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The Team
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Barbara A. Paldus, Ph.D. CEO Barb was most recently the CTO of Picarro, a company she founded in 1998. At Picarro, she was responsible for technology strategy, research, and business development, which led to a solid-state Cyan laser product in 2003 and cavity ring-down spectroscopy products in 2004. Barb is currently a partner at Skymoon Ventures. Barb received both her Ph.D. (1998) and M.S.E.E. (1994) degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and her BS (1993) in electrical engineering/applied mathematics from the University of Waterloo. |
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Mark Selker, Ph.D.
Chief Technical Officer Mark has worked and published in various areas within the optics industry including space based and commercial lasers/nonlinear optics, analog and digital optical communication, near field optics/plasmonics and bio-optical systems. He has worked for NASA, Coherent Laser Group, Harmonic, and most recently has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University Mark received his Sc.B. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Brown University in 1986 and 1990 respectively. |
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Basil Zimmo
VP Software Basil brings over 19 years of international program and senior management experience, with a focus on implementing high efficiency engineering, resource optimization, and global performance metrics. Basil was most recently the Senior Program Manager for handheld products at Research in Motion (RIM) where he successfully led the end-to-end development of several handheld products. Prior to joining RIM, Basil held senior management roles at Picarro Canada, Inc. and telecommunications companies such as Nortel Networks and JDS Uniphase, and has held positions at semiconductor chip companies such as Mitel Semiconductor, Phillips Semiconductor, GEC Plessey and Hughes Aircraft Company. Basil received his B. Sc. in Electronics and Microcomputer Systems from the University of Dundee at Dundee, Scotland, in 1988. |
Mark Sloan VP Operations Mark brings over 17 years of operations experience from the telecommunications and industrial equipment industries. He is a seasoned startup veteran, specializing in new product introduction processes and advanced manufacturing engineering. Mark also has strong background in developing complex optical and electronic packaging. Prior to joining Finesse, he was the Manufacturing Technology Manager at Pedestal Networks, a DSLAM equipment provider,and Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Big Bear Networks, the first commercial provider of 40Gigabit Optical Transponders. Mark received a BS in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo in 1988. |
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Jack Giese Director of Quality, Validation, and Service Jack brings 23 years of Biotechnology experience to the Finesse team. Jack has been involved in the design, construction, start-up, validation, and regulatory approval of multiple manufacturing facilities. Prior to joining Finesse, Jack led multi-disciplinary teams at both Genentech and Biogen Idec. His latest project received the 2006 ISPE Manufacturing Facility of the Year award.
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Board of DirectorsBarbara Paldus |
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Mike Farmwald
Director, Skymoon Ventures Mike Farmwald is a serial entrepreneur who founded six companies to date, five of which were financed in part by Benchmark Capital, where he is a Venture Partner. Most recently, Mike co-founded Matrix, which was acquired by SanDisk. Mike is probably best known for co-founding Rambus. Prior to Rambus, Mike founded FTL in 1986. FTL, an ECL supercomputing company, merged with MIPS in the same year. At MIPS, Mike served as Chief Scientist for High End Systems. Following his experience at MIPS, Mike was an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois. Mike holds a BS degree in Mathematics from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University.
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| Edward C. Grady President and Chief Executive Officer of Brooks Automation, Inc. Edward C. Grady is the president and chief executive officer of Brooks Automation. Prior to joining Brooks in February 2003, he successfully ran several divisions at KLA-Tencor, including the largest revenue and profit-producing group, helping grow the business to a level in excess of $1 billion in revenues. Prior to KLA-Tencor, he served as president and CEO of Hoya Micro Mask for three years, driving restructuring and cost reduction initiatives to transform the business from a loss to a profit in two years. He started his career as an engineer for Monsanto/MEMC, and during his 14 years with the company, rose to the position of vice president of worldwide sales for EPI, the most profitable division in MEMC. During his 30 years in the industry, Mr. Grady has held a number of responsibilities that included engineering, sales, product marketing, strategic marketing and management of profit and loss operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Southern Illinois University and a MBA from the University of Houston. He currently serves on the Board of Brooks Automation Inc. (BRKS), Evergreen Solar Inc. (ESLR), Integrated Materials Inc. and New Wave Research. |