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Corporate Leadership:
Board of Directors
James J. Lowrey
Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Mr. James J. Lowrey has served as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer since August
2009. Since March 2010, Mr. Lowrey has managed us as co-chief executive officer with Mr. Anthony Chidoni.
Mr. Lowrey served as the co-chairman of the board from March 2009 through August 2009 and as chairman of the
finance committee from March 2009 to October 2009. He has been a significant investor in XStream since 2007.
From 1964 to 1978, Mr. Lowrey was employed with Salomon Brothers in New York, New York where he served as
the partner-in-charge of banking, sales and trading of government and corporate tax exempt securities, and as a
general partner at the time of his retirement in October 1978.
During March 1979 he formed James J. Lowrey &
Company, Inc. a financial advisory firm to corporations, governments and governmental entities.
In 1980,
Mr. Lowrey initiated the independent power industry through his formation of Catalyst Energy (“Catalyst”).
Mr. Lowrey was instrumental in leading Catalyst through a number of purchases of developing projects and nonnuclear
energy companies and served Catalyst as its chairman of the board and its chief executive officer. Catalyst
became a public company in 1984, was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and later taken private in 1988.
Mr. Lowrey retired again in 1989. In 1993 he co-founded Navarro Lowrey, Inc. a Palm Beach County, Florida based
real estate development firm dealing in real estate in Colorado, Texas and Florida. The firm is managed by
Mr. Frank Navarro and Ms. Jessica Lee Lowrey, Mr. Lowrey’s daughter. Ms. Lowrey earned her J.D./LL.M. and
M.B.A. degrees from New York University and Columbia University, respectively.
The particular experience,
qualifications, attributes or skills that led the board to conclude that Mr. Lowrey should serve as a member of the
board of directors included his knowledge of the company, his investment banking background, and his previous
executive management experience at Salomon Brothers and Catalyst.
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Joseph J. Melone
Vice-Chairman of the Board
Mr. Joseph J. Melone has served on our board of directors since August 2009 and as our vice-chairman since
October 2009. Mr. Melone has served as the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee since
October 2009.
He is the former president and chief executive officer of Equitable Companies (now part of the AXA
Group) and served in those positions from February 1996 to September 1997. Additionally, he served as chairman
and chief executive officer of its principal insurance subsidiary, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
States from September 1992 to July 1997. Mr. Melone joined The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
States in November 1990 as president and chief operating officer and served in those positions until September
1992. Prior to that, he had been president of The Prudential Insurance Company of America from March 1984 to
November 1990. Upon the formation of The Equitable Companies in 1992, Mr. Melone was elected president and
chief operating officer and served in those positions until February 1996. Also, from September 1992 to July 1997,
he served as chief executive officer of Equitable Life, and two years later he was elected chairman. In February
1996, Mr. Melone was named chief executive officer of The Equitable Companies and served in that position until
July 1997.
Mr. Melone co-authored the book Retirement Plans: 401(k)s, IRAs and Other Deferred Compensation
Approaches (Pension Planning) which is currently in its 10th edition of publication. He is a former Huebner
Foundation Fellow and was an Associate Professor of Insurance at The Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania. He also served as Research Director at The American College before joining The Prudential. He is a
Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) from The American College, as
well as Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) from the American Institute of Chartered Property
and Liability Underwriters.
The particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the board to
conclude that Mr. Melone should serve as a member of the board of directors included his knowledge of the
company and his previous executive management experience while at Equitable Companies and The Prudential
Insurance Company of America.
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Ash K. Chawla
Director
Mr. Ash K. Chawla has served on our board of directors since August 2009. Mr. Chawla has served as the
chairman of our global business development committee since October 2009.
Mr. Chawla has served as the founder
and chief executive officer of PDMHealthcare from 1991 to the present. PDMHealthcare is a resource management
company providing group purchasing, supply chain management and delivery, business and clinical consulting, and
educational services to healthcare facilities in the U.S. Under his leadership, PDM Healthcare has maintained its
position as a major buying groups/supply chain management in the U.S. PDM Healthcare currently has business
trading relationships with over multiple pharmaceutical, medical surgical supply, and ancillary product manufacturers
that are listed in Fortune 1000.
