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Led by a strong, experienced leadership team dedicated to developing and delivering leading-edge technologies for the global surgical marketplace, NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, USA. The company has a strong global presence in over 38 countries with sales, distribution and repair facilities in Europe and Asia. The leadership team is comprised of industry veterans from the video signal processing technology, electronic displays, and medical devices with an average of more than fifteen years of experience.
Dr. Fred B. Parks was appointed CEO at NDS Surgical Imaging in August 2011. Prior to joining NDSsi, Dr. Parks served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Urologix, Inc. from 2003 to 2008. Previously, Dr. Parks served as president and CEO of Marconi Medical Systems, a multi-modality supplier of medical imaging equipment and, following its acquisition by Royal Philips Electronics, led its integration into the Philips medical business. He has held positions as president, chief operating officer, and board member of St. Jude Medical, Inc., a medical device company focusing on implantable cardiovascular products, and as president, chief operating officer, and board member of EG&G, Inc. (now PerkinElmer), a diversified technology company. Dr. Parks has also served on the board of directors of Steady State Imaging, LLC, a privately held developer of specialized magnetic resonance imaging technology, since 2010.
Ms. Katia Bejan joined NDS Surgical Imaging in 2007 and is responsible for global human resources activities within the Company. She has over eighteen years of experience as a human resources professional among the medical device, manufacturing, and market research industries. Prior to NDSsi, Ms. Bejan held human resource management positions at Arthrocare Corporation, Ball Screws & Actuators Inc. (a division of Danaher Corporation), and Dataquest (now a part of Gartner). Ms. Bejan holds a BS degree in business administration with a concentration in human resources management from California State University at Stanislaus.
Mr. Rajesh Bhakta joined NDS Surgical Imaging in 2008. He is responsible for the Service Business Unit comprising of customer support, repair and warranty services. He also leads the Information Technology initiatives for the Company. Mr. Bhakta has over twenty years of experience as an IT and support professional and has held management and leadership roles for fifteen years. Prior to NDSsi, Mr. Bhakta held senior management positions at UPEK, Inc., a spinoff from STMicroelectronics, AlphaSmart, BuildPoint Corporation and Preview Systems, Inc. Mr. Bhakta holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering and a MS in Management Information Systems from Southern Illinois University.
Ms. Trina Ciraulo has been with NDS Surgical Imaging since 1996. She is currently Vice President of Operations and Customer Service at the Company and is one of its original founders. Ms. Ciraulo brings over eighteen years industry experience. Prior to NDSsi, she held senior management positions with Dolch Computer Systems and Micronics in marketing, sales, and operations roles for several divisions, including a high-volume computer motherboard division, and an LCD display division.
Mr. Ron Hansen joined NDS Surgical Imaging in 2002. With more than thirty-one years of senior level industry experience with such leading companies as Applied Materials, GTE Sylvania and Candescent Technologies, Mr. Hansen has significant experience leading multi-disciplinary technical teams in a product management and development capacity. He is the holder of 20 US patents, and has 7 US patent applications pending. Mr. Hansen earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University and his MSEE from Santa Clara University, where he also completed advanced coursework in Technical Management.
Mr. Hee Kyung Kim came to NDS Surgical Imaging through the Planar Systems, Inc. Medical Business Unit acquisition, where he managed the Dome product line. Mr. Kim has over twenty-six years of experience in management roles within operations, manufacturing and engineering. In his most recent role at Planar, Mr. Kim was responsible for all phases of product development, electronics, design, project management, and quality of the Dome product line. He has also held management positions at E-Systems Medical Electronics, Aseco Corporation, and AMP Keyboard Technologies, Inc. Mr. Kim earned a BS in Operations Management and Mechanical Engineering from Boston University.
Mr. Steven Olechny joined NDS Surgical Imaging in 2010 with responsibility for all aspects of the Company’s legal requirements, including corporate governance, FDA compliance, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, trademarks, patents and litigation. With over twenty years of experience, Mr. Olechny most recently served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Barriersafe Solutions International, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Deputy General Counsel at The Timberland Company, and Assistant General Counsel at United Technologies Corporation. He began his career in private practice at a major U.S. law firm. Mr. Olechny holds a BA in Economics from Vassar College, and J.D. from Cornell Law School.
Mr. Kees Poot joined NDS Surgical Imaging in 1997 and helped grow the Company with successful opening and running of the Company’s European office in The Netherlands that same year. Prior to starting up NDSsi’s European operations, Mr. Poot held various International management positions with Westinghouse Building Management Systems as Division Manager and at Honeywell Europe. Mr. Poot studied Electronics at the Royal Dutch Navy and Business Management at the London Business School.
Mr. Alex Qu joined NDS Surgical Imaging in 2008 to run the Company’s Asia-Pacific operations. He has over fifteen years of imaging technology expertise in the APAC region. Prior to NDSsi, Mr. Qu was Area Sales Manager at Planar Inc., Shanghai, where he was in charge of marketing and sales for the Dome product line. Before this, he held Asia-based management positions as China Sales Manager at Whitney International, and Regional Sales Manager at Kodak (China) Ltd. Mr. Qu holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Hefei University of Technology.
Mr. Jens Ruppert joined NDS Surgical Imaging in 2006 and oversees sales, engineering, marketing and product management for all surgical products. He has over seventeen years of professional experience in product management, sales, engineering, and research and development. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ruppert held a product management leadership role and before that, a key sales position in Europe, Middle East and Africa at NDSsi. He has extensive medical device experience and previously held roles at Kuhnke GmbH, KLS Martin Group and Maquet/Getinge. Mr. Ruppert received a degree from Heinrich-Emanuel-Merck-Schule in Germany for electronics.
