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Thomas A. Martin III is the Vice President of Tax at Kadant. Thomas has over 25 years of experience in tax management, compliance, and consulting. Thomas has worked with some of the world's largest companies, including Keane Inc., Stratus Technologies, Global Insights, and Kadant Inc. Thomas has also assisted with American Power Conversion.

At Ernst & Young, Thomas served as a Senior Tax Manager. In this role, they were responsible for ensuring that the tax function met all strategic tax objectives and served the needs of the client's business operations. Thomas managed the global tax function, including the worldwide tax provision and tax compliance process, federal, state and international tax audits, merger and acquisition consulting, transfer pricing compliance, and the implementation of all tax planning strategies. Thomas also managed tax staff worldwide to provide tax consulting and compliance services to clients within budget. Thomas established procedures to monitor the effective tax rate and notify clients of any significant changes in the expected tax rate. Thomas also effectively communicated with the client's executives regarding all significant tax issues.

Prior to Ernst & Young, Thomas served as Tax Manager at Cabletron Systems from February 1997 to May 1999. Thomas also served as Tax Manager at Coopers & Lybrand from January 1993 to December 1997.

Thomas A. Martin III has a Masters in Science in Taxation from Bentley University - McCallum Graduate School of Business, an MBA in Accounting from Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, and a BA in Economics from the University of Vermont. Thomas is also certified as a public accountant.

They are on a team with Michael J. Mckenney - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Deborah S. Selwood - Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, and Eric T. Langevin - EVP & Co-Chief Operating Officer. Their manager is Jonathan W. Painter, President & CEO.