Additionally, from January 2004 to the present he has served as the
chairman and chief executive officer of Avani International, which specializes in business development, product
launches and marketing, consulting, distribution, and global conferencing for the bio-technology, life sciences,
pharmaceutical, medical device, and cosmetic markets. Avani is instrumental in creating relations and distribution
channels between manufacturers abroad with customers in the U.S. as well as introducing products from the U.S. to
international markets, including India.
The particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the
board to conclude that Mr. Chawla should serve as a member of the board of directors included his independence
and his leadership experience at companies operating in a similar industry as ours where he is currently serving as
chief executive officer of PDM Healthcare and as chairman and chief executive officer of Avani International as
more fully detailed above.
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Anthony Chidoni
Director, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
Mr. Anthony Chidoni has served on our board of directors since April 2009. He commenced service as a member
of our audit committee, as chairman of our compensation committee and as our corporate secretary in August 2009
and as our chief operating officer in October 2009. In addition, since October 2009, he has served as chairman of our
executive committee and as a member of our finance committee. Mr. Chidoni was elevated to co-chief executive
officer in March 2010.
Mr. Chidoni has been the principal and owner of Lorelle Capital, a private hedge fund, since
January 2004. From January 1990 to January 2004, he was the Managing Director of Private Client Business in the Los
Angeles office of investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston, and its predecessor Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, where
he had served in various positions for 21 years.
Mr. Chidoni has served as a director of the public company Guess?, Inc.
since November 2002 for which he also currently serves as the chairman of the audit committee.
The particular
experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the board to conclude that
Mr. Chidoni should serve as a member
of the board of directors included his finance background and leadership experience as managing director of private
client business in the Los Angeles office of Credit Suisse First Boston and his experience serving as a director and
chairman of the audit committee of the public company, Guess?, Inc.
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Dennis H. Ferro
Director
Mr. Dennis H. Ferro has served on our board of directors since August 2009 and as chairman of our finance
committee and co-chairman of our investor relations committee since October 2009.
Mr. Ferro was president and
chief executive officer of Evergreen Investment Management Company from September 2003 through December
2008. Mr. Ferro joined Evergreen Investments as its chief investment officer in 1999. Mr. Ferro has also served as a
director of New York Marine & General Insurance Company and as chairman of their finance committee from
March 2009 to the present. From 1999 through 2003, he also served as their chief investment officer.
From 1994
through 1999, Mr. Ferro was executive vice president of Zurich Investment Management Ltd. and head of
international equity investments based in London. In 1995, Mr. Ferro was named as one of the top 100 mutual fund
portfolio managers by Barron’s magazine.
From 1991 through 1994, he was senior managing director of CIGNA
International Investments and also served as chief investment officer for all non-U.S. investments. From 1988
through 1991, he served as the managing director for Asia for CIGNA Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan.
From
1985 through 1988, Mr. Ferro served as president and managing director of Japan Bankers Trust Company Ltd
based in Tokyo, Japan. From 1978 to 1985, he served as a founding director, president and chief investment officer
for Bankers Trust Company of Florida. From 1970 to 1978, he served as vice president and portfolio manager of
Banker’s Trust Company based in New York.
The particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led
the board to conclude that Mr. Ferro should serve as a member of the board of directors included his independence
and his previous leadership experience as president and chief executive officer of Evergreen Investment
Management Company and finance experience as chief investment officer for the New York Marine & General
Insurance Company.
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Simon Irish
Director
Mr. Simon Irish has served on our board of directors since August 2009 and as a co-chairman of our investor
relations committee since October 2009.
Mr. Irish is the former head of Man Global Strategies (“MGS”) in North
America, an investment division of Man Group PLC where he provided services from October 2002 through
January 2009. Man Group PLC is an investment business headquartered in the United Kingdom. At MGS, Mr. Irish
established and grew a strategic investment program in hedge funds, which he operated for over six years.
From
October 2001 through October 2002, he held the position of director of U.S. business with FRM (Research) LLC,
New York and held the position of senior vice president of FRM London from September 1999 through September
2001.
From October 1995 through April 1999, Mr. Irish was a vice president of Credit Suisse Financial Products in
London where he served as a quantitative analyst and as a trader in their Equity Derivatives Structuring and Trading
Group.
The particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the board to conclude that Mr. Irish
should serve as a member of the board of directors included his independence, his finance background and his
previous leadership experience as the former head of MGS and vice president of Credit Suisse Financial Products in
London.
