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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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Mark Holtzman
CFO Mr. Holtzman has over twenty years of experience in financial management and administration. Mark has recently spent four years consulting with several early stage start-up companies, and also served as a financial consultant for two large bankrupt estates: Webvan and Excite@Home. Previously, Mark was one of the early hires at Webvan, where he helped raise significant capital to grow the company to $400M with 5,000 employees. Prior to Webvan, Mark was Group Controller at MicroAge, a Fortune 500 company ($5B revenue). Mr. Holtzman earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981 and his MBA degree from the University of Michigan in 1983. He earned his CPA license in 1985. |
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Alfy Riddle, Ph.D.
VP Hardware Alfy was most recently the Principal at Macallan Consulting, a company he founded in 1989. He has contributed to the design and development of a wide range of products using high-speed, low-noise, and RF techniques. He developed and marketed the Nodal circuit design software package which featured symbolic analysis and object-oriented techniques. He has co-authored two books and contributed chapters to several more. He is a member of the IEEE MTT Society, the Audio Engineering Society and the Acoustical Society of America. He received his Ph.D in electrical engineering in 1986 from Noth Carolina State University. |
 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. |
John O’Connell VP Sales and Business Development John is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience in the automation industry. John was most recently at OSIsoft where he successfully initiated partner programs for strategic customers in the life science and power industries. Prior to joining OSIsoft, John was a partner at Technology 2 Market, a sales and marketing consulting firm, and held executive positions at Krohne Inc., a leading manufacturer of flow and level measurement systems. John was also General Manager at Patten Corp, where he performed a one-year turnaround that led to profitability. John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Cal State University at Fullerton. |
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 Alfy Riddle |
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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. |