2004 Rochester’s Top 50: Rochester’s Top 50 CEOs Public Companies

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Alvaro Cadena
President and CEO,
Graham Corp.

Cadena, 60, joined Graham Corp. in 1969 as an inside sales engineer. He was subsequently promoted to Latin American sales manager, then to international sales vice president and then executive vice president before finally taking his current position.
Cadena received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from New York University and an M.S. degree in industrial engineering and engineering management from Rochester Institute of Technology.
He and his wife, Martha, have two sons, Alvaro and Jorge, and a daughter, Sylvia.

Daniel Carp
Chairman, president and CEO,
Eastman Kodak Co.

Carp, 56, began his career at Eastman Kodak Co. in 1970 as a statistical analyst and held a variety of increasingly responsible positions in market research, business planning, marketing management and line-of-business management, including general manager of sales for Kodak Canada and general manager of the consumer electronics division.
In 1986, Carp was named assistant general manager of the Latin American region. In 1988, he was elected a vice president and named general manager of that organization. Two years later, Carp moved to London to take up the position of general manager of the European Marketing companies. He was appointed general manager of the European, African and Middle Eastern region in 1991. Carp was elected executive vice president and named assistant chief operating officer in 1995. In 1997, he was elected president and chief operating officer. Carp was elected to the company’s board of directors in 1997 and now serves in his current position as chairman and CEO.
Carp is a member of the board of directors of Texas Instruments Inc. He also is a member of the Business Roundtable and the Business Council. During the 2002 – 2005 International Consultative Conference on the Future Economic Development of Guangdong Province, China, Carp will serve as economic adviser to the governor of Guangdong, China. He is a member of the advisory board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management. He is also a member of the board of directors of Africare.
In 2004, Carp received the Photoimaging Manufacturers & Distributors Association Person of the Year award. He was the recipient of the Diversity Best Practices 2003 CEO Leadership Award. In 2001, Carp received the Photographic & Imaging Manufacturers Association Leadership Award. He was selected as one of the first members of the 2000 Alumni Hall of Distinction of the New York State Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities. He was also a recipient of the 1997 Human Relations Award of the American Jewish Committee Photographic Imaging Division.
A native of Wytheville, Va., Carp received an M.S. degree in management as a Sloan Fellow at the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earlier, he earned a BBA degree in quantitative methods from Ohio University and an MBA degree from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Roger Chaufournier
President and CEO,
Patient Infosystems Inc.

Chaufournier, 46, has been president and CEO of Patient Infosystems Inc. since April 2000. Prior to joining Patient Infosystems, Chaufournier was president of the STAR Advisory Group, a health care consulting firm he founded in 1998. From 1996 to 1999, he was the chief operating officer of the Managed Care Assistance Co., a company that developed and operated Medicaid health plans. From 1993 to 1996, Chaufournier was assistant dean for strategic planning for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition, he spent 12 years in progressive leadership positions with the George Washington University Medical Center from 1981 to 1993.
Chaufournier was a three-time examiner with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and has served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Steve Dubnik
Chairman and CEO,
Choice One Communications Inc.

Dubnik, 41, has spent 16 years in the telecommunications industry. For more than five years he held various senior positions at Rochester Telephone Corp. He then joined RCI Long Distance as president, mid-Atlantic region, and went on to hold the positions of president and chief operating officer of ACC Corp., where he later was named CEO.
Dubnik serves on the board of directors of Strong Museum.
Dubnik received a B.A. degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Rochester. He and his wife, Claire, have a daughter, Carolyn, and a son, Colin.

Avram Glazer
President and CEO, Zapata Corp.

Glazer, 43, has served as president and CEO of Zapata Corp. since March 1995. Prior to that time, he was employed by a number of entities owned and controlled by Malcolm Glazer, including First Allied Corp.
Glazer also serves as chairman of Omega Protein Corp. and as a director of Viskase Corp.
He received a J.D. from American University and B.S. and B.A. degrees from Washington University.

Thomas Golisano
Chairman, president and CEO, Paychex Inc.

