Adept Technology, Inc.

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Management

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Rob Cain

President and Chief Executive Officer

Rob Cain was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Adept in February 2013.  He has over 25 years of experience in leadership roles within the high tech and capital equipment industries.  Mr. Cain’s executive positions include Chief Operating Officer of Telanetix, Senior Vice President of Operations and a Board Member of Avure Technologies, various positions within SCP Global Technologies including Senior Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Engineering, and President of their European division.  He is also a Hale Capital Partners Operating Partner.  He has lived abroad in China, Germany, and Sweden and has managed businesses spanning over 30 countries.  Mr. Cain is also the author of “A Path To Peak Performance”, a field manual for improving the performance of companies and teams.  He has an MBA from City University in Bellevue, Washington.

Michael Schradle

Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Michael Schradle joined Adept Technology on November 8, 2012.  He has over 20 years of experience as the Chief Financial Officer of both publicly-traded and privately-held technology companies.  Prior to joining Adept, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Liquid Robotics, Inc., a venture-backed developer of robotic oceanic vehicles.  Previously, Mr. Schradle was Chief Financial Officer of Photon Dynamics, a public company that supplied sophisticated test equipment to the LCD TV manufacturing industry worldwide, and prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Manufacturing and Product Engineering for Micro Linear Incorporated, a public company that developed and marketed semiconductors for the cellular and WiFi markets.  Mr. Schradle holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Stanford University, a Master’s degree in Engineering from UCLA, and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Joachim Melis

Vice President, Business Development and Managing Director of Europe

Joachim Melis was appointed Vice President, Business Development and General Manager of Adept Europe in August 2010. Prior to such appointment, Mr. Melis served as Vice President, Worldwide Sales since June 2007 and as Vice President, Europe from August 2004 until June 2007. He joined Adept in October 1990 as an Applications Engineer in our Germany office and served in several roles, including Applications Supervisor, Manager of European Customer Service, Managing Director of the RDA Services Division and Managing Director for Sales and Service in Germany and France. Mr. Melis holds a degree in Electronics from the University of Dortmund, Germany.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Deron Jackson

Chief Technical Officer

Deron Jackson was appointed Chief Technical Officer in November 2012. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Jackson served as Manager of Electrical Engineering and a Member of the Technical Staff since February 2004. He joined Adept in June 1998 as a Senior Electrical Engineer. Dr. Jackson has over 18 years of experience designing advanced robotics and control systems.  He is co-inventor on six US patents, has authored numerous academic papers, and is a Senior Member of the IEEE.  Dr. Jackson holds a Doctoral degree and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Davis.

Glenn Hewson

Senior Vice President of Global Marketing

Glenn Hewson was named Adept’s Senior Vice President of Global Marketing in March 2013.  He has over 25 years of marketing, product line management and business development experience in the high tech and industrial capital equipment industries.   His career spans mature companies, start-ups, coordinated business units and global organizations.   Prior to Adept he served as Vice President, Global Marketing and company officer for Avure Technologies.  He began his career at IBM, and has served in senior management roles at Gupta Corporation, Peregrine Systems and at several Gores Group portfolio companies.  Glenn holds a degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.    

Rush LaSelle

Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Robots

Rush LaSelle joined Adept as Director of Worldwide Sales and Marketing in August of 2009. In July, 2011 he was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Robots. Mr. LaSelle has over 15 years of experience with advanced robotics and automation systems in managing both sales and operations. The majority of his work has centered around expanding the reach of robotics into markets and industries traditionally underserved by flexible automation. Prior to joining Adept, he served as a General Manager for FANUC Robotics. Mr. LaSelle holds an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and a bachelor's of science in mechanical engineering from Santa Clara University.