Mr. Schrock joined Pentair in March 1998 as Vice President and General Manager for the Aurora and Fairbanks Morse pump brands and facilities; he also held international sales responsibility for the entire Pentair Pump business. He was named President of the Pump and Pool & Spa businesses in 2000. Following a succession of increasingly responsible positions in the Water Group, Schrock was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Pentair's Technical Products Group in 2001, to which responsibility for Pentair's Filtration business was added in October 2005. In September 2006, he was named Pentair's President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Pentair, Mr. Schrock was employed by Honeywell for 21 years, during which he had responsibility for businesses in Western Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as in North America. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and an MBA degree from Northwestern University in Chicago |