Mr. Zimmer is the former President and CEO of Twitchell Corporation, Core Industries Inc, and New Venture Gear Inc. Former CFO of Acustar and held various finance positions at Chrysler and Ford. Member of Board of Directors of two publicly traded companies - Twin Disc, Inc. and Detrex Corporation. Mr. Zimmer has held leadership positions in publicly traded and private equity companies ranging in size from multinationals to small. Extensive automotive industry experience with the unique background of having worked for all of the "Big Three." In addition to automotive experience, has been involved in numerous industries (including machining, textiles, chemicals, farm and off highway equipment, electronics, instrumentation, and climate control) Mr. Zimmer has accomplished numerous mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and financial restructuring transactions in various industries and sizes, the most important being the sale of Core Industries at over four times the value when the Company was joined. Has led turnarounds in a variety of industries, the biggest being responsible for developing Chrysler's internal business plan to avoid bankruptcy. Has been responsible for operations throughout the world, including building, buying and selling companies overseas, especially strong recent experience in China . Has an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from the University of Michigan .