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Vance Nahman:
President, CEO, and Board Director
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Vance brings over 25 years of diverse business experience in executive management, engineering, sales, marketing, business development, and management consulting to Picosecond. Prior to joining the PSPL Board of Directors, Vance was affiliated with Barrington Partners, the first venture capital company to invest in the company. Vance’s career includes 10 years with Picosecond, five years with Nahmans Parsons, LLC, and 13 years in Design Automation, including 10 years at Viewlogic Systems, Inc (now Synopsys, Inc) where his roles included application engineering, sales, sales management, and VP, GM of the High Level Design Group. Nahman earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado. Vance has served as a board director of Picosecond since December 1999.
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Jerry Dreiling:
CFO and V.P., Finance
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Jerry brings over 26 years of broad finance and business experience to Picosecond. Serving as a key member of the senior leadership team, Jerry plays a central role in developing and implementing the corporate strategic plan, driving operational efficiencies, improving financial performance, and increasing the pace of profitable growth at Picosecond. Prior to joining Picosecond in 2000, he held a variety of finance and operations positions at Storage Technology Corporation and United Bank, now Wells Fargo. Most recently Jerry was the Director of Finance for the worldwide Services Division at StorageTek. His experience in both corporate and divisional roles includes Corporate Strategic Financial Planning, Business Development, Supply Chain Management, as well as all aspects of Financial Planning and Accounting operations. Jerry has an M.B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Regis University, and a B.S in Business Administration, emphasis in Finance and Marketing (magna cum laude), from the University of Northern Colorado. |
Kevin McCall:
Director, Engineering
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Kevin's background is in analog design, ranging from analog-front-ends for baseband communications channels to high performance phase and delay locked loops. Having numerous published papers and U.S. patents awarded for circuit design, his prior employment experience includes Analog Devices, ST Microelectronics, and Cirrus Logic. He earned his degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, with emphasis in analog design and semiconductor process development. Kevin joined Picosecond Pulse Labs in 2007 and is responsible for Engineering company-wide.
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Kipp Schoen:
Director, Sales & Marketing
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Kipp earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1997, an international MBA from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England in 1991, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1989. Kipp joined PSPL in 2001 and has worked in technical sales and marketing since 1995. Throughout his career Kipp has worked in a number of engineering and marketing positions at Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. Kipp's professional roles have included customer management, strategic marketing, pricing models, engineering design. Kipp is responsible for directing PSPL’s product strategy, technical marketing, marketing communications, inside sales, and rep/distributor relationships.
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Doug Lorenz:
Manager, Operations
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Doug is responsible for the day to day production, test, and support environment at PSPL. He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Akron in 2001. He interned with Parker Hannifin Aerospace designing fuel delivery systems for fighter planes. He has held several positions at leading test equipment companies including Keithley Instruments and National Instruments. His past work experience includes design and production engineering, product management, lean cell construction, and production and supply chain management.
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Dawn Scriber:
Director, Human Resources
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Dawn earned a M.B.A. in Human Resources Management from the University of Colorado in 2001 and a B.S.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1994. Prior to joining Picosecond, Dawn held human resource positions at Computer Sciences Corporation, ChannelPoint, and Opuswave Networks, a subsidiary of Siemens. Dawn has been certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) since 2001. As Human Resources Director, Dawn is responsible for managing all aspects of Picosecond’s staffing, compensation, benefits, staff development, and employee relations to ensure that employees are productive, motivated, and retained.
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Martin Van Pelt:
V.P., Chief Engineer
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Martin has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado. He contributes extensive knowledge and experience to the design of passive and active high-speed electronic devices. His technical expertise also includes digital and microprocessor circuit design and time-domain analysis software. Since joining Picosecond in 1988 Martin has been involved with numerous research and development activities, designing many of the company’s key products. He has served on the Board of Directors since 1995. Martin also participates in strategic business planning, including staff recruitment and product commercialization. As a primary technical leader in the company, Martin has led the development of new products and continues to impact the company’s growth.
