MIDDLEBY CORP (MIDD)
Sector: Industrials
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Sector: Industrials
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Director information for MIDD
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| MIDD | Chief Executive Officer of Palo Alto Labs; Director | 46 | ["Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Palo Alto Labs","Former Chief Information Officer of Fluence Energy Inc.","Former Chief Information Officer at Tonal","Various roles at Arlo Technologies Inc.","Board advisor for Bugcrowd, Inc."] | ["Audit*","Audit"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Age: 46 Director since: 2024 INDEPENDENT Committees: Audit Professional background Since 2025, Mr. Shah serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Palo Alto Labs, a management consulting firm specializing in AI-led product innovation and business transformation. From 2023 to 2025, Mr. Shah served as Chief Information Officer of Fluence Energy Inc., a public company that provides market-leading energy storage products and services and cloud-based software for renewables and storage assets. From 2022 to 2023, Mr. Shah served as Chief Information Officer at Tonal. From 2018 to 2022, Mr. Shah served in various roles at Arlo Technologies Inc., where he was promoted from Chief Information Officer to Senior Vice President, Product and Chief Information Officer, to Senior Vice President, Software, SaaS, and Services and Chief Information Officer. Service on private boards Board advisor for Bugcrowd, Inc., crowdsourced cybersecurity platform (since 2019) Relevant skills Mr. Shah brings experience in consumer product connectivity, which is highly complementary to current Middleby technology pursuits, and a strong track record of applying technology to shape different business models and growth strategies. His experience with advanced energy management is highly relevant as Middleby continues to develop customer solutions in electrification and decreased energy usage.