Ulrich R. Schmidt is on the board of Arconic Defense, Inc. and Howmet Aerospace, Inc. In the past Mr. Schmidt was President & Chief Executive Officer of Circa Enterprises, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (a subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.), Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Goodrich Corp. and Vice President-Finance & Business Development at Goodrich Aerospace Corp.

Mr. Schmidt received an MBA and an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University.