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Directors And Advisors:
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J. Scott Andrews:
Chairman of the Board
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Scott is responsible for leading the strategic and financial oversight, long-term planning, investor relations and governance of the Company. He has served on the board of directors since 1990, as the Chairman of the Board since 1999, and as the Chief Executive Officer of Picosecond from 1999 to 2008. Prior to joining Picosecond as the CEO, Scott held general management and marketing positions at Hallmark Cards, Inc., The Quaker Oats Company and at 20th Century Fox, where he was responsible for directing international home video. He earned a M.B.A. in Marketing and Management of Organizations from Columbia University in 1993 with Beta Gamma Sigma membership, and a B.S. with distinction in Economics from the University of Kansas in 1989. Scott is active in a number of philanthropic activities including as a partner at Social Venture Partners Boulder County and as board director and former Treasurer at Intercambio de Communidades.
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Susan McMynn,
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Susan was a key member of the Picosecond management team and has served on the Board of Directors since 1997. As VP of Human Resources from 1997-2002, Susan led the growth of the company,s talent and was responsible for planning and directing the human resources function including attracting and retaining key talent and maintaining the 1st class culture and corporate reputation. Susan is currently with Sun Microsystems in the CTO of Global Sales & Services office working as Manager of Customer Engineering Programs. She remains an active member of the Picosecond Board of Directors. Susan earned her B.S. in Business Administration (magna cum laude) and an MBA (Finance & Entrepreneurship), both at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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John C. McDonough:
Independent Board Director
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Since founding Barrington Partners in 1997, John McDonough has served as the firm’s President and Manager. John works closely with portfolio companies on the financial aspects of their development, assisting them in evaluating financing alternatives, potential acquisitions and exit strategies as well as providing introductions to sources of capital. Because of his financial background and transactional experience, John often represents Barrington in negotiations involving the sale of portfolio companies. Prior to forming Barrington, John spent 13 years in commercial banking with Fleet Financial Group. As a Vice President at Fleet, he was responsible for financing leveraged acquisitions, management buyouts and recapitalizations of privately held middle market companies. John holds a BS in Finance from Suffolk University. |
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Company Founder
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James R. Andrews, Ph.D.:
Founder
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Dr. James R. Andrews, founder of Picosecond Pulse Labs, earned BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1964, 1965, and 1970 from the University of Kansas. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 1989 being cited for "contributions to picosecond domain pulse techniques and measurements". His technical expertise spans the design of pulse generators, oscilloscopes, ultra-broadband active and passive components, and precision time domain metrology.
Dr. Andrews worked for the USA National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) where he designed several oscilloscopes and pulse generators and was responsible for establishing several picosecond pulse calibration services. While at NBS he published over 60 papers and was granted 3 patents. In 1971-72, Dr. Andrews was a visiting guest scientist at the French Centre National d’Etudes des Telecommunications (CNET) in Lannion, France. While at CNET, Dr. Andrews performed some of the early pioneering measurements of picosecond pulse dispersion in fiber optics. He has served as a consultant to the Los Alamos National Laboratories. In addition to the IEEE, where he has been active in organizing meetings and reviewing technical papers, Dr. Andrews has been elected to URSI and is a member of OSA.
Dr. Andrews founded Picosecond Pulse Labs in 1980 and served as President until January 1999. The company’s product line includes over 20 different pulse generator models and more than 75 different ultra-broadband coaxial component and amplifier models - most of which he personally designed. His philosophy has always been to design and build NIST standard quality products and sell them to customers for reasonable prices. All of Picosecond’s products are designed to have nearly perfect time domain pulse response, free from distortion. As a result, several of the products are now used as "pulse standards" in calibration labs worldwide. More recently, the gigabit fiber optics telecom and datacom industries have recognized the importance of pulse fidelity in achieving low bit error rates. As a result many products are being purchased in large quantities for use in 10 GB/s and future 40 Gb/s fiber optic systems.
After receiving an Entrepreneur of Distinction award from the Boulder Chamber of Commerce in October 2001, Jim retired from Picosecond Pulse Labs.
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