Prior to joining American Standard in October 1999, Mr. Poses was president and chief operating officer of AlliedSignal Inc. where he spent a 30-year career serving in a series of leadership positions. In October 1997, he was elected to the board of directors and named vice chairman of AlliedSignal Inc. Before joining AlliedSignal, Mr. Poses spent two years in Peru with the Peace Corps.

Mr. Poses currently serves as the non-executive chairman of the board of Tyco Electronics and as a director of Raytheon Company. In addition, he is chairman of the board of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, a member of the board of visitors at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering and is involved in other educational and philanthropic endeavors. He holds a B.B.A. from New York University.