Charles Crocker

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Crocker Capital and Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BEI Technologies, Inc.
Director since 2001

Charles Crocker is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Crocker Capital, a private investment company. Mr. Crocker was the Chief Executive Officer of the Custom Sensors and Technologies Division of Schneider Electric until January 2006. Mr. Crocker was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BEI Technologies, Inc., a diversified technology company, from March 2000 until October 2005, when it was acquired by Schneider Electric. Mr. Crocker served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of BEI Electronics from October 1995 to September 1997, at which time he became Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of BEI Technologies, Inc. From 2014 until 2018, he served as a director of Imageware Systems, Inc., from 2003 until 2014, he served as a director of Franklin Resources, Inc., and from 2010 until August 2012, he served as a director of ConMed Healthcare Management, Inc. Mr. Crocker has been Chairman of the Board of Children’s Hospital in San Francisco, Chairman of the Hamlin School’s Board of Trustees and President of the Foundation of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Mr. Crocker is a member of our Personnel and Compensation Committee and a member of our Nominating and Governance Committee. ​​​​