Kathleen P. Iverson - Chair of Board, Director since May 1998
Kathleen P. Iverson, has been a director of CyberOptics since 1998, has been Chair of our Board of Directors since August 2009, our Chief Executive Officer since January 2003, and our President since January 2002. From January 2002 until January 2003, Ms. Iverson was also our Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining CyberOptics, Ms. Iverson was with Rosemount, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of industrial sensors and process control products for 22 years, lastly as Vice President and General Manager of Rosemount’s Complete Point Solutions. Ms. Iverson also currently serves as a director of Navarre Corporation. Ms. Iverson, as the officer in charge of day to day operations and with the most direct management authority and broadest knowledge of company operations, is an essential member of the Board. Further, Ms. Iverson’s previous positions managing the operations of a significant manufacturer of sensor controls, both locally and internationally, place her in the position to provide valuable input regarding our business strategy.
Alex B. Cimochowski - Director since May 1984
Alex B. Cimochowski, has been a director of CyberOptics since its formation in 1984. Mr. Cimochowski, received a BS in Engineering Physics from Penn State and a MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and started his career as an engineer with IBM Corporation. From 1964 until 1983, he held various management positions with Control Data Corporation, then the largest producer of supercomputers in the world, including Group Vice President. He founded Edge Computer Corporation in 1983, a venture capital backed company that developed a complete computer workstation, including a proprietary central processing unit, graphical processing unit, operating software and applications software, which was for a time during the early stages of the desktop computer industry the fastest workstation available. He was President of Edge until 1988. From 1988 until 1995, he was Chief Executive Officer of Delphax Systems, a manufacturer of high speed electronic printing solutions. From 1996 until his retirement in 2009, Mr. Cimochowski was President and owner of Four Peaks Technologies, Inc., a printing company. Mr. Cimochowski brings to our Board not only historical perspective of the operations of CyberOptics, but detailed knowledge of the computer development process, assembly process and markets, and substantial experience with the management and finance of both emerging and established companies.
Craig D. Gates - Director since February 2012
Craig D. Gates, has been a director of the Company since February 2012. Mr. Gates has been a director since July 2009 and President and CEO since April 2009 of Key Tronic Corporation, a publicly held electronic manufacturing services company. He was Executive Vice President of Marketing, Engineering and Sales of Key Tronic from July 1997 to April 2009; Vice President and General Manager of New Business Development of Key Tronic from October 1995 to July 1997; and Vice President of Engineering of Key Tronic from October 1994 to October 1995. From 1982 to October 1994, Mr. Gates held various engineering and management positions with the Microswitch Division of Honeywell Inc., lastly as Director of Operations, Electronics. Mr. Gates has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Illinois, Urbana. Mr. Gates brings our Board considerable experience as the CEO of a growing public company in an electronics market served by the Company, as well as valuable technical and management experience in engineering and development.
Subodh K. Kulkarni - Director since December 2009
Subodh Kulkarni, has been a director of CyberOptics since 2009. Dr. Kulkarni has been Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, OEM/Emerging Business, of Imation Corp since 2009; was Vice President, Global Commercial Business, R&D and Manufacturing of Imation from 2007 through 2009; Vice President, R&D and Manufacturing of Imation from 2006 through 2007; Vice President of R&D of Imation from March 2006 until October 2006; and Executive Director of R&D of Imation from 2004 until March 2006. Prior to 2004, Dr. Kulkarni held various research management positions with 3M Corporation, and prior to that, with IBM. Dr. Kulkarni received his B.S. in chemical engineering (first in his class) from IIT—Bombay, India, and went on to obtain a master’s degree and a PhD in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with thesis work on disilane surface decomposition—used in the manufacture of semiconductors. He has won a number of awards for commercializing technologies he and others have developed in the electronics industry. Dr. Kulkarni brings to our Board significant expertise in management of technology-focused entities, in commercialization of technologies in the electronics, computer and semiconductor industries, and in the markets for our products.
Irene M. Qualters - Lead Director since September 2009, Director since June 1999
Irene M. Qualters, has been a director of CyberOptics since 1999 and has been Lead Director since 2009. Since December 2009, she has been Program Director – Office of Cyberinfrastructure of the National Science Foundation. From 2008 until 2009, she was Senior Vice President—Products of Silicon Graphics, Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions. From 2005 until 2008, Ms. Qualters was Vice President, Software Engineering of Ageia Technologies, Inc., a developer of gaming physics technology. From 1999 until 2005, she was Vice President, Research Information Services at Merck & Company, a global pharmaceuticals company. From 1995 until 1999, she held various executive positions with Cray Research, a developer of super computers, lastly as President of Cray Research and Senior Vice President of Silicon Graphics, Inc., then its holding company. Ms. Qualters received her Bachelor’s degree from Duquesne University, and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Detroit. Ms. Qualters has significant experience managing large organizations, and brings particular expertise in managing organizations in the computer industry and engaged in both software and semiconductor development, as well as significant industry connections, and perspective as an executive officer of several public companies.
Michael M. Selzer - Director since June 1999
Michael M. Selzer, Jr., has been a director of CyberOptics since 1999. Mr. Selzer has been the President of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Foundation since 2011. From 2009 until 2011, he served as a consultant to medical products companies. He was a founder of ConcepTx Medical, Inc., a developmental-stage medical device company, and served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of ConcepTx, from 2007 until 2009. He was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Optobionics Corp., a technology startup that attempted to apply semiconductors to human optical disorders, from 2003 until it filed for protection under federal bankruptcy law in 2007. He was Chief Executive Officer of Urologix, Inc., a publicly held, medical device manufacturer from 1999 to 2003 and was Vice President and General Manager–Neurostimulation Business of Medtronic, Inc. from 1994 until December 1998. Mr. Selzer received his B.S. in electrical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and his MBA from Arizona State University. Mr. Selzer brings to the Board expertise in semiconductor and circuit board fabrication, as well as considerable experience and expertise in public company management and sales, and emerging company finance, operations and management.