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Mr. Schmitz, currently Chief Operating Officer, joined the Company in December 1999 as Vice President, Manufacturing, Primary Batteries, and became Vice President and General Manager, Primary Batteries in 2001 and Chief Operating Officer in 2002. Before this, Mr. Schmitz worked for Bausch & Lomb from 1985 to 1999 in several positions, most recently as Director, New Product Development in the Eyewear Division from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Schmitz has an M.S. in Operations Management from the University of Rochester and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology. | 