Edward C. White
Department of Finance
Mays Business School
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4218
Office: (979) 845-3514 Mobile: (419) 699-1888
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Experience
2014 to present Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Executive Professor, Department of Finance
Currently teaching upper level Corporate Finance. Course work is designed for students majoring in finance with a focus on the application of fundamentals learned in the introduction to corporate finance prerequisite.
2012 to 2014 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Executive-in-Residence, Department of Finance
Taught upper level Fundamentals of Finance and Capital Markets in the undergraduate program and Corporate Finance in the graduate program. Served as a mentor to student entrepreneurs in the Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
1973 to 2012 Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI), Perrysburg, OH
SVP and Chief Financial Officer, 2005-2012
SVP and European Merger Integration Officer, 2004
SVP and Corporate Controller, 1999-2003
VP and Director of International Finance and Admin, 1997-1998
Various other management positions in finance, manufacturing and marketing, 1973-1996
Owens-Illinois is the world’s leading glass container manufacture. The company operates in 20+ countries and with revenue of $7B, O-I has the leading market share in North and South America, Western Europe and in the Asia-Pacific region.
1969 – 1973 Captain, United States Army
101st Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell, KY, 1973
1st Special Forces Group, Okinawa, Japan, 1970-1973
Army Intelligence School, Ft. Holabird, MD, 1970
Airborne School, Ft. Benning, GA, 1970
Armor Officer School, Ft. Knox, KY, 1969
Distinguished ROTC Military Graduate, Indiana University, 1969
Consulting and Service Project Examples
· Appointed by the Federal Trade Commission to be the Hold Separate Monitor for Anchor Glass in Tampa, FL, during the acquisition of Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. by the Ardagh Group, S.A. (Docket No. D-9356)
· Advised the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on the cash flow and pension funding risks inherent in the glass container industry.
· Advisor to USGlass, Inc., Parkersburg, WV, and the West Virginia Job Investment Trust, Charleston, WV, on the potential restart of an idle art glass factory in Williamstown, WV.
· Board Director with the American Red Cross of Northwest Ohio, Toledo, OH.
· Facilitator for the Provost at Bowling Green State University in the strategic planning cycle for 2014-2017.
· Advised the Dean of Graduate Studies at Bowling Green State University on the licensing and commercialization strategy for three patents jointly owned by the University and a Professor.
Education
University of Hawaii, MBA, 1972
Indiana University, BS, 1969 (with Distinction)
Major: Management
Beta Gamma Sigma