Golisano, 62, founded Paychex Inc. in 1971. The company went public 12 years later. The company marked its 14th consecutive year of record net income at the close of fiscal 2004, reporting revenues of nearly $1.3 billion. His first full-time job was at Lincoln First Bank. He left to attend Alfred State College and after that he worked at Monroe Savings Bank, Burroughs Corp. and then Electronic Accounting Systems Inc. as a payroll processor focused on large businesses. It was at EAS that he developed his idea of providing payroll services for businesses with 100 or fewer employees. After EAS twice turned down the idea, Golisano left to start Paychex.
He serves on the board of directors of Iron Mountain Inc. and is a trustee for Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT is one of the many institutions to benefit from his philanthropic leadership. Golisano’s $14 million founding gift to RIT enabled the school to develop the new B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at RIT. Over the last few years, Golisano has donated more than $50 million to non-profit organizations. Recipients include Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong, Thompson Health System, Nazareth College of Rochester, Roberts Wesleyan College and WXXI Public Broadcasting Council. He is founder of the B. Thomas Golisano Foundation, serves on the executive committee of Prevention Partners and was honorary chairman of the Al Sigl Center for Rehabilitation Agencies Inc.’s Gathering of Hearts Partnership Campaign in 1999. Golisano purchased the Buffalo Sabres hockey team in the spring of 2003. He has been a candidate for governor of New York three times, running on the Independence Party line.
Golisano received an associate’s degree in business from Alfred State College. He is single and has two children.

Robert Gross
President and CEO,
Monro Muffler Brake Inc.

Gross, 46, became president and CEO of Monro Muffler Brake Inc. in 1999. Before that, he was president and CEO of Tops Appliance City Inc., a position he took in 1995. From 1990 to 1994, he held numerous senior management positions with Eye Care Centers of America Inc., including president and chief operating officer. From 1987 to 1990, he was an independent consultant. From 1984 to 1987, Gross was a manager of pension investments at American Can Co., and from 1981 to 1984, he worked for Ernst & Young LLP.
Gross is a member of the board of directors of the United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. and the Otetiana Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America.
Gross earned a bachelor’s degree and later an MBA in accounting from the University of Buffalo. His wife is Carol.

Thomas Hendrickson
Chairman, president and CEO, CPAC Inc.

Hendrickson, 62, was a chemical engineer at Eastman Kodak Co. in 1969 when he left to found CPAC. The company went public in 1981. In addition to holding the top spots at CPAC, he is chairman and CEO of Profit Recovery Systems Inc., Trebla Chemical Co., Allied Diagnostic Imaging Resources Inc., CPAC Europe N.V. and the Fuller Brush Co. Inc. He also is chairman, president and managing director of CPAC Italia S.r.1. and CPAC Asia Ltd. He is president and managing director of CPAC Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Hendrickson received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in the same field from the University of Rochester.

Rolla Huff
Chairman and CEO,
Mpower Communications Corp.

Huff, 47, joined Mpower Communications Corp. in 1999 as president and chief executive officer. Prior to joining Mpower, Huff negotiated the merger of Frontier Corp. and Global Crossing Ltd. He joined Frontier Corp. in 1998 and held the positions of chief financial officer and, later, president and chief operating officer. From 1995 to 1997, Huff served in executive positions at AT&T Wireless and AT&T Corp. and before that spent 10 years at NCR Corp.
Huff is on the board of the business school at Purdue University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in management from Purdue. He is married and has four children.

Peter Humphrey
President and CEO,
Financial Institutions Inc.

Humphrey, 49, started his career at Marine Midland Bank in 1977 as part of the management-training program. After completing that program in 1979, he joined Wyoming County Bank as an assistant to the treasurer. Following a number of promotions, Humphrey was named president and CEO of Wyoming County Bank and remained in that position until 1994, when he was named president and CEO of Financial Institutions Inc.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1976 from Trinity College, and in 1983 he graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University.
He and his wife, Sally, have one son, Chris.

Frank Jellinek Jr.
President and CEO, Apogent Technologies Inc.

Jellinek, 58, started his career as president of the company’s subsidiary, Eire Scientific Co., where he worked from 1975 through 1998. He became president and CEO of Sybron Laboratory Products Corp. in 1998 and has been the director, president and CEO of Apogent Technologies Inc. since 2000.
John Kavazanjian
President and CEO, Ultralife Batteries Inc.

Kavazanjian, 53, was named president and CEO of Ultralife Batteries Inc. in 1999. He started his career at Digital Equipment Corp., where he worked from 1974 through 1981. He went on to hold various positions at Data General Corp., now EMC Corp., from 1982 through 1991, and served as senior vice president of operations at Kendall Square Research Corp. from 1992 to 1994. Kavazanjian moved on to Xerox Corp., where he held a number of positions, the most recent being corporate vice president and chief technology officer for the Document Solutions Group.
Kavazanjian earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and attended the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He has two daughters: Lucinda, 17, and Nicole, 14.

Kraig Kayser
President and CEO, Seneca Foods Corp.

