Julian Hawkins
President & Chief Executive Officer
Julian Hawkins is President and Chief Executive Officer of United ECD. Prior to joining ECD in December 2011,
Mr. Hawkins was Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing of Abound Solar. Mr Hawkins has over 25 years of
sales and marketing experience in Europe, Asia and the Americas, including senior management positions
with integrated Device Technologies, Infineon Technologies, and Samsung Semiconductor.
Jay B. Knoll
Executive Vice President & Chief Restructuring Officer
Jay B. Knoll is Executive Vice President and Chief Restructuring Officer of ECD. Knoll was previously
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of ECD. He has more than
15 years of corporate counsel experience. Prior to joining ECD, Mr. Knoll was Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Collins & Aikman Corporation and held leadership positions at
Lear Corporation, Covisint LLC, Visteon Corporation and Detroit Diesel Corporation.
William C. “Kriss” Andrews
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
William C. “Kriss” Andrews is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ECD, Mr. Andrews
served at BBK Ltd., a global business advisory firm, for 12 years and was most recently a Senior Managing Director
and co-lead of the firm’s North American automotive practice. At BBK, he advised clients on numerous complex financial
transactions and operational improvements, served as a client’s interim CFO, and served for two years on the firm’s
Executive Committee. Mr. Andrews also served as Vice President of Finance for Philip Services Corporation’s By-Products
Recovery Group and, before that, as General Manager at two groups within Rollins Environmental Services.
Joseph P. Conroy
Executive Vice President, Operations
Joseph P. Conroy is Executive Vice President of Operations. Prior to joining ECD, Mr. Conroy had over 13 years of
experience in executive leadership positions with American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. and more than eight years
of progressive manufacturing leadership roles with General Motors Corporation.