Dr. Peter Steven is NDS Surgical Imaging’s Vice President and General Manager of the Radiology Business Unit where he oversees product management, engineering and marketing of the Dome product line. During his prior tenure as co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of DOME, Dr. Steven helped design and develop the first medical imaging LCD display as well as novel display controllers for medical imaging. He also conceived and implemented the first auto-calibrating medical flat panel display, which remains the industry’s gold standard. Dr. Steven received a BS in Mathematics, an MS in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ms. Young joined NDS Surgical Imaging in 2011 with responsibility for all aspects of Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Sales Operations and IT. With over twenty years of experience in Finance and Management, Ms. Young most recently led her own business providing strategic services to companies in the Medical Device, Technology and Software industries. Previously, Ms. Young held the position of CFO of Vermillion, Inc., before which she was CFO of ViOptix Inc. Ms. Young also held the position of VP Corporate Controller of ADAC Labs Inc.—a Nuclear Medicine Equipment business—and following its acquisition by Royal Philips Electronics, was promoted to CFO of the Nuclear Medicine Business. Ms. Young has also held positions with Applied Materials, Somnus Medical Technologies, Silicon Valley Group and Ernst & Young LLP. She is a member of Financial Executives International (FEI), and the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers (ABFO). Ms. Young is a certified Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the Manukau Technical Institute, New Zealand.
Mr. David Belluck is General Partner at Riverside Partners LLC and has 17 years of experience working with and investing in lower middle market companies. He has been a General Partner with Riverside Partners since 1992. Prior to Riverside, he worked at Monitor Group, a business strategy consulting firm. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Kingsley Montessori School and serves as Chair of the school's Capital Campaign. Mr. Belluck holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College, and a Master of Business Administration, with distinction, from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Berry has been an Operating Partner at Riverside Partners, a private equity firm, since 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Berry was President and Chief Operating Officer at Ultratech Stepper, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTEK), Director of International Operations at General Signal Corporation and Director of Marketing with Perkin Elmer Corporation, all providers of Semiconductor Manufacturing equipment. Mr. Berry began his career at Bell Laboratories. He serves on the Board of Directors of Rudolph Technologies (NASDAQ:RTEC), NDS Surgical Imaging and GEMCITY, a contract Manufacturing firm, as well as on the Board of Trustees of Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY. Mr. Berry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Mr. Ian Blasco is a principal at Riverside Partners LLC, a private equity firm based in Boston, and has more than 14 years of private equity and strategy consulting experience. Before joining Riverside, Mr. Blasco was a Partner at Fidelity Equity Partners, a Fidelity-sponsored middle market growth buyout fund focused on investments in information, software, and technology-enabled service businesses. Additionally, Mr. Blasco was a principal in the North American Private Equity Group of Bain Capital, where he focused on investments in technology, media and consumer retail. Earlier, he was a consultant at Bain & Company, a global strategy consulting firm. Mr. Blasco holds an A.B., summa cum laude, from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Michael Clair has spent more than 25 years in successful operating roles with multiple Silicon Valley companies focused on wired and wireless voice and data networking technologies, network and Internet security, as well as network management software solutions. He was a co-founder and Senior VP of Marketing and Sales of SynOptics Communications which became Bay Networks, and held executive positions at Tymshare, and ROLM Corporation. He was Chairman of Intellisync for 9 years. Mr. Clair has a BS and an MBA from SUNY at Buffalo. Mr. Clair donates his time and serves on the California Board of the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Mr. Steve Kaufman is an Operating Partner for Riverside Partners, a private equity firm. Previously, Mr. Kaufman was President and CEO, and earlier COO, of Avici Systems Inc. (now Soapstone Networks (NASDAQ:SOAP)), a telecommunications equipment company. Earlier, he worked at Lucent Technologies (now Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU)), in various general management roles, most recently serving as President of the Multiservice Core Networks division, a $2 billion business. Additionally Mr. Kaufman worked for Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in various marketing management roles on the Pentium processor product family. He serves on the boards of Quantum Medical Imaging, Maxvision, SIXNET, and One Laptop Per Child. Mr. Kaufman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude, from Brown University, a Master of Business Administration degree, with distinction, from Harvard Business School, and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Mr. Carmen Piucci previously served as NDSsi’s President, CEO and Director since 1996, and is one of the original founders. Prior to NDSsi, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the display products business unit for Dolch Computer Systems. He also held positions with IBM in R&D in its Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Finlux Displays and Stanford’s Linear Accelerator. Mr. Piucci studied electrical engineering at Hofstra University.
Mr. David Strand has spent more than 30 years providing executive leadership to some of the nation’s leading health care institutions, most recently serving as Chief Executive Officer of ExperiaHealth. Following the sale of ExperiaHealth at the end of 2010, Mr. Strand formed KenwoodHealth to provide consulting and management services to health care organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Strand previously served as Chief Operating Officer for the Cleveland Clinic, a $5.2B academic medical center. Prior to that, he served in senior executive leadership roles with various health services organizations, including CEO of LifeMasters, a venture-backed disease management company; COO of Allina Health System, a $2.6B integrated health system; and CEO of Medica, one of the nation’s largest health plans. Mr. Strand began his career in law, where he established and led the National Health Care Practice Group for two Minneapolis-based law firms. He received his B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of American Public Media, Minnesota Public Radio and Southern California Public Radio. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of NDS Surgical Imaging, and Skylight Healthcare Systems.
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