David R. Warren — Senior VP, President & GM of North American Water Heating at A.O. SMITH CORPORATION

Mr. David R. Warren, also known as Dave, has been Senior Vice President at A. O. Smith Corporation since July 13, 2017 and has been its President and General Manager of North American Water Heating since September 18, 2017 and served as its President and General Manager of North America, India, Europe and Export (NAIEE) Water Heater Operations since July 13, 2017 to September 18, 2017. Mr. Warren has profit and loss responsibility for the 10 brands that make up the operation. He oversee the unit's 4,500 employees at facilities in the U.S., Canada, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Turkey and the UK. He has served as Vice President of the India, Europe and export businesses, where he oversaw the A. O. Smith Corporation's international water heater operations in Europe and water heater and water treatment operations in Turkey and India. He was also responsible for the A. O. Smith Corporation 's export water heater activities. He served as Managing Director of the A. O. Smith Corporation 's Veldhoven operation with responsibility for the European and Middle Eastern markets and export water heater sales since 2004. He served as Director of Reliance Retail Water Heater Sales at A. O. Smith Corporation since 2002. He served as Regional Sales Manager for the South Central Region at A. O. Smith Corporation since 1999. He joined A. O. Smith in 1989 as a Wholesale Sales Coordinator and was promoted to District Manager of the South Texas District. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in sales and marketing and has taken courses in international business from Franklin University-Switzerland in Lugano, Switzerland.