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ON THE MOVE RICHARD BARNHART NAMED PRESIDENT OF KAMAN AEROSPACE GROUP; GREGORY STEINER TO RETIRE Kaman Corp. announced that Richard Barnhart, 57, has been selected to lead the company’s aerospace segment, succeeding Gregory Steiner, executive vice president of Kaman Corporation and president, Kaman Aerospace Group, who will retire from the company effective January 2, 2018. Barnhart retired from The Barnes Group in 2016 as senior vice president and president of Barnes Aerospace following a tenure of divisional leadership and advancement across a number of the company’s aerospace and distribution divisions. Prior to his service with Barnes, Barnhart was president of Kaman’s Aerostructures division. He began his career with Price Waterhouse and spent a decade in increasingly responsible operating roles with United Technologies and Pratt & Whitney. “Rick’s track record of driving profitable long-

term growth make him ideally suited to serve as the next leader of our aerospace segment. His diverse experience and focus within the aerospace industry, particularly across a number of companies with varied end markets, position him to drive further business development and continued operational improvement. I look forward to Rick joining the management team and building on the strong foundation Greg has helped to build,” stated Neal Keating, chairman, president, and CEO. “I also would like to congratulate Greg on his retirement. Under his leadership over the last nine years, the aerospace segment has achieved top line growth, increased profitability and the successful integration of a number of key acquisitions. I appreciate Greg’s commitment to stay with us through the end of the year to provide Rick with an orderly transition of leadership. I thank him for his service, and wish him well in his retirement,” Keating added.

Barnhart received an MBA from the University of Connecticut, and he holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Vermont. Barnhart and his wife live in Ellington, Connecticut. KamanCorporation, foundedin1945byaviation pioneer Charles Kaman, and headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, conducts business in the aerospace and industrial distribution markets. Kaman offers more than 4 million items including bearings, mechanical power transmission, electrical, material handling, motion control, fluid power, automation, and MRO supplies to customers in virtually every industry. Kaman provides engineering, design, and support for automation, electrical, linear, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems in addition to belting and rubber fabrication, customized mechanical services, hose assemblies, repair, fluid analysis, and motor management.

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“Change is inevitable and exciting and our mission is to adapt and evolve to overcome new and unexpected challenges our clients will face that come along with increasing urbanization. As we continue to grow, VHB will stay true to who we are.” Bottom line, when it’s the right move, and it will benefit employees and enable us to serve our clients better, we go all in to provide the support needed to make it happen. In addition to the technical aspect and finding ways to bet- ter serve clients, we also support our employees’ entrepre- neurial spirit, passion, and drive that makes local young professional groups, volunteer efforts, and wellness pro- grams more successful. Our employees really drive these efforts and these programs are a tremendously important part of our culture. I came to VHB to start a transit and rail practice nearly two decades ago. It’s grown and evolved to become an integral practice at VHB. More recently, we honed our focus on ap- plied technologies and hired a leader to create a vision and build a team and a client facing practice that has resulted in significant successes for VHB. TZL: What’s your prediction for 2017 and for the next five years? MC: I’m an engineer at heart, not a soothsayer. Any out- come will be different than what I predict! Change is inevi- table and exciting and our mission is to adapt and evolve to overcome new and unexpected challenges our clients will face that come along with increasing urbanization. As we continue to grow, VHB will stay true to who we are. Bring it on!

❚ ❚ Recognizing communication styles and how they change in different circumstances. ❚ ❚ Addressing contemporary leadership challenges (e.g., manag- ing the younger generation of workers, managing in tough economic times, succeeding in a matrixed organization, suc- cession planning) of their own identification through best- practice sharing with peers. ❚ ❚ Creating a personal action plan that includes accountability around change and a plan for each individual’s leadership legacy for VHB. In addition, two of VHB’s co-founders, Rich Hangen and Bob Brustlin, have talked candidly with some of our LEAD alumni about their decision to create our generational com- pany culture. Their perspective is invaluable; we created a video of Rich’s last workshop overview so that VHBers can continue to benefit from his insight. TZL: What’s the greatest challenge presented by growth? MC: There are many. For VHB it’s about maintaining bal- ance as we grow – balancing business performance with consistency and strength of our core values and culture. We have no desire to just be bigger than someone else; our desire is to create a successful, healthy, growing VHB that stays true to our core values and culture, and in the end, is a company in better condition than when each of us joined. If we do this, we’ll succeed as good stewards. TZL: What is the role of entrepreneurship in your firm? MC: Entrepreneurship is what brought me to VHB! I had never encountered such an embrace of entrepreneurship before. Entrepreneurship is encouraged and intelligently challenged to help you really think through a strong strate- gy and business plan. And then, VHB provides tremendous support to help you succeed.

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