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Management Team
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David M. Camp, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Camp has been a director of the Company since 2006, and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2006. During 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, Dr. Camp 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.
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John J. Ehren
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Ehren was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company in 2011, in addition to his role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ehren joined the Company in 2008 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 2004 to 2008, he 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, Mr. Ehren held several senior-level financial officer positions with Planar, including Corporate Controller, Treasurer, and Worldwide Functional Controller. Between 1990 and 1997, he held Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Operations positions with two privately-held manufacturing companies. Mr. Ehren was employed by Ernst and Young, a public accounting firm, from 1985 to 1990, working primarily with manufacturing and software development clients.
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Louis C. Vintro, PhD
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Global Operations
Mr. Vintro was appointed Senior Vice President of Business Development and Global Operations of the Company in 2011. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Vintro served as Vice President and General Manager of the Semiconductor Division of ESI, Inc., a manufacturer of laser-based wafer fabrication equipment, where he expanded the business through a European technology acquisition and by establishing a Korean product-development partnership. Mr. Vintro served, from 2005 to 2009, as Senior Director of Technical Programs for KLA - Tencor Corporation, a manufacturer of laser-based particle inspection equipment, where he was responsible for program management and market introduction of new products. From 2001 to 2004, he served as Global Business Manager of BOC Edwards Kachina, now Applied Materials, Inc., a provider of semiconductor processing services, where he had responsibility for growth initiatives in emerging markets. Mr. Vintro holds a PhD in Physics from Stanford University and a MBA from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He earned a BS degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Michael L. Nichols, PhD
Senior Director, Research and Development
Dr. Nichols has served the Company as Senior Director of Research and Development since 2010. From 1994 to 2010, Dr. Nichols worked for Planar Systems, Inc., serving in several capacities. From 2008 to 2010, he served in a dual role as Director of Operations, and as Site Director of Planar SAS Command and Control Systems Business Unit in Albi, France. During 2007, he served as Director of Programs in Operations. He served as Director of Engineering for Planar’s Medical Business Unit from 2004 to 2007, and in the same role for the Industrial Business Unit from 2002 to 2004. From 2001 to 2002, Dr. Nichols served as Director of Sustaining Engineering and Customer Service. He served as Director of Manufacturing from 2001 to 1995 and, concurrently, he also served as Business Area Manager of Traffic Controls Displays from 1998 to 1999. He served as Quality Assurance Manager from 1994 to 1995. Dr. Nichols holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Stephen M. Pellegrino
Senior Director, North American Sales and Corporate Sales Operations
Mr. Pellegrino was appointed Senior Director of North American Sales and Corporate Sales Operations for the Company in 2011. He served as Director of U.S. and Canada Sales from 2006 to 2011, and as Director of Eastern Region Sales from 2000, when he joined the Company, until 2006. From 1985 to 2000, Mr. Pellegrino worked in the Food Handling Equipment Operation of FMC Corporation, a provider of custom-engineered food processing solutions, where he held a number of positions including Sales and Marketing Manager of Food Handling Equipment from 1996 to 2000, Sales Manager of Major Accounts from 1995 to 1996, Product Manager for Aseeco Equipment from 1993 to 1995, Food Industry Specialist from 1990 to 1993, and Field Sales Engineer from 1981 to 1990. Mr. Pellegrino holds a BS degree in Marketing from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.