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Mr. Roper is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE:SAM), brewers of Samuel Adams beers, where he manages all aspects of the business. Mr. Roper was appointed the Chief Executive Officer in January 2001, after having served as the President and Chief Operating Officer since December 1999. Mr. Roper joined The Boston Beer Company as Vice President of Manufacturing and Business Development in September 1994 and became the Chief Operating Officer in April 1997. During his ten years with The Boston Beer Company, he has been instrumental in new product launches and revenue improvements, reducing the cost of goods, improving business processes and procedures, acquiring businesses, and contract negotiations. Mr. Roper was part of the Senior Management team responsible for a successful IPO in 1995 and was the project leader on the company's record setting SAP R/3 implementation. Previously, Mr. Roper was President of the MEG Division of SteelWorks Inc. where he was responsible for a successful business turnaround. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President at Blocksom & Co. where he was responsible for a LBO restructuring and turnaround. Both SteelWorks and Blocksom were leveraged investments by Vanguard Investments, a Chicago based LBO investment group. Mr. Roper has also worked for The Boston Consulting Group in London. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Masters in Manufacturing from Cambridge University. | 