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George Balogh | CEO

George Balogh joined SpectraSensors in January 2003 as the Chief Executive Officer. Up until that time, George was Senior Vice President and founder of the Passive Telecom Group at Spectra-Physics, a $30M division of a publicly traded corporation. He brings 23 years of management experience in optical components and instrumentation industries to the company. In his past 13 years at Spectra-Physics, Balogh was responsible for developing and executing the company’s optical component and thin film product strategies. His previous experience spans manufacturing, finance, and engineering management positions, with a track record of accomplishments at Varian Associates, Inc., and Crown Zellerbach. He is also a past President of the Lasers and Electro-Optics Manufacturers Association (LEOMA). Mr. Balogh holds a BS Degree in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

 

Dr. Alfred Feitisch | Vice President Business Development and Technology

Dr. Feitisch adds over 20 years of experience in senior management, business development, entrepeneurship and expertise in development, design and fabrication of lasers and laser based instruments to Spectrasensor’s management team. Prior to joining Spectrasensors, he served as CEO of Comlase NT AB. He became one of the founders of this Sweden based start up, productizing ultra high power semiconductor laser technology, after a 14 year career in senior management, business development and engineering at Spectra-Physics in Mountain View, California.  At Spectra-Physics, he served as Vice President & General Manager of Spectra-Physics Semiconductor Lasers in Tucson, Arizona (formerly known as Opto Power Corporation), as Vice President & General Manager of Spectra Physics Active Telecom Systems, Business Unit Manager for Ion Laser Plasma Tubes and various engineering, marketing and operations management positions. Dr. Feitisch holds a Ph.D. in Physics and lasers from the University of Hannover, Germany. He started his first company in 1984.

 

Dr. Greg Sanger | VP, Engineering

Dr. Sanger holds a PhD in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. Since graduating in 1976, he has spent nearly 30 years in optics related organizations primarily related to the manufacture and testing of optical components and systems. He has held key technical, operational, business development and general management positions in companies such as United Technologies, Perkin-Elmer, Spectra-Physics, The Optical Corporation of America, Exotic Electro-Optics and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Dr. Sanger is a fellow of SPIE and OSA and has served on The Board of Directors of SPIE twice and OSA once. He recently began serving on the Board of Editors for Optical Engineering and reviews engineering, manufacturing and testing articles for Applied Optics. Dr. Sanger was the Chair of the 1978 OSA Annual Meeting and several subsequent Optical Fabrication and Testing Conferences. In addition, he has served on many OSA committees and working groups. For SPIE, he has served as Secretary of the Society and has recently become a member of the Symposia Committee.

 

Dale Langham | VP, Sales

Dale Langham joined SpectraSensors in May 2005 bringing twenty-seven years of experience in the industrial and petrochemical analyzer business. Langham’s former positions include sales and product management at Exxon Chemicals, Applied Automation, Yokogawa Measurementation Group, and Emerson Process Management. He established international sales for industrial gas chromatograph and FTIR analyzers in North & South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Singapore. He also founded Environmental & Analytical Specialists -- a consulting firm specializing in business development for companies in the process analyzer business and pipeline monitoring systems.

 

 

David A. Novak | VP, Applications and Systems Integration

David Novak has been involved in the application and installation of process analyzers since 1974.  His process analyzer system integration experience started at the United Controls Division of Envirotech.  In 1980, he co-founded Pastech and helped develop the company as a key supplier of process analyzer system technology.  Novak established Process Analyzer Consulting (PAC) Services in 1987 to provide specialty engineering for process analyzer applications.  In 1993, he joined Applied Automation, now part of Siemens Energy and Automation, where he managed the development and growth of the company’s system integration and analytical solution capability.

David joined SpectraSensors in September, 2007 as the Vice President of Applications and System Integration where he leads the development of complete analytical system solutions for process applications. Novak has a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Harvey Mudd College in Southern California.

 

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George Balogh | CEO, SpectraSensors

George Balogh joined SpectraSensors in January 2003 as the Chief Executive Officer. Up until that time, George was Senior Vice President and founder of the Passive Telecom Group at Spectra-Physics, a $30M division of a publicly traded corporation. He brings 23 years of management experience in optical components and instrumentation industries to the company. In his past 13 years at Spectra-Physics, Balogh was responsible for developing and executing the company’s optical component and thin film product strategies. His previous experience spans manufacturing, finance, and engineering management positions, with a track record of accomplishments at Varian Associates, Inc., and Crown Zellerbach. He is also a past President of the Lasers and Electro-Optics Manufacturers Association (LEOMA). Mr. Balogh holds a BS Degree in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

 

Jane F. Garvey | APCO

Jane Garvey, executive vice president and chairman of APCO's transportation practice, provides strategic counsel to APCO clients globally, covering topics from government relations to policy to communications advice.

Ms. Garvey was Head of the Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton and holds several "firsts" for an FAA Administrator: she was the first Administrator appointed to a 5-year term, the first female Administrator, and the first Administrator who was not a licensed pilot. She had previously worked as a teacher, highway safety administrator, and the director of Logan International Airport.

Besides her role as an Executive Vice President of APCO and a well known public speaker, she holds positions on the Board of Directors for several companies including MITRE Corporation, Flight Safety Foundation, and Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corporation (ANPC).

Garvey earned her B.A. from Mount Saint Mary's College and her M.A. from Mount Holyoke College and has been awarded several honorary degrees.
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George Hoyem | BluePrint Ventures

George Hoyem is a Managing Partner with Blueprint Ventures. George brings more than 20 years of entrepreneurial, operations, and venture experience in high technology companies. He has backed, supported, and served on the boards of over a dozen emerging technology companies.

George's current investment focus includes software, security, and IT infrastructure companies.
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John Kunhart | American River Ventures

John Kunhart has over 23 years of experience in management, marketing, strategic planning, consulting, software development and IT project management. Before founding American River Ventures (ARV), John Kunhart was an active seed stage investor. As an entrepreneur, John was the co-founder and Sales & Marketing Vice President of Professional Solutions, Inc. (PSI), a multimillion dollar IT consulting and staffing company. He was responsible for the sale of PSI to Arcus and later to Iron Mountain, where he served as director of National Sales. Before founding PSI, John held technical and marketing positions with IBM, Tandem, and Boeing Computer Services.
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Nancy C. Floyd | Nth Power

Nancy is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Nth Power. She founded the firm in 1993 with Maurice Gunderson.

Ms. Floyd has led Nth Power’s investments in Silicon Energy (Nasdaq: ITRI), Northern Power (Nasdaq: DESC), Smartsynch and Serveron. In addition to these Boards, Ms. Floyd has been an adviser to the National Renewable Energy Lab, Environmental Capital Network, and was, recently, a board member of Sustainable Asset Management in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Patrick Edsell | President and CEO, NP Photonics

Pat Edsell joined NP Photonics in February 2004. Previously, Pat served as President and CEO at Gigabit Optics Corporation. Pat Edsell brings 18 years of senior executive experience in the optical and micro-electronics manufacturing industries to the company. Before joining Gigabit Optics, he was chairman, president and CEO of Spectra-Physics, Inc., a $225 million publicly traded company. Previously, he was president and CEO of Applied Power, Inc. in addition to holding executive and international positions in related technology companies. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, he also earned an MA in Economics at Ohio State and an MBA in Finance from the University of New Mexico. Pat is credited with successfully leading global companies in market expansion, operational integration, market-based product development, company acquisitions and profitable growth.