NY/CT/NJ ACG's 3rd Annual Tri-State Conference  • March 28,2006  • NY Athletic Club

Keynote Speaker Ronald L. Hoffman

Ronald  L. Hoffman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dover Corporation

Serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Dover Corporation since July 2003, on January 1, 2005 Ronald L. Hoffman became Dover’s 5^th Chief Executive Officer in its 50-year history.  Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Dover Resources from January 2002 to July 2003. From May 2000 to January 2002, he was Executive Vice President of Dover Resources. Mr. Hoffman joined Dover in 1996 when it acquired Tulsa Winch, an Oklahoma company of which Mr. Hoffman was President and part owner after leading a management buyout of the company from Vickers in 1986. Mr. Hoffman first began working at Vickers, then a unit of Sperry, in 1972, and became President of Tulsa Winch in 1985. He began his career at Allis Chalmers in 1970 and completed the company's management development program during his tenure there.

Mr. Hoffman has a B.S. in Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University and also completed the Advanced Executive Management Program at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

About Dover Corporation: Dover is a multi-billion dollar, NYSE-traded, diversified manufacturer of a wide range of proprietary products and components for industrial and commercial use.  A consistently top-performing corporation comprised of more than 50 independent operating companies.  A global enterprise supplying value-added products and services to thousands of satisfied customers in more than 100 countries around the world.

Dover’s goal is to be the leader in every market it serves. To achieve and maintain market leadership, it manages according to a consistent philosophy of:
 · Perceive customers' real needs and provide products and services to meet or 
   exceed them,
·  Provide better products and services than competitors,
·  Invest to maintain competitive advantage,
·  Expect a fair price for the extra value it adds, and
·  Insist on the highest ethical standards at all times.

In acquisitions, Dover enhance its market leadership and shareholder value by acquiring like-minded businesses that strengthen its existing market positions and offer new markets.  Intrinsic to Dover’s success is a decentralized management style that gives the greatest scope to the talented people who manage our companies.