William M Ellis, Chief Executive Officer

BS Mechanical Engineering (Northeastern University), MAS (Embry-Riddle University)

Appointed November 2008. Bill joined Doncasters from Textron where he was President of the Fluid and Power Group since August 2004, and also prior to that, held several senior positions after joining them in April 2001.

Previous to that he spent ten years at General Electric in positions of increased responsibility spanning the Company's Six Sigma, Supply Chain, Materials Services, Operations, Quality and Financial Audit functions.

Bill served as a Captain in the US Army and was a test pilot on the Bell AH-1 Cobra Aircraft. He is also a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.