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Mr. Kling is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Flowserve Corporation. He was named to these positions in 2005. He has more than 35 years of experience leading manufacturing operations and holding key management positions with large global businesses.
Prior to joining Flowserve in 2004 as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Kling was employed by SPX Corporation for seven years, most recently serving as a group president, corporate vice president and officer. Before that, he served as president of Dielectric Communications for General Signal, which was acquired by SPX in 1998. Prior to joining General Signal, Mr. Kling worked for two years with AlliedSignal Aerospace, where he served as senior vice president and general manager of Commercial Avionics Systems and chairman of the board of American Russian Integrated Avionics JV. Before that, he worked for Harris Corporation for four years, where he served as vice president and general manager of its Electronic Systems Division. Mr. Kling began his career in the Apollo Support Dept. (later, Simulation and Control Systems) at General Electric Company, where he served for 24 years in a number of manager positions, including programs, international marketing, engineering and manufacturing operations, simulation programs, and design engineering.
Mr. Kling holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Stetson University.
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