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Robert E. Kennedy
Director
Mr. Robert E. Kennedy has served on our board of directors since April 2007 and as a member of our audit
committee since May 2007 and co-chairman of our audit committee since October 2009. In addition, Mr. Kennedy
has served as the co-chairman of our audit committee since October 2009.
Mr. Kennedy is a retired advertising
industry executive with 33 years of experience. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Kennedy was the president and
chief operating officer of Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising worldwide. Mr. Kennedy directed all of the company’s
communications operations, notably the advertising subsidiaries and marketing services groups. Mr. Kennedy was
also a member of Saatchi and Saatchi, Inc.’s board of directors. Mr. Kennedy joined Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample in
1961 and spent most of his career in agency finances. He served as controller and became chief financial officer in
1980. When Saatchi and Saatchi and DFS merged in 1987, Mr. Kennedy became its vice-chairman and chief
financial officer.
Mr. Kennedy served on numerous industry committees during his working career. In retirement, he
has been active in community organizations, most notably the VNA/Hospice of Vero Beach, the Environmental
Learning Center of Vero Beach and Habitat for Humanity.
The particular experience, qualifications, attributes or
skills that led the board to conclude that Mr. Kennedy should serve as a member of the board of directors included
his independence, his knowledge of the company, and his previous executive managerial experience as more fully
detailed above.
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John R. (Reg) Murphy
Director
Mr. John R. (Reg) Murphy has served on our board of directors since November 2009.
Mr. Murphy is Vice Chairman of National Geographic Society, a position he has held since March 1998. From May 1996 until March
1998, Mr. Murphy was President and Chief Executive Officer of National Geographic Society.
He is a trustee of Mercer University, a trustee and Chairman of the Board of the PNC Mutual Funds and Chairman of the Board of the
PNC Alternative Fund. He currently serves as chairman of the audit committee of the Omnicom Group. Mr. Murphy
is also a past president of the U.S. Golf Association.
Mr. Murphy served as political editor and then editor of The
Atlanta Constitution in 1960-75, and later joined The San Francisco Examiner as publisher and editor from 1975 to
1981. Mr. Murphy joined The Baltimore Sun as publisher and chief executive officer and served in these positions
from 1981 to 1988 and later served as chairman from 1988 to 1991.
Mr. Murphy has authored or co-authored a
number of books including Uncommon Sense, The Accomplishments of Griffin Bell; The Southern Strategy; and
The Greatest Game. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by several universities, including Mercer, Utah State,
Towson State and Loyola College, among others.
The particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that
led the board to conclude that Mr. Murphy should serve as a member of the board of directors included his executive
management experience as president and chief executive officer of the National Geographic Society, his knowledge
of the mass communications industry, and his experience serving as a director and chairman of the audit committee
of a public company.
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Philip A. Odeen
Director
Mr. Philip A. Odeen has served on our board of directors since July 2008 and as the chairman or co-chairman of
our audit committee since August 2009.
Mr. Odeen served as the chairman of AES Corporation since January 2008
and as non-executive chairman of Convergys Corporation since December 2007. He served as chairman of AVAYA
from October 2006 to October 2007. He was chairman and acting chief executive officer of the Reynolds and
Reynolds Company from July 2004 to February 2005 at which time he became non-executive chairman serving in
that role until October 2006.
He was also named chief executive officer of QinetiQ North America in October 2005
serving until June 2006. Previously, he had served as non-employee chairman and a director of TRW Inc. from
February 2002 until December 2002. From 1998 to 2002, he held various leadership positions at TRW. Mr. Odeen
joined TRW in 1997 when it acquired BDM International, Inc. where he had served as president, chief executive
officer and director since 1992.
Previously, Mr. Odeen was vice chairman, Management Consulting Services at
Coopers & Lybrand after serving 13 years as managing partner of the firm’s public sector practice. Mr. Odeen
served as a director of Northrop Grumman from May 2003 and May 2008. Mr. Odeen was appointed a member of
the Defense Business Board in 2008.
The particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the board
to conclude that Mr. Odeen should serve as a member of the board of directors included his independence and his
executive management experience as chairman and/or chief executive officer of various companies.
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Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan, Jr.
