Nizar Elias Bio

Mr. Elias has over 25 years of experience building and growing manufacturing businesses, with a focus on highly engineered applications in the sensor and control segment. Most notably, Mr. Elias was the former President of Dynalco Instruments & Controls and Barksdale Controls (both divisions of Crane Co. – NYSE:CR), where he had full P&L and functional responsibility for global businesses with manufacturing operations in the US, Germany and China. Barksdale is a manufacturer of Electro-Mechanical Instruments, Valves, and Controls focusing on industrial and motion controls in the Fluid Power, General Industry, Transportation, Oil & Gas, Petro-Chemical, Power Generation, and Marine sectors. Dynalco Instruments & Controls is a manufacturer of Electronics, Diagnostic Systems and Electro-Mechanical Instruments, speed sensors and Controls for Reciprocating Compressors and Engines. Prior to Crane, Mr. Elias served as General Manager at Knürr, a division of Emerson Network Power, which was a manufacturer of server rack enclosures. Mr. Elias has also served as VP of Strategy & Business Development at Mecmann–Bosch Rexroth, a multinational $280 million manufacturer of industrial automation products and engineered systems. Additionally, Mr. Elias held several management positions in Marketing and Sales roles at Mannesmann, Rexroth and Festo. Mr. Elias has a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University and an MS in Engineering Management and MBA degree from the University of Southern California.