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Since 2004, he managed BSC’s manufacturing facilities, supply chain and numerous distributions centers; in
2010, he added responsibility for enterprise-wide Lean and research and development activities.
Mr. Speetzen has been Executive Vice President—Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since
August 2015. Prior to joining Polaris, Mr. Speetzen was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Xylem, Inc., a provider of fluid technology and equipment solutions for water issues, since 2011, when the
company was formed from the spinoff of the water businesses of ITT Corporation. He joined ITT, a global
manufacturing company, in 2009. Prior to joining ITT, Mr. Speetzen served as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer for the StandardAero Company owned by the private equity firm Dubai Aerospace
Enterprise. Previously, he held positions of increasing responsibility in the finance functions at Honeywell Inc.
and General Electric Company.
Ms. Bogart has been Senior Vice President—General Counsel and Secretary of Polaris since September 2015.
Prior to her current role, she was Vice President—General Counsel and Compliance Officer since November
2009 and Corporate Secretary since January 2010. From February 2009 to November 2009, Ms. Bogart was
General Counsel of Liberty Diversified International. From October 1999 until February 2009, Ms. Bogart
held several positions at The Toro Company, including Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary.
Before joining The Toro Company, Ms. Bogart was a Senior Attorney for Honeywell Inc.
Mr. Dougherty has been President—International since September 2015. Prior to his current role, he was Vice
President—Asia Pacific and Latin America since August 2011. Mr. Dougherty joined the company in 1998 as
International Sales Manager, and has held several positions, including Vice President of Global New Market
Development and Vice President and General Manager of the ATV division during his tenure. Prior to
Polaris, Mr. Dougherty was employed at Trident Medical International, a trading company.
Mr. Eastman has been President—Parts, Garments and Accessories since September 2015. Prior to his current
role, he was Vice President—Parts, Garments and Accessories since February 2012. Prior to joining Polaris,
Mr. Eastman was President of Target.com for Target Corporation, a general merchandise retailer, from July
2008 to October 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Eastman held several leadership positions at Target Corporation
since 1982 in various areas, including General Merchandising, Consumer Electronics, Inventory Management
and Merchandise Planning Operations.
Mr. Homan was promoted to President—Off-Road Vehicles in January 2016. Mr. Homan has held several key
leadership positions at Polaris. Prior to his current role, most recently he was President—Global Adjacent
Markets since September 2015, Vice President—Global Adjacent Markets since July 2014, Vice President—
EMEA since August 2011, Vice President—Off-Road Vehicles since August 2008, and General Manager of
Side-by-Sides since December 2005. Mr. Homan joined Polaris in 2002 as Director of Marketing for the ATV
division. Prior to working at Polaris, Mr. Homan spent nearly seven years at General Mills, Inc. working in
various marketing and brand management positions.
Mr. Longren was appointed Senior Vice President—Enterprise Cost in January 2016. Prior to this,
Mr. Longren was President—Off-Road Vehicles and Off-Road Vehicles Engineering since September 2015,
and Vice President—Off-Road Vehicles and Off-Road Vehicles Engineering since August 2011, Chief
Technical Officer since May 2006. Mr. Longren joined Polaris in January 2003 as the Director of Engineering
for the ATV Division. Prior to joining Polaris, Mr. Longren was a Vice President in the Weapons Systems
Division of Alliant Techsystems and Vice President, Engineering and Marketing at Blount Sporting Equipment
Group.
Mr. Williams was appointed Senior Vice President—Chief Human Resources Officer in September 2015. Prior
to this Mr. Williams was Vice President—Human Resources since April 2011. Prior to joining Polaris,
Mr. Williams was Vice President of Human Resources for Cooper Industries, a diversified manufacturing
Company, since 2006. Between 2005 and 2006, Mr. Williams was Vice President of Human Resources for
Danaher Corp. Previous to that, Mr. Williams held various executive positions of increasing responsibility with
Honeywell Inc. from 1995 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Williams held a number of posts in Human Resources
with Monsanto and General Motors Corporation.
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