Director
Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan, Jr. has served on our board of directors since August 2009 and as co-chairman of our
medical advisory committee since October 2009.
Dr. Vaughan is a physician and surgeon specializing in urology.
Since 2001, he has served as the James J. Colt Professor, Chairman Emeritus Weill Cornell University Medical
Center in the Department of Urology. From 1993 through 2001, Dr. Vaughan served as the James J. Colt Professor of
Urology, Chairman, at Cornell University Medical Center. He was the executive vice dean and senior associate dean
for Clinical Affairs until 2009. He now holds the position of Emeritus Professor in the Department of Urology.
Dr. Vaughan was president of the American Urological Association in 2001.
Dr. Vaughan is the recipient of
numerous academic awards and honors which includes most recently the 2008 John Coleman Award, Department
of UrologyWeill Cornell University Medical Center.
Dr. Vaughan’s research interests include obstructive uropathy,
prostaglandins, renal hemodynamics, benign prostatic hyperplasia, hypertension and adrenal disorders.
Dr.Vaughan
has authored and co-authored over 350 publications in the field of renal and urological medicine.
The particular
experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the board to conclude that Dr. Vaughan should serve as a
member of the board of directors included his independence, as well as his knowledge of the health care and
pharmaceutical industries as more fully detailed above.
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Stuart L. Weinstein, M.D.
Director
Dr. Stuart L. Weinstein, has served on our board of directors since August 2009 and as co-chairman of our
medical advisory committee since October 2009.
Dr. Weinstein is the Ignacio V. Ponseti Chair and Professor of
Orthopedic Surgery at The University of Iowa. He served as the president of the American Orthopaedic Association
from 1997 to 1998; the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery from 2000-2001 and The American Academy of
Orthpaedic Surgeons from 2005-2006. He is a National Institutes of Health funded researcher.
He has published
more than 180 scientific articles in peer review journals on a wide variety of pediatric orthopaedic conditions. His
research work has focused on spinal deformity in children, children’s hip and foot problems, and the natural history
and long-term outcome of pediatric musculoskeletal conditions. He has edited three major textbooks including
The
Pediatric Spine: Principles and Practice; Lovell and Winter’s Pediatric Orthopaedics and Turek’s Orthopaedics.
He has served as an Associate Editor and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery. Dr. Weinstein currently serves as chairman of doctors for Medical Liability Reform, a Washington, DC
based advocacy group, and chairman of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Political Action
Committee.
After interning in Internal Medicine at The University of California San Francisco, he returned to the
University of Iowa for a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery. In 1976 he joined the faculty of the Department of
Orthopaedic Surgery at The University of Iowa.
The particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led
the board to conclude that Dr. Weinstein should serve as a member of the board of directors included his
independence, his knowledge of the health care and pharmaceutical industries, as well as his being a publisher of
numerous scientific articles and the editor of various medical textbooks.
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Advisory Board
Mark S. Butler
Mr. Butler is the former executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general
counsel to the public company Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. which was acquired in March 2009 by Endo
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Dr. Ronald B. Gaeta
Dr. Gaeta is a veterinarian and a partner in Patterson Veterinary MRI an equine
exclusive imaging center located in Patterson, New York and an owner of Dunbarton Equine, a three doctor equine
exclusive sport horse medicine practice located in Brookfield, Connecticut. Dr. Gaeta serves as the equine
consultant to the Bronx Zoo.
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Dr. William Hamilton
Dr. Hamilton is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in the foot and ankle related
medical conditions of athletes and performing artists including ballet dancers. He has served as a clinical professor
of orthopedic surgery at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, at Columbia University from July 1995 to the
present.
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Dr. James D. Henry
Dr. Henry is a urologic surgeon and has served as the Chief of Urologic Surgery at Good
Samaritan Hospital and Saint Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida. Dr. Henry is a co-founder of Jupiter
Hospital in Jupiter, Florida.
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John R. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy is the former president and chief executive officer of Federal Paper Board
Company, Inc. He was employed with Federal Paper Board Company from 1952 in various management positions
until his retirement in April 1996.
Mr. Kennedy is past chairman of Georgetown University and is currently
chairman emeritus. As past chairman for The East Hampton Healthcare Foundation, Inc., Mr. Kennedy now serves
as one of its trustees. He is also vice chairman of the Indian River Memorial Hospital Foundation and a board
member of the Riverside Theater.
