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Mr. Carlisle has 30 years experience in the robotics industry.  Before co-founding Precise with Dr. Shimano, Mr. Carlisle was CEO of Adept Technology and led the company to sales of over $100 million.  He has served on the Board of the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM), the Boards of the National Center for Manufacturing Science (NCMS), the Automation Forum of NEMA and is a founding member of the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI).  Mr. Carlisle holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

Dr. Shimano has 30 years experience in the robotics industry.  Before co-founding Precise with Mr. Carlisle, Dr. Shimano was co-founder and VP of R&D at Adept Technology.  Dr. Shimano has led the development of many significant robotic software packages including VAL, VAL-II, V+, and AIM.  He received a BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and was a research assistant at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Ms. Lange has over 20 years experience in Finance.  Before joining Precise, she was CFO of Adept Technology and took the company public.  She holds a MBA from Santa Clara University

SALES & MARKETING

Mr. Powell has spent over 20 years selling factory automation to various manufacturers in disk drive, biosciences, semiconductor, medical devices and consumer goods.  Before joining Precise, Mr. Powell served as Program Manager with Xyratex supplying factory floor automation to disk drive and solar industry customers.  He was also one of the top Sales Managers at Adept Technology.  Prior to selling robots, Mr. Powell gained experience in machine vision and symbolic identification systems as a  Regional Sales Manager at RVSI, now part of Siemen’s Simatic Sensors.  Mr. Powell holds a B. S. in Computer Science and earned his M.B.A. (Honors) from Saint Mary’s College of California.

Mr. Jacobs has spent roughly 30+ years in the industrial automation arena. In the early part of his career he worked as a field service engineer for Genesis Systems Group, providing on-site service/support for numerous different robot manufacturers integrated in welding-cutting applications. He spent 14 years with Hypertherm Inc., a world leader in plasma cutting applications, holding various service/sales management and leadership roles. Notably, he developed a new global market focused on robotic plasma cutting structural steel applications and developed the channel partner capability (OEM/System Integrators) focused on that new market. Getting back into robotics, Mr. Jacobs then went on to provide business sales development for several robot companies (Reis Robotics, Staubli, & KUKA) and covered the southeast USA market. Before joining Precise Automation in 2019, Mr. Jacobs was Director of Business Development for Cenit North America, Inc., the largest software re-seller for Dassault Systems in NA. He holds a B.S. Degree in Business Management from Franklin Pierce University with honors.

Mr. Shimano has over 10 years experience in program management and operations. Before joining Precise, he was a Professor of Chemistry at Cerritos College and a senior research assistant and lab manager at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Shimano holds a MBA from UC Irvine and a MS in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania.

ENGINEERING

Dr. Geschke has over 30 years experience in robotics research and development.  He was the Technical Director of Software at Adept Technology where he was a principle designer and implementer of controller architecture and programming languages.  Dr. Geschke holds a BS EE degree from Purdue University and both MS EE and PhD EE degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana.

Mr. Kulkarni has 20 years experience in Digital Design, PCB design and logic design.  For the last ten years, he has been involved in controller design for the automation industry.  He was Director of Electrical Engineering at Adept Technology and holds a MS in Electrical Engineering.

Mr. Cronin has almost 20 years experience in electromechanical design and robotics. Prior to joining Precise, he worked on electromechanical systems design and analysis for ATK and designed precision robotics for Adept.  He holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Mr. Allan has 50 years of mechanical engineering experience including: five years managing plant equipment, two years managing automation in the toy industry, five years managing automation for Raychem, ten years consulting in electromechancial engineering and 28 years of robot design.  He holds six US patents and was Director of Advanced Mechanisms at Adept Technology.

Mr. Lee has over 10 years experience in motion control and automation industries. Before joining Precise, he worked on control software and application development at Varian Inc, Adept Technology and Delta Tau Data System. Mr. Lee holds a MS degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. Roof has over 15 years experience in mechanical design, assembly and manufacturing. Before joining Precise, he worked in design, analysis and manufacturing of freighter conversions of Boeing 757 aircraft, automation solutions for semi-conductor testing, and design and manufacturing of custom body work and modifications for automobiles. Mr. Roof holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at San Diego.

Mr. Alex Reed has 5 years of experience at Precise Automation focused on all facets of robotic applications, from mechanical design, fixturing, vision integration and software development in a variety of languages. Alex has assisted customers onsite helping to increase capacity and addressing complex issues to deliver solutions. He currently manages the application engineering team at Precise, where his considerable experience can help customers and colleagues alike. Alex is an AIA certified vision engineer and holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC San Diego.

Mr. Dodge is a robotics and automation enthusiast, serving as an application engineer on the Precise Automation team. He has built a number of complex demonstrations designing, fabricating and integrating custom robotic grippers, conveyors and vision systems with collaborative robots. Dalton is a life long learner who is excited to work with new robotic technologies and apply them creatively throughout his career. Mr. Dodge holds a B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering from Chico State University, where his senior project was designing and building a custom manipulator for his sponsor, HAAS Automation

OPERATIONS

Mr. Fusillo has over 14 years experience as an electronics and support technician. Before joining Precise, he was a quality assurance technician for product development at Leapfrog Enterprises. Mr. Fusillo also held positions as lead R&D technician at Trimble Navigation and as a customer service technician at Dyna Mechtronics.

Ms. Chi has over 15 years experience in purchasing/manufacturing. Before joining Precise, she worked as a Senior Project/NPI Buyer for several OEM and contract manufacturing companies in a variety of industries including telecommunication, semiconductor, medical and military. Ms. Chi was responsible for buying for systems valued at $10,000,000 for more than 10 years.

CONSULTANTS

Dr. Roth has over 30 years experience in 2-D and 3-D computer vision for inspection, metrology and object recognition.  Before joining Precise, he worked with the Institute of Nuclear Studies, General Motors Research Labs, Adept Technology, Datacube Inc and CyberOptics Corp.  Dr. Roth holds a PhD from Caltech and a BA in Math from Cal State Long Beach.

Mr. Esslinger has 40 years experience in power amplifier design.  He designed and tested several power control systems, power amplifiers and PCAs and conducted reliability studies that saved over $100,000 in repair and replacement costs.  Mr. Esslinger holds a BS in EE.

Mr. Criswell has over 18 years of experience in factory automation including systems integration, application engineering and software development. His focus has been on the user experience and ease of use of the product. He was Manager of Application Engineering at Adept Technology and holds a BSEET.

Mr. Briner is the founder of BYE/Oasis and Briner/Yeaman Engineering.  He has considerable semiconductor fabrication experience including machine design, robot applications, designs for contamination control and factory design.  He holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and a BME from Georgia Tech.

Dr. Sudhir has over 20 years experience in computer vision and in image/video processing/compression. Prior to joining Precise, he worked on software and system designs for vision applications. He holds a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a B.Engg. in Electronics from Bangalore University.

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