responsible finance positions before leaving for Dell in 2000. At the time of
his departure for Dell, he was DaimlerChrysler’s Vice President, Corporate Financial Activities, and also led the finance functions
serving procurement, product quality, cost management and worldwide manufacturing during his tenure. Prior to DaimlerChrysler,
Mr. Sklarsky, a certified public accountant, served as a Senior Accountant at Ernst & Young International from 1978 to 1981.
Terry R. Taber
Terry R. Taber joined Kodak in 1980. In January 2009, he became Chief Technical Officer. The Board of Directors elected him a
Corporate Vice President in December 2008.
Mr. Taber was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Kodak’s Image Sensor Solutions (“ISS”) business, a leading developer of
advanced CCD and CMOS sensors serving imaging and industrial markets. Prior to joining ISS in 2007, Mr. Taber held a series of
senior positions in Kodak’s research and development and product organizations. During his 28 years at Kodak, Mr. Taber has been
involved in new materials research, product development and commercialization, manufacturing, and executive positions in R&D and
business management.
Mr. Taber’s early responsibilities included research on new synthetic materials, an area in which he holds several patents. He then
became a program manager for several film products before completing the Sloan Fellows program at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He returned from MIT to become the worldwide consumer film business product manager from 1999 to 2002, and then
became an Associate Director of R&D from 2002 to 2005, followed by a position as the director of Materials & Media R&D from 2005
to 2007.