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Frank Navarro
Mr. Navarro is the managing principal of Navarro Lowrey, Inc., an owner, developer and
manager of commercial real estate founded in 1993. Mr. Navarro leads the company’s business ventures while also
developing and executing new business strategies such as the creation and development of “EcoPlex®”, the
Company’s trademarked, sustainability brand.
He began his career as an architect, spending 10 years leading
projects and advising clients in Florida, Virginia and Colorado then went on to earn his MBA in Finance and Real
Estate Finance from Columbia University. Upon graduation, Mr. Navarro co-founded Navarro Lowrey, Inc. along
with Mr. James J. Lowrey. Mr. Navarro is a LEED — Accredited Professional.
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Executive Management
James J. Lowrey
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Mr. James J. Lowrey has served as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer since August
2009. Since March 2010, Mr. Lowrey has managed us as co-chief executive officer with Mr. Anthony Chidoni.
For additional information, view Mr. Lowrey's
credentials under
Board of Directors.
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Anthony Chidoni
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Anthony Chidoni has served on our board of directors since April 2009. He commenced service as our chief operating officer in October 2009. Mr. Chidoni was elevated to co-chief executive
officer in March 2010.
For additional information, view Mr. Chidoni's
credentials under
Board of Directors.
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Brian T. Mayo
President and Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Brian T. Mayo founded the company in 2004. He is currently our president. Since July 2009, Mr. Mayo has
also served as our chief technology officer. He served as our chief executive officer from May 2004 to October 2007,
as president from October 2007 to the present, and as our chief executive officer again from July 2008 to July 2009.
Mr. Mayo was chairman of the board of directors from May 2004 to October 2007 and served as our director until
November 2009.
Mr. Mayo has 30 years experience in the electronics industry. Mr. Mayo was instrumental in
several startup ventures including: Ardent Communications, which pioneered voice over the Internet and where he
was the director of engineering from January 1997 to August 1997; and Ingenuity Designs, a company specializing
in airport security solutions where he was founder, president and chief executive officer from September 2001 to
May 2004.
During his career, he enjoyed technical and management success at the following companies: Cisco
Systems, where he was the director of engineering from August 1997 to September 2001; Nortel Networks
(formerly Bay Networks) where he was the engineering director from July 1995 to January 1997; Ungermann-Bass Networks, where he was a corporate consulting engineer from May 1993 to July 1995; Digital Equipment
Corporation, where he was the engineering manager from July 1987 to May 1993; Gould-Modicon, where he was
program manager from April 1985 to July 1987; Teradyne, where he was hardware engineer from September 1978
to December 1980 and operations manager from December 1980 to April 1985; and Texas Instruments, where he
was hardware engineer June 1977 to September 1977.
Mr. Mayo has had involvement in the development of the
communications industry’s first data network switch. Mr. Mayo has authored and co-authored a number of patents.
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Dennis K. Cummings
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Mr. Dennis K. Cummings has served as our chief financial officer and treasurer since February 2010. He is a
Certified Public Accountant and the principal and owner of Cummings & Associates, a private accounting practice
he founded in February 1992.
He has over 30 years experience in all aspects of management, financial reporting and
controls for both publicly and privately held companies. Mr. Cummings began his professional career in private
business prior to serving ten years with the public accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick in New York.
Mr. Cummings is an EMT-I and currently serves as Director of Emergency Medical Services —Post 53 for the town
of Darien, Connecticut.
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Alan Clock
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Mr. Alan Clock joined us in 2007 and has served as our senior vice president of sales and marketing since
October 2007.
Mr. Clock has 23 years experience in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry. Mr. Clock has
held senior level sales positions at: Active Health Management, an early pioneer in evidenced based disease
management programs where he was senior vice president of sales from July 2006 to August 2007; nuvado, LLC, a
pharmaceutical software and consulting company where he was executive vice president of business development
and sales from July 2005 to July 2006; and AmerisourceBergen, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical services
companies where he was the corporate vice president of alternate care from November 1998 to July 2005.
During
his career, he enjoyed sales, business development and management success at the following companies: McKesson
Corporation, where he was the vice president of national accounts from October 1995 to November 1998 and
Cardinal Health (formerly Whitmire Distribution/Amfac Healthcare) where he served and was promoted through a
variety of local, regional and national sales positions, eventually becoming corporate director of Hospital Services
from May 1987 to October 1995.
