President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Paul Briggs was named LEA’s President and CEO in December 2009. He joined the Company as a controller in January 2008 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer effective May 5, 2008. Mr. Briggs holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting from East Carolina University in May 1999. From September 1999 to April 2002, he was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP as a senior auditor in their Greensboro, North Carolina office. From May 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Briggs was a senior internal auditor for VF Corporation in Greensboro, North Carolina and from June 2003 through April 2007, he was the controller of Ikex, Inc., and Ikex LLC/Hanes Companies located in Middlesex, North Carolina. From November 2007 through January 2008, Mr. Briggs was employed as the operations manager of Jarco Supply in Youngsville, North Carolina.
Mark White
Senior Vice President of Technical Operations
Mark White joined the Company in June, 2004, with the acquisition of assets related to the Audio Intelligence Devices (“AID”) surveillance business. Mr. White has served as our Sr. VP of Technical Operations since January, 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. White served as Sr. VP of Technical Operations for AID. Mr. White joined AID in May, 1995 as Operations Manager. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. White served as Vice President of Manufacturing for AID. From 2000 until joining the Company, Mr. White served as Sr. VP of Technical Operations for AID. Prior to joining AID, Mr. White served in a variety of management and engineering positions with Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Dahlstrom Manufacturing Company. Mr. White received a B.S. Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1984.
