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George Dannecker
President/CEO
Mr.
Dannecker founded Vette in February 2004. Prior to founding Vette
Corp, he was CEO and President of TeraConnect, Inc., a venture funded
spin-out from Lockheed Martin which focused on telecommunications
and data communications products. Mr. Dannecker was also President
and COO of Aavid Thermalloy, where he globalized manufacturing and
expanded operations into England, Singapore, Taiwan and China. The
company grew to a 2,500 employee manufacturing business with 13 global
sales and manufacturing facilities and revenues of more than $300
Million. Mr. Dannecker has held management positions at ACME Electric
Corporation, Gould, Inc. and was co-founder of Concord Communications.
He is an accomplished speaker and has presented and been published
on a number of issues of concern to the electronics industry. Mr.
Dannecker has a Bachelors Degree in Engineering and Management from
Clarkson University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration
from Southern New Hampshire University.
James Chen
President and Chief Executive Officer of Vette Asia
James
Chen joined Vette with the acquisition of Eumax in 2004. While at
Eumax, he successfully grew revenue to $14 Million. His extensive
experience in the Asian thermal market helped him rapidly grow Eumax
as a major supplier to leading OEM’s. Mr. Chen founded Birchtek in
1991. Birchtek was a trading company to the Taiwan military market
and represented a number of Japanese, European and American companies.
In 1993, Mr. Chen recognized the growing need for thermal solutions
in the IT market and invented the CPU cooler which became the foundation
for a majority of computer cooling solutions. In 1996, he formed a
joint venture with Aavid Thermal Technologies and became the Asian
President when Aavid bought out his share of the joint venture. As
Asian President, Mr. Chen led the company’s Asia initiatives, building
major manufacturing facilities for heat sinks, fans, and CPU coolers
while generating $50M in revenue by 1999.
Bob Lewis
President and General Manager of Vette Corp North American Power Division
Bob Lewis joined Vette Corp as the president and general manager of its North American power division in 2008. Mr. Lewis’ experience spans numerous industries throughout Southeast Asia, Russia, Europe and the Americas. Before growing his private consulting firm from 2006-2008, he was the managing director of the Asia Pacific business unit at Belden CDT, Inc. and led a restructuring and profitable turnaround of the company’s electronics manufacturing and distribution Asia divisions. Additionally, as a business development consultant, Bob directed the successful launch of two international joint ventures and their growth within the Asia-Pacific region. Before this, Mr. Lewis was the director and general manager of Chemfab Corp's China operations building the company’s first business in China from the ground up. Bob Lewis holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in international marketing from University of New Haven, CT as well as a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Roger Williams University, RI.
Matthew Towse
Chief Financial Officer
Matthew
Towse joined Vette Corp in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior
to joining Vette, Mr. Towse was Senior Vice President and CFO of Fairchild
Semiconductor International, Inc. where he was responsible for all
financial matters of this Fortune 1000, NYSE-listed Company. He drove
a major project to re-align the legal entity structure reducing transfer
price risk, allowing better portability of technology, and providing
a more tax-efficient structure. In addition, Mr. Towse executed a
significant restructuring project, closing manufacturing facilities
and other production lines, reducing the company’s fixed cost base
by $40 million and exiting mature product lines. He is a Certified
Public Accountant in both Ohio and California and has a Bachelors
degree in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Jack Hillson
Chief Operating Officer
Jack Hillson joined Vette in 2006 as Vice President of Operations. Prior to joining Vette, Mr. Hillson was President and COO of Xytrans where he implemented business systems required to move the company from an engineering start-up to a company producing commercial quantities of products supporting three lines of business. From 2002 from 2004 he was CEO of Nitronex where he led the senior management team, recovering the company from a technical failure and potential closing. From 2001 to 2002 he was Vice President of Operations for TeraConnect where he worked closely with the company Board of Directors to commercialize a 48 channel, 2-dimensional, 150 Gbps VCSEL-based optical transceiver in 12 months. From 1999 to 2001 he was Vice President of Corning Lasertron, Inc. where he had operational responsibility for a Solid State Laser Manufacturing site with fiscal year 2000 revenues of $100M. Mr. Hillson has a Bachelors degree in Physics from Florida Institute of Technology and an MBA from River College.
Shlomo Novotny
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Novotny joined Vette Corp. as its Chief Technology Officer in 2006. As a world-recognized expert in electronic cooling, he is one of the few industry specialists in electronic cooling and packaging to achieve the rank of A.S.M.E. Fellow. Mr. Novotny’s experience spans over 25 years, leading multi-discipline international development teams with Aavid Thermalloy, Sun Microsystems, DEC, Codex, Magnavox, and Bell Telephone Laboratories. He is an active force in industry committees in the area of electronic cooling and packaging. Mr. Novotny is a co-founder of the ASHRAE TC 9.9 cooling consortium to create an industry standard for data center cooling, as well as being an influential member of the PCI and InfiniBand industry committees that defined new interconnect bus architecture standards. He holds 16 patents to date, with several patents pending. Mr. Novotny is an A.S.M.E. Fellow, an I.E.E.E. senior member, and a member of I.M.A.P.S., ASHRAE-TC 9.9, Sigma Xi, and Pi Tau Sigma. He has earned Masters and Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York.
Joseph Capes
General Manager of Vette Corp Datacom Facilities Division
Mr. Capes joined Vette Corp in 2007 and formed the company’s Datacom Facilities Division. Before joining Vette, Mr. Capes was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Premium Power Corporation, a manufacturer of regenerative fuel cell power systems and advanced energy storage technology. Mr. Capes was Director of Business Development for Northeast Engineers & Consultants, a multi-disciplinary engineering firm that provides services in New England and Iraq. Prior to that, Mr. Capes held several executive positions at American Power Conversion (APC) including Worldwide Director of Sales – Precision Cooling Solutions; Director of Global Business Development; and Director of Sales, Enterprise Systems Group Europe. During the period of his employment with APC, sales revenues grew from $157 Million to $1.3 Billion. Mr. Capes received a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. He is a member of the 7×24 Exchange, CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association) and an active member of the Electricity Storage Association.
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