Mr. Clock was instrumental in the creation, development and success of the
pharmaceutical distribution and service industry’s first alternate care vertical.
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Other Key Employees
Patricia Ann Earl
Vice President of Business Development
Mrs. Patricia Ann Earl has served as our executive strategic consultant and vice president of business
development since May 2008.
Mrs. Earl is a long time pharmaceutical industry veteran and has been actively
involved in the pharmaceutical wholesale distribution industry since joining AmerisourceBergen Corporation
(“Bergen”), one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical services companies serving the U.S., Canada and selected
global markets in 1986. She held a variety of executive management positions at Bergen including vice president
general manager from February 1998 to December 2000 and corporate vice president of strategic development from
January 2001 to May 2005. While at Bergen, she directed the strategic and marketing initiatives for U.S. health
systems, the largest Pharmacy Benefit Management organizations, and alternate care providers. She played a
significant role in the acquisition, strategic positioning, and implementation of the company’s pharmacy technologies,
packaging and service offerings that enhanced medication safety in the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Mrs. Earl was one of the founding members and was elected the co-chairman of the first Healthcare Distribution
Management Association (“HDMA”) Collaborative Commerce Committee that promoted the advancement of
collaborative e-commerce business solutions between the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturers.
HDMA is the national association representing primary, full-service healthcare distributors and is the
vital link in the healthcare system, working to provide value, remove costs and develop innovative solutions. During
her tenure, the technological solutions investigated by the group and recommended to the industry included various bar code track and trace technologies, radio-frequency identification devices in cooperation with the MIT Auto-ID
center, and e-pedigree solutions that met the requirements of Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987.
From May
2005 until March 2008, she was vice president institutional marketing at H.D. Smith.
Prior to her career in
pharmaceutical distribution, Mrs. Earl had a successful career as an owner/principal, member of board of directors
and served as chief operating officer from April 1978 to December 1986 for TP Communications, a privately-held
corporation that acquired several broadcast radio stations. Subsequently those stations were acquired by Clear
Channel Broadcasting Network. As a board member and corporate officer, she provided executive leadership,
management oversight, and strategic direction to the sales, operations and financial functional areas.
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Paul J. Micciche
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Paul J. Micciche has served as our vice president of engineering since November 2004 and was elevated to
our senior vice president of engineering during March 2010.
Mr. Micciche has over 24 years of experience in the
high technology industry. Prior to his position at XStream Systems he was principal member of Technical Staff at
Lucent Technologies from June 2000 through October 2004 where he managed development teams in the
architecture, design, development and deployment of high throughput multi-service IP edge router platforms.
At Ascend Communications, from 1999 to 2000, Mr. Micciche served as technical manager where he oversaw the
architecture, design and development teams for high performance central processing units, internet physical layer
cards and high speed backplanes. Ascend Communications was acquired by Lucent Technologies for $22.0 billion
in 1999.
From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Micciche served as an engineering manager for BayNetworks Inc. and was
responsible for the architecture and design for data compression cards, FPGA control units and overall Ethernet
router systems. BayNetworks was acquired by Nortel Networks in 1998 for over $9.0 billion.
As a Senior
Engineering at UB Networks from 1993 to 1996, Mr. Micciche was part of the development team that architected
and designed several products including one of the industry’s first Ethernet concentration platforms, ATMUniversal
Network Interfaces and desk top switch products.
Prior to these roles, Mr. Micciche worked for Draper Laboratories
from 1985 to 1993 on U.S. Navy related defense programs and held a secret security clearance.
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Charles Dozier
Principal Scientist
Charles Dozier, Principal Scientist, has over 35 years of experience with NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).
His primary experience has been in x-ray diffraction and fluorescence in several applications. His research included the use of x-ray technologies in weapons
development, plasma physics, radiation hardened microelectronics, dosimetry and other material sciences. He is the author of over 60 scientific papers, a number
of which have been seminal works in their fields.
Mr. Dozier holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Wake Forest University. He also has additional
training in Materials Science from the University of Maryland. While at NRL, Mr. Dozier served as an advisor to the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)
in the development of x-ray lithography.
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