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Executive Management Mr. John Carson is one of our co-founders and has been one of our directors from April 1982 through May 2002 and again from March 2003 to date. Mr. Carson was appointed Chairman of the Board in August 2008, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since April 2005, our President since May 2002, our Chief Operating Officer since October 2001 and, prior to that time, as a Senior Vice President from April 1982 through May 2002. He became Chief Technical Officer in February 1997. Mr. Carson also serves as a director of Optex (since December 30, 2005), MSI, a licensor of technology related to micromachined products (since October 1997), iNetWorks, a developer of technology related to Internet routing (since November 2000), Novalog, a provider of wireless infrared chip products (since May 2002), and RedHawk Vision, a provider of software products (since May 2002). He has also been Chief Executive Officer of MSI since May 2002 and Novalog and RedHawk since April 2005. Mr. Carson has been awarded 15 patents for smart sensors, 3D packaging and single processing architectures, including neural networks. Mr. Carson holds a B.S. in Physics and Philosopy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
COL(R) Graz Graziano joined us as Vice President and Senior Advisor to the CEO in July 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Graziano was a Vice President at DRS Technologies and a Senior Director at General Dynamics Corporation, where he earned the General Dynamics President’s Leadership Award in 2003. Mr. Graziano also served in the U.S. Army for 24 years, retiring as a Colonel. His military experience included senior staff and command assignments. He attended the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Quantico, VA, received his M.S. in National Security Policy from the National Defense University in Washington DC, and also attended the National War College in Washington DC. He also holds the following degrees: a B.S. in History from the University of Tampa and an M.S. in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology.
Mr. Peter Kenefick has been one of our Vice Presidents since October 2006 and Vice President and General Manager of our Optex subsidiary since September 2007. He also acted as Optex’s General Manager from September 2007 until January 2008, when we employed a permanent General Manager for Optex. He joined us in April 2005 as Director of Advanced Systems. Prior to that time, from January 2001 until he joined us, Mr. Kenefick was Program Manager at Hamilton Sundstrand Sensor Systems, where he was responsible for development and low rate production of a highly complex military sensor system. From August 1994 to January 2001, Mr. Kenefick had program management assignments with BF Goodrich Aerospace, Space Flight Systems, culminating with his appointment as Director of Space Programs for that company. Prior to his affiliation with BF Goodrich, Mr. Kenefick had approximately 13 years of program management and engineering experience with aerospace and defense contractors. Mr. Kenefick holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Dr. Volkan Ozguz has been our Chief Technical Officer since March 2004 and one of our Senior Vice Presidents since March 2005. He has been with us since December 1995 in positions of increasing managerial responsibility for research and development activities. Prior to joining us, Dr. Ozguz was a research professor and lecturer at the University of California, San Diego. Previously, he was the manager of the Advanced Processes Dept. at Alcatel-Teletas. Dr. Ozguz has been working in the semiconductor processing, packaging and microelectronics manufacturing areas since 1979. He has extensive R&D and project management experience in the design and implementation of microelectronic and optoelectronic systems including fabrication technologies, process design and integration, facility operations and technology transfer. He is the author of over 30 journal articles, over 40 conference publications, 3 book chapters and 9 patents. Dr. Ozguz holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Mr. Daryl Smetana joined us in 1984 as a detector and cryogenics technologist. He has also served as a Project Engineer, Program Manager. In 1993, Mr. Smetana was promoted to Director of Programs. In 1994, he also served as Director of Business Management and, in 1996, as Deputy General Manager for our Advanced Technology Division. In 2003, Mr. Smetana became our Deputy Chief Operations Officer and served in that capacity until January 2006 when he became our Vice President of Operations, his current position. Mr. Smetana holds a B.S. in Physics from the California Polytechnic State University, Pomona and a degree in Audio Engineering from the College for Recording Arts in San Francisco.
Mr. John J. Stuart, Jr. joined us in January 1983 as our Manager of Special Projects and Communications, became our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in July 1985, a Vice President in June 1995, a Senior Vice President in November 1998 and Secretary in March 2001. He relinquished the position of Treasurer in February 1995. Effective October 1998, Mr. Stuart re-assumed the position of Treasurer in addition to his other responsibilities. Mr. Stuart is also a member of the Board of Directors of Optex (since December 30, 2005), Novalog (since October 1995), MSI (since October 1997), RedHawk Vision (since March 2000) and iNetWorks (since October 2000). During these periods Mr. Stuart has also served, and continues to serve, as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Optex, and as Chief Financial Officer of MSI, RedHawk Vision and iNetWorks. He was also Chief Financial Officer of Novalog from October 1995 to June 2001. In May 2002, he became Secretary of Novalog, and in October 2002, resumed the position of Chief Financial Officer of Novalog. Mr. Stuart holds a B.S. in Industrial Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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