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Bob Olsen, President, joined ADS in March 1995 and brought with him 18 years of experience managing high technology companies serving scientific, engineering and process control markets worldwide. Prior to ADS, Mr. Olsen was President of Pacific Scientific Instrument Division in Silver Spring, MD, from 1988-1995, with responsibility for 240 employees and worldwide markets for product lines with sales of $40 million. From 1980-1988, Mr. Olsen was President of the Biomedical Division of the Nicolet Instrumentation Corporation in Madison, WI, where he managed 260 employees, growing sales from $3 million to $32 million. Mr. Olsen received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

William Rick, VP of Sales, came to ADS in June of 2002 to lead the direct and indirect sales organization, having previously been the VP of Sales and Marketing for Network Storage Solutions in Chantilly, VA, a provider of network appliances and NAS/SAN/DAS technology, and 3DLABS, Inc, in Huntsville, AL, which develops and markets 3D add-in graphics accelerator boards for Windows NT and UNIX workstations. Prior to these positions, Mr. Rick was Director of North American Sales for Intergraph Corporation for four years and held Sales positions at Kubota Computer Graphics Systems, Floating Point Systems and Control Data Corporation. Mr. Rick earned his B.A. degree from St. Michael’s College in Burlington, Vermont.

Jan Eldridge, VP of Finance, joined ADS in 1995 serving in various capacities throughout the company's growth. She currently manages all financial aspects of Applied Data Systems with accounting, revenue recognition, and financial reporting responsibilities. Ms. Eldridge has over 23 years experience in financial, cost and statutory accounting, contract review, project management, purchasing and human resources. She was previously employed with AMF Bowling Inc., Agency Insurance Company, and Southern States Cooperative. She is a CPA with a B.S. degree from Virginia Tech.

Hilary Tomasson, VP of Marketing, joined Applied Data Systems in 2007 with over 15 years of experience, to lead the product management and marketing communications initiatives and expand the company’s success in the embedded computer space as a Eurotech Group company. Formerly with BroadSoft, a leading provider of VoIP application software, Ms. Tomasson led the corporate marketing activities as the company grew to be one of Deloitte’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in North America in 2006. Ms. Tomasson also held leadership positions at Spirent Communications, a telecom test and measurement company, in the areas of marketing, communications, product marketing, and sales operations. Ms. Tomasson holds her B.S. degree from Clarkson University and her M.S. degree from the University of Maryland.

Robert Davis, Director of Operations, joined ADS in October 1997 and provides significant experience in all aspects of planning, purchasing, production, and logistics. Most recently, Mr. Davis was Director of Materials for the Fedders Corporation (1994-1997). Previously, Mr. Davis was with Nurad Technologies Inc. Mr. Davis received his B.S. degree in Management Science from the State University of New York, and his MBA from Loyola College.

Deborah Grenier, Director of HR and Administration, joined the company in 2000, bringing her years of expertise in employee relations, benefits, OD, strategic workforce planning, technology, and facilities management. Prior to ADS Ms. Grenier was Administrator/Benefits Coordinator for Boston Consulting Group and Administrator for the law firm of Housley, Kantarian & Bronstein, P.C. Ms. Grenier earned her B.S. in Technology and Management from the University of Maryland.

Alain G. Philippe, Director of Engineering, joined ADS in 1998, and manages all aspects of hardware and software development for the company, bringing with him over 10 years system specialization in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) microprocessor and control systems and digital and analog design. Prior to joining ADS, from 1995-1997, Mr. Philippe was Senior Engineer for Sienna Biotech, Inc., designing DSP systems. Previously, Mr. Philippe designed DSP systems for Inotech SA, from 1991-1995. Mr. Philippe received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Orleans, France.