Kayser, 43, president and CEO since 1993, previously was vice president and chief financial officer at Seneca Foods Corp. from 1991 to 1993. Before that, he was vice president at J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. in New York City from 1989 to 1991 and assistant vice president until 1989.
He is a director and chairman of the audit committee of Moog Inc., in East Aurora; member of the advisory board for M&T Bank Corp., Rochester division; director of Rochester Business Alliance Inc.; trustee of Rochester Institute of Technology; member of the advisory council of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University; and immediate past president of the board of trustees of the Harley School.
Kayser earned a B.A. in economics from Hamilton College and an MBA in finance from Cornell University.

Robert Knapp
Vice chairman and CEO,
Harris Interactive Inc.

Knapp, 45, was named vice chairman and CEO of Harris Interactive Inc. in 2004 and previously was executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Gartner Inc., a worldwide research and advisory firm based in Stamford, Conn. Knapp joined Gartner in July 2000 as chief marketing officer. In 2001, he took on general management responsibility for the worldwide business units including research, consulting and events. Prior to joining Gartner, he held various executive positions at branding and advertising firms, including Siegel & Gale Inc., BBDO Inc. and Lintas.

Douglas McCorkindale
Chairman, president and CEO, Gannett Co. Inc.

McCorkindale, 65, joined Gannett Co. Inc. in 1971 as general counsel and secretary, became CEO in 2000 and chairman in 2001. For eight years prior to joining Gannett, McCorkindale practiced corporate, securities and banking law with Thacher, Proffitt & Wood in New York City. In his 30-plus years with Gannett, McCorkindale has held numerous positions. He became a vice president and member of the operating committee in 1972. He was elected senior vice president of finance and joined the board of directors in 1977. He was named chief financial officer in 1979, then added duties as president of the diversified media division in 1980. He became vice chairman in 1984 and president in 1997.
McCorkindale serves as a director of Continental Airlines Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Associated Press. He also is a director or trustee of numerous mutual funds in the Prudential Insurance Co. of America.
He received a B.A. in 1961 from the Columbia College of Columbia University. He received an LL.B. degree from Columbia University Law School in 1964.
He has a wife, Nancy, and two daughters, Laura and Heather.

Thomas Moonan
President and CEO,
Monroe Title Insurance Corp.

Moonan, 70, is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has practiced exclusively in the area of real property law since his admission to the New York bar in 1959. His areas of interest cover the full spectrum of real estate from the acquisition of the single-family house to the development of regional shopping centers.
Moonan has been a frequent lecturer on real property law for various bar associations and real estate professionals. In 1980, Moonan was elected as a charter member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and a former chairman of its real property law section. He is president of the Title Insurance Rate Service Association. He is president-elect of the New York State Land Title Association. He is a board member of the School of the Holy Childhood.
He and his wife, Marie, have three children and nine grandchildren.

Anne Mulcahy
Chairman and CEO,
Xerox Corp.

Mulcahy, 51, was named CEO of Xerox Corp. in 2001 and chairman in 2002. She was president and chief operating officer of Xerox from 2000 through 2001. She began her Xerox career as a field sales representative in 1976 and assumed increasingly responsible sales and senior management positions.
Mulcahy earned a B.A. in English and journalism from Marymount College. In addition to the Xerox board, she is a member of the boards of directors of Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., Target Corp., Catalyst Inc. and Federal National Mortgage Corp. and is a member of the Business Council.

Richard Ottalagana
CEO,
Torvec Inc.

Ottalagana was named CEO of Torvec Inc. on June 15, 2004. Ottalagana was a co-founder of PaeTec Communications Inc., a national communications company, where he served as executive vice president. In less than five years, PaeTec became both net income and free cash flow positive with more than 1,000 employees. In 2003, Deloitte & Touche LLP recognized PaeTec as the second-fastest growing technology firm in North America. From 1993 to 1998, he served as vice president and general manager of ACC National Telecom Corp., where he was responsible for the startup of ACC’s local telecommunications operations.

Edward Pettinella
President and CEO,
Home Properties Inc.

Pettinella, 52, joined Home Properties Inc. in 2001 as an executive vice president and a director. From 1998 until 2001, Pettinella served as president of New York State operations for Charter One Bank (New York Division) and executive vice president of Charter One Financial Inc. From 1973 through 1998, he served in various managerial capacities for Rochester Community Savings Bank, including the positions of chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
He is a member of the board and executive committee of United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. and was chairman of its annual fund-raising campaign for 2004. He is a board member and past chairman of the board of the Geneseo State University Foundation and serves on the boards of the Lifetime Healthcare Cos. Inc., Syracuse University School of Business and the YMCA of Greater Rochester.
In 1973, Pettinella graduated from SUNY College at Geneseo with a bachelor’s degree in finance and management; he earned his MBA degree at Syracuse University in 1976, specializing in finance, organization and management. He and his wife, Elaine, have two sons, Ryan and Cory.

Richard Sands
Chairman and CEO,
Constellation Brands Inc.

Sands, 53, joined Constellation Brands Inc. in August 1979. After serving in various positions in wine production, finance, sales and marketing, he was appointed executive vice president in 1982. In 1986, he assumed the position of president and chief operating officer. He became CEO in 1993 and was appointed chairman in 1999.
Sands is chairman of the Norman Howard School Foundation, which aims to improve the parental awareness of and early intervention for children with learning disabilities. He also sits on the board of trustees for Rochester Institute of Technology.
He attended the University of California at Berkeley and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1974 with a B.A. in psychology. Sands received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in social psychology, both from the University of North Carolina, where he published numerous research papers.

Carl Sassano
President and CEO,
Transcat Inc.

Sassano, 54, who joined
Transcat Inc.’s board of directors in October 2000, has more than 27 years’ experience as a corporate executive. He was president and chief operating officer of Bausch & Lomb Inc. He also held positions in Bausch & Lomb as president of the global vision care division and contact lens division, as well as group president and president, Polymer Technology, a high-growth subsidiary of Bausch & Lomb.
He earned a B.A. degree in political science from Eisenhower College and an MBA in marketing from the University of Rochester. He is a member of the board of directors of Rochester Institute of Technology, WXXI Public Broadcasting Council and the Eastman Dental Center Foundation.

Donald Turrell
President and CEO,
Performance Technologies Inc.

Turrell, 57, began his career at Performance Technologies Inc. in 1985 as vice president of sales and marketing. He went on to hold the positions of general manager of the workstation products group and president of the company’s performance computer division, then president and chief operating officer. He retained the position of president when he became the company’s CEO.
Turrell earned a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He and his wife, Ann, have two daughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca.

Michael Weiner
President and CEO,
Biophan Technologies Inc.

Weiner, 56, has been CEO and a director of Biophan Technologies Inc. since 2000. He began his career at Xerox Corp. in 1975, where he served in a variety of capacities in sales and marketing, including manager of software market expansion and manager of sales compensation planning. In 1985, Weiner founded Microlytics, a Xerox spinoff company that developed technology from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center into a suite of products with licenses to many companies. In 1995, Weiner co-founded and became CEO of Manning & Napier Information Services, a Rochester-based company providing patent analytics, prior-art searches and other services. He held this position until 1999, at which time he formed Technology Innovations LLC to develop and expand certain intellectual property assets. In 2000, Technology Innovations created a subsidiary, Biomed Solutions LLC, to pursue biomedical and nanotechnology opportunities.
Weiner serves on the boards of Biomed Solutions; Technology Innovations; Speech Compression Technologies L.P., a research and development partnership started in 1989 to pursue compression technologies; Nanoset LLC; and Nanocomp LLC.

Patrick White
Chairman, president and CEO,
Document Security Systems Inc.

White was named chairman, president and CEO of Document Security Systems Inc. in 2002. He spent more than 23 years at Rochester Community Savings Bank, which was later acquired by Charter One Bank, most notably as corporate controller. White was instrumental in guiding the bank through radical interest rate environments, as well as various mergers and acquisitions. During his tenure, the bank grew from an $800 million thrift to a $4 billion publicly held institution. Since 1989, White has purchased and operated four local printing companies and began working on security print technology in 1994.
In 1976, White received a B.S. degree in accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology. He received an MBA from RIT in 1984. He and his wife, Kathleen, have two daughters, Sara and Kaitlyn.

Ronald Zarrella
Chairman and CEO,
Bausch & Lomb Inc.

Zarrella, 54, became chairman and CEO of Bausch & Lomb Inc. in 2001 after seven years with General Motors Corp., most recently as executive vice president and president of General Motors North America in Detroit. Zarrella previously was at Bausch & Lomb from 1985 through 1994, holding several executive positions, including president of the former international division, and president, chief operating officer and a member of the company’s board of directors. Before joining Bausch & Lomb in 1985, he held various executive positions with Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. and Esmark Corp.
Zarrella is a member of the boards of U.S. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), Avaya Inc., the University of Rochester Medical Center, the Committee for Economic Development and the Rochester Business Alliance Inc. executive committee.
Born in Waterbury, Conn., Zarrella received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1971 and attended New York University Graduate School of Business Administration.

07/30/04 (C) Rochester Business Journal