▁Washington ▁College , ▁and ▁an ▁M BA ▁from ▁Harvard ▁Business ▁School . ▁ ▁Career ▁C ulp ▁joined ▁Dan ah er ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁at ▁Ve eder - Root , ▁becoming ▁President ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁Group ▁Executive ▁and ▁Corpor ate ▁Officer ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁with ▁responsibility ▁for ▁Dan ah er ’ s ▁Environment al ▁and ▁Electron ic ▁Test ▁and ▁Me asure ment ▁platforms ▁while ▁also ▁serving ▁as ▁President ▁of ▁Fl u ke ▁and ▁Fl u ke ▁Network s . ▁He ▁was ▁named ▁Executive ▁Vice ▁President ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Chief ▁Oper ating ▁Officer ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁President ▁and ▁CE O ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Pre viously , ▁C ulp ▁was ▁a ▁Senior ▁L ect urer ▁at ▁Harvard ▁Business ▁School , ▁where ▁he ▁focused ▁on ▁leadership , ▁strategy ▁and ▁general ▁management ▁in ▁the ▁M BA ▁and ▁executive ▁education ▁programs . ▁▁▁ ▁C ulp ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁senior ▁ad visor ▁at ▁B ain ▁Capital ▁Private ▁Equ ity ▁and ▁a ▁non - exec utive ▁director ▁of ▁T . ▁R owe ▁Price . ▁ ▁C ulp ' s ▁pay ▁package ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁$ 2 1 ▁million ▁a ▁year ▁for ▁four ▁years ▁as ▁chairman ▁and ▁CE O ▁of ▁General ▁Electric ▁has ▁attract ed ▁attention , ▁especially ▁the ▁element ▁tied ▁to ▁any ▁stock ▁price ▁increase , ▁with ▁about ▁$ 4 7 ▁million ▁for ▁a ▁ 5 0 % ▁rise ▁and ▁perhaps ▁$ 3 0