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David M. Camp

David M. Camp, Ph.D

President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Camp was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in October 2006, and was appointed to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors in November 2006. In 2005 and 2006, he served as a consultant with The Thomas Group, a military-oriented consulting firm, on an engagement with the U.S. Navy. From 2001 to 2005, he served as President of BOC Edwards Kachina, a worldwide supplier of services for advanced scientific instrumentation and systems for the semiconductor industry. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director, of International Isotopes, a contract manufacturing services company for the nuclear medicine industry, from 1999 to 2001, and as Vice President and General Manager of the Microelectronics Gas Process unit of Millipore Corporation, a leader in membrane separation technology, from 1998 to 1999. Between 1996 and 1998, he served as President of General Signal Corporation, Kayex Unit, an international manufacturer and marketer of silicon crystal growers.

John C. Boutsikaris

John C. Boutsikaris

Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Mr. Boutsikaris has been Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Company since 2005.  He served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Pemstar Corporation, a global electronic development and manufacturing services company, from 2004 to 2005.  From 1992 to 2003, Mr. Boutsikaris was employed by Agilent Technologies/Hewlett-Packard, a communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis company, in various capacities including Vice President of the Worldwide Channel Partner Unit from 2001 to 2003, Worldwide Manager of the Channel Partner Program from 1997 to 2001, Americas Region Manager of the Channel Partner Program from 1995 to 1997, and Major Accounts Manager from 1992 to 1995.

John J. Ehren

John J. Ehren

Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Ehren joined the Company in February 2008 as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.  From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Ehren served as Vice President of Global Operations of Planar Systems, Inc., a public company that provides flat panel display and system solutions for medical, transportation, industrial and retail applications.  From 1997 to 2004, he held several senior-level financial officer positions with Planar, including Corporate Controller, Treasurer, and Worldwide Functional Controller.  Between 1990 and 1997, he held CFO and Vice President of Finance and Operations positions with two privately held manufacturing companies.  Mr. Ehren was with Ernst and Young from 1985 to 1990, working primarily with manufacturing and software development clients.

 

Richard J. Hebel

Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Hebel was appointed Chief Technology Officer of the Company in 2007.  From 2005 to 2007, he served as General Manager of SYMETIX®, directing the start-up of the Company’s pharmaceutical business.  Between 2000 and 2003, Mr. Hebel served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Insight Controls, a manufacturer of machine vision inspection systems for packaging and pharmaceutical companies.  Mr. Hebel originally joined Key Technology, Inc. in 1993, serving as Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Business Development from 1996 to 2000, and as Vice President of Marketing from 1993 to 1996.  Prior to joining Key Technology, from 1992 to 1993, he provided technology and strategy consulting services to automated inspection and packaging equipment companies.  From 1988 to 1992, he served as Director of Marketing of INEX Vision Systems (Emhart), a global supplier of automated inspection systems for rigid container and pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Dennis T. Hopwood

Dennis T. Hopwood

Vice President, Human Resources
Mr. Hopwood joined the Company in 2007 as Director of Human Resources and was promoted to Vice President of Human Resources in 2008.  From 2003 to 2006 he served as Vice President of Human Resources for Standard Insurance Co., a publicly traded diversified financial services organization. Mr. Hopwood served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Credence Systems Corp., a manufacturer of automatic test equipment for the global semiconductor industry, from 2000 to 2001.  He was with PSC, Inc. (previously Spectra-Physics Scanning Solutions, Inc.), a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of bar code scanning and automatic data collection solutions, from 1997 to 2000 as Corporate Vice President of Human Resources, and from 1985 to 1997 as Vice President of Human Resources.  From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Hopwood served as Manager of Human Resources Administration of Verbatim Corp.

Craig T.J. Miller

Craig T.J. Miller

Sr. Vice President and General Manager, Aftermarket Business and SYMETIX
Mr. Miller has been Senior Vice President and General Manager of Aftermarket Business of the Company since 2005.  From 2001 to 2005, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Solance Technologies, Inc., a software startup company developing control and automation software for electronic instruments.  Mr. Miller was employed by Fluke Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic test and measurement instruments, from 1984 to 2000, serving in various positions, including Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 1998 to 2000, Vice President of Marketing from 1996 to 1998, Marketing Director of the Service Tools Division from 1995 to 1996, Sales and Marketing Manager for European Operations from 1993 to 1995, and General Manager of Intercontinental Operations from 1984 to 1993.
 
James D. Ruff

James D. Ruff

Vice President, Research and Development
Mr. Ruff was appointed in 2007 as Vice President of Research and Development of the Company.  From 2004 to 2007, he served as Managing Director of Key Technology B.V., a subsidiary of the Company located in Beusichem, the Netherlands.  Mr. Ruff served the Company as Engineering Manager from 2002 to 2004, and as Project Engineering Manager for Specialized Conveying Systems from 1999 to 2002.  Between 1996 and 1999, Mr. Ruff completed a special assignment in the Netherlands as Engineering Manager of Key Technology B.V.  From 1993 to 1996, he served as Project Engineering Manager of the Company.

 

Edward A. Wagner

Sr. Vice President, Global Operations
Mr. Wagner joined the Company in August 2008 as Senior Vice President of Global Operations.  From 2006 to 2008, he served in a full-time consultancy capacity as an operations specialist for Amtech Systems, Inc., a global supplier of production and automation systems for the manufacture of solar cells and semiconductors.  Mr. Wagner served as Vice President and General Manager of the Slider Division of Veeco Instruments, a provider of metrology and process equipment for manufacturers of data storage, semiconductor, wireless, lighting and solar industries, from 2004 to 2005.  During 2004, he served as Intel World Wide Account Director for MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., a global manufacturer of silicon wafers and related products for the semiconductor and solar industries.  Mr. Wagner served during 2003 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Intrabay Automation, a provider of automated material handling systems and software.  Between 2001 and 2003, he was employed by Credence Systems, a provider of automated test equipment to manufacturers of semiconductors,  serving as Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations in 2002 and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the CMS product line division from 